Before I came to know Christ, I was utterly lost. I had no hope and felt like I was alone in this world. I suffered so many hardships: rejection, isolation, physical and emotional pain, fear and anxiety, depression, and much more. I went to church and joined the church at nine years old but had not grown to spiritual maturity until old. While I desired to know more about Him, it wasn’t until I began to realize the need to die to my flesh daily that I began to know Christ and have a relationship with Him.
What do I mean by dying to my flesh daily? I began to see the need to stop living life as if I was the one in control, and I began to see a need to surrender my all to Christ. I wanted nothing more but to be closer to God, but I was unwilling to let go of the things in this world that I felt I needed to survive. I worked so hard every day to support my children, but I never knew how to rest and take time to be in Christ. I often ate when I felt the need to comfort myself from all the emotional traumas in my life until I realized that is no longer serving me.
Why? Because I found a place in Jesus where I can belong and be loved. I no longer felt like I was alone in this world. I began to have peace, and I learned to rest in God’s presence. While I am not perfect, and never do I claim to be, I now see that when I mess up, I can confess my sins, ask for forgiveness, and forgive myself so that I can continue enjoying my relationship with the Lord. My heart has been changed to see that it’s not about perfection but allowing Christ to abide in me while I abide in Him.
I am not declaring that there will be no more suffering or hardships, but there is an opportunity to go through them with Christ by your side. You no longer have to go through what you’re going through alone.
On this Christmas morning, I am so ecstatic because I have Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. I have seen the need to let go of control and turn my power over to Him so that He can do the heart work I so desperately need in my life. I am genuinely thankful for the birth of Jesus Christ as He came into this world so that you and I might be free from the curse of this world.
NOW is the acceptable time if you have not opened your heart and invited Christ into your life. On this Christmas Day, why not remember the Lord Jesus who came into this world knowing no sin but died on a cross (a tree) so that we might have a right to eternal life with Him in heaven. Try Jesus today! He is willing and ready to aid you on your journey if you give Him your life today!
If you have a hard time speaking up for what you believe and sharing your story with the world, I have a community where I teach and share new ways to learn how to come away from being afraid to share and speak up with confidence and boldness. If you are interested in joining my free group, I welcome you to join me here!
Merry Christmas! As you open up your presents under the tree, I challenge you today to think about the baby that was wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger over two thousand years ago, and He became the Gift for you and me. Enjoy the One who came to be THE GIFT and bring His presence into the world so that we might be free to live again with Him.
My husband at the time was about to go away to Iraq, and I found out I was pregnant again. I had a panic attack when he was getting ready to leave. I did not know why I was so upset about him leaving,...
Read more...When I had my baby, she was so beautiful and radiant, but because of my stress and anxiety, she leaned further towards her father, and I was still feeling alone.
Read more...When I was pregnant with my first baby, I was so excited about having a child because I thought after the emotional traumas, one namely being raped, that I had been through in my life that I could not get pregnant. But, when I found out I was pregnant, I could not wait to tell everybody.
My husband at the time seemed happy too, but I soon found out that he was cheating on me while I was carrying his baby. So many hurtful thoughts came into my mind. I was in a place all alone because he was in the military, so I tried to listen to some of the older saints at the church that we began to go to, and I tried to stay and make our marriage work. I was happy about having our baby, but anger, resentment, and pain were being buried deep down in my soul. Those wounds were leading to wanting to harm him and myself.
Anxiety is a mental health condition that can cause feelings of worry, fear, or tension. For some people, anxiety can also cause panic attacks and extreme physical symptoms, like chest pain.
Eventually, I learned how to love and be loved. My thoughts had to begin to change from negative to positive, and I eventually began to see that if I held on to all the things that were bothering me instead of getting it out of my mind, they stayed there, and it became a bigger worry and frustration for me. That’s why I began to share my story to start shedding those old feelings and begin being made whole.
In my community, I teach how to deal with emotions and feelings by using essential oils. It really helped me to remember things-good and bad-so that I could stop blocking my blessings. The numbness was wearing on my physical body in such a way that anxiety was only growing. But now, I can breathe again, and I want anyone who is suffering from anxiety and depression to be free from these things. Watch my video on how to get free from those feelings here.
I also have a course that is made with mothers in mind who deal with stress and tension and do not know how to let go of the stress. I teach you how to first, start loving on yourself more, then you can begin sharing that love with your baby through learning how to massage them and it can be such an amazing experience for you and your child. Learning to love and be loved can be a journey, but it is a journey worth going through the motions for healing. Check it out here.
Last night, my seventeen-year-old daughter had started writing an essay for school that was due last night. Every time she has a paper to write, I tell her to begin when she first finds out so it won’t be such a struggle.
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