Category: Testimony
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Trust Gifts Me
Some where along the way I heard the day before you take a test you should relax, all the effort and time put into preparation before will payoff, no such thing as cramming. So I take this day to reflect not on the things I’ve learned, or experienced in regards to this last season. I…
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Handle Me
The same hands that had been caressing me tenderly, holding me close, and bringing me comfort since the age of three was now hitting and hurting me at age seventeen. Strong man hands were repeatedly banging my head against the concrete floor, choking me and intermittently open hand slapping me across the face. Every time…
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Again?
It seems I keep cycling start over, begin again, and do over despite my promise of never again, for real this time, and the assertions of my complete dependence on God for all things concerning me. I’m experiencing mixed emotions part of me wants to celebrate my courage, resilience, and ability to bounce back or…
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Going Back
Sometime ago, I went back to the place I once considered home, the last place I felt connected, apart, needed, and valuable. The last place I gave my all to, in…the last place I worked for love, acceptance, and pretended things were the way I wished, desired, and needed them to be. I revisited what…
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Covering
COVERING I’ve been unhappy, living in pain of mistreatment and abuse a long, long time Expected to understand why people are incapable of doing what they should regarding/concerning me Professed love so intensely applied/given improperly fathers, pastors, husband so-called covering Everyone has a justifiable reason, they can’t love me properly It continues to end up…
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Inside Out
There are so many things about life and love that I don’t easily understand or readily embrace. These things make sense contextually but practically seem impossible to do and be (when I try anyway). Having come to the Lord some twenty-eight years ago one would think my plight would be easier, that sitting up under…
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Defining Moments
We all have defining moments, moments that change, alter, and transform our way of thinking, doing, and living. I’d like to share one of mines in hopes of inspiring a deeper discussion or dialogue in our attempts to live and love in His likeness together as a lifestyle. I received the Lord Jesus into my…
