Hope for the Depressed Woman: Week 3 – Medication or Meditation
Welcome to Week 3 of Hope for the Depressed Woman. If you missed the first two posts of this series you can view them here – Week 1: Slow Down and Week 2: Breaking the Silence. Throughout this series I am sharing my personal experience with depression and the things I learned along the way. I don’t share this to glorify myself or to give medical or physical advice (I’m not a doctor or counselor), but I share from a deep place of my heart that once ached with feelings that I could not understand. God has freed me from
Hope for the Depressed Woman: Week 2 – Breaking the Silence
Welcome to Week 2 of Hope for the Depressed Woman. If you missed the first post of this series you can view it here – Week 1: Slow Down. Throughout this series I will share my personal experience with depression and the things I learned along the way. I don’t share this to glorify myself or to give medical or physical advice (I’m not a doctor or counselor), but I share from a deep place of my heart that once ached with feelings that I could not understand. God has freed me from depression and I hope sharing my personal
Hope for the Depressed Woman: Week 1
I am excited to start a new series this week! For the next few weeks I will be sharing my personal experience with depression. I don’t share this to glorify myself or to give medical or physical advice (I’m not a doctor or counselor), but I share from a deep place of my heart that once ached with feelings that I could not understand. God has freed me from depression and I hope sharing my personal experience will encourage you if you have struggled in this area of life. Depression: Week 1 – SLOW DOWN I hung up the phone
Sin Hurts – Healing is Optional
The devil is strong, deceitful and on a divisive rampage to destroy. He wants desperately to rip families apart, destroy security, make everything normal seem ridiculous and invade a seemingly happy home, turning it into a place of pain and sin. Sin and pain walk together. There’s no separating them. When sin comes from within your own heart or home it leaves scars, pain, guilt and a slew of baggage. Sin hurts. How does a soul move forward following sin in their own heart or home? 1. Forgiveness – Ask for it. Give it. He will again have compassion on
When Life Is Falling Apart: Cling to Jesus
There are moments in life that are so devastating there are no words to utter. You see people surround you and their lips are moving, but the words cannot be absorbed. You try to move forward with a normal routine, but the world seems to move in slow motion as you walk in a trance giving your best effort to press on. Life can hurt deeply. It can scar the tender parts of your heart and make you feel like life is completely out of your control. The truth is, it is. Life is not ours to control. Life is
God-Centered Prayer: Week 3 – God’s Peace
Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. Psalm 61:1-2 Every day I woke up and walked the sterile halls down to the dining hall. I saw the same doctors, the same nurses and the same cleaning crew as I smiled through my terrified thoughts. I got my coffee and walked the same path back to my husband’s side. I sat beside him and did what I could to make him comfortable. This
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