‘There are two freedoms- the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought.’ ~Charles Kingsley Inhibitions can be a good thing. I refrain from sunbathing at the local pool in the nude, a fact for which we should all be grateful. I do not speak every…
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31 Days to Finding Freedom: {Day 9} The Truth
I wrote about truth speakers a few days ago, those people in our lives who help comfort and carry us to freedom. They are a necessary part of the journey, but they are also human. Fallible flesh. There is another voice. A better one, one that is called ‘The Way, The Truth, The Life’. We are all ears, willing to…
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31 Days to Finding Freedom: {Day 8} Truth Speaking
It is possible that I haven’t always been the truth speaker that I expect others to be for me. The word ‘Pharisaical’ may have been bandied about more than once in this house. When I am bound up by rules and expectations, it comforts me to know that you might be too. As I’ve loosened my grip on fear and…
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31 Days to Finding Freedom: {Day 7} Truth Hearing
It’s risky to trust someone to speak into your life. Sometimes the people around us are motivated by what appears to be love, but often it looks and smells more like fear or judgement only wrapped up in a prettier package. If you want to walk in freedom, you must be able to sniff out the difference. There are very…
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31 Days to Finding Freedom: {Day 6} People pleasers
Expectations. Perceptions. Judgement. Criticism. Other people’s opinions matter, and I won’t pretend that they don’t. The important thing is who you’re listening to, and how much you are allowing their words to dictate your life. There is a common (mis)perception that every maternally inclined woman who attends church would also like to teach Sunday School. I have, in no less…
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