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What Is the Christian Response to #Self-Love?
One of my readers sent me an email a few days ago with this question:
Hi Susan,
There is so much content on self-love and positive affirmations that is circulating on social media these days. How to manifest what you desire, how to love yourself, and how to overcome your limiting beliefs through practicing positive affirmations.
As Christians, ...
“Keep Your Courage…”
Remember that rhyme, “Row, row, row your boat”? Evidently, we can sail ever so "gently down the stream" because after all “life is but a dream.”
I’m not sure who penned that rhyme or what kind of “happy” state of mind they were in when they wrote it, but turns out that life is anything but ...
When Your Best-Laid Plans Crumble
The last couple of weeks have been a whirlwind. The kind of whirlwind that yanks plans out of your hands and rips it into a 3000-piece jigsaw puzzle.
My mom had been scheduled for a knee-replacement surgery. The timing of the procedure had been planned precisely: it would be a week after my husband returned from ...
5 Writing Lessons From The Bible
Here’s something I wasn’t exactly expecting when I read my Bible a few days ago: That I would be inspired to hone my craft of writing.
But God ministers in unexpected ways. While I have enrolled in multiple writing classes, there’s nothing like the Word to instruct us and lend a depth of meaning to our ...
When The Right Answers Are Not Enough
In the last few weeks, I met several people whose lives speak a story of brokenness.
There’s a lady who works at a salon. Her makeup is on point. But her eyes betray her pain. She has left her two daughters with their grandmother in another state in the North East of India to work in ...
When Your Life Feels “Too Small”
Have you ever been encouraged to “dream big?” Have you been told that you “have what it takes” to make an impact? Have you been cheered on with the message that you can “be anything” you want to be?
Maybe there was some Christianese attached to those statements. Perhaps you were spurred on to dream “God-sized ...
Are You Ready For The Rest Of The Year?
We’re at the halfway point of 2023. If you’re like me, you’re wondering, “How in the world did the year zip by so quickly??!” It seems like the days and weeks have colluded to whiz past us, leaving us in a tizzy.
But before we start the second half of the year, can we just catch ...
When You’ve Messed Up “Too Much”
The other day, I dropped a supposedly “unbreakable” plate by accident (Or maybe it was genetics? I seem to have a congenital ‘butter fingers’ problem). Of course, it shattered into a gazillion pieces, leaving tiny shards of ceramic all over my kitchen floor. Turns out even the triple-compressed glass from a “trusted” and “timeless” brand ...
What If You Trusted God Like This?
The wind blew back my hair as I plunged down the waterfall. It was a steep drop, plummeting down thousands of feet. In that quick moment, I caught sight of a flash of purple— a flock of birds flew past me. Just when I thought I was done for, I swooped back up and glided ...
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