I don’t know about you, but as a woman, I struggle a lot with anxiety. We’re told as moms that it is normal to worry about our kids; and that we’ll worry about them the rest of our lives. But does it really have to be this way? I think that as women we are…
Have you ever had a panic attack? Felt the room closing in.Your heart pounding wildly.Your throat closing up, like you can breathe. You couldn’t focus on anything else but the thing that was causing you to panic. A fear of such immense proportion that afterward you felt all wrung out for days, and half the…
There is almost nothing that can rob our joy than insecurity. So often, insecurity comes from comparing ourselves to those around us, or to an ideal that we’ve been led to believe exists. Paul told us in 2 Corinthians 10:12 that comparing ourselves with others is not wise. Why? Because so often we compare our…
Insecurity is a battle most women have. Everywhere we turn we are bombarded with the message that there is an ideal to which we are measured and found lacking. We’re not skinny enough. We’re not boss babe enough. We’re not successful enough. We’re not a hands-on mom enough. Our home isn’t pretty enough. Our children…
At one time or another, we’ve all struggled with feelings of inadequacy and insecurity. Maybe you’re in that place right now. Perhaps you feel like you don’t measure up to the ideal standard of a woman. Of a wife. Of a mother. Of a Christian. Can I tell you a secret? You’re not alone. None…
Every Christian battles sin. Even Paul, in Romans 7, revealed that sin was a battle for him when he said, “For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice.” In other words, “I’m doing what I shouldn’t do and not doing what I should.” Sound…
