Tag Archives: freedom

Look at What’s Crippling You

By | April 13, 2012

Sometimes I feel unworthy and think, “Who am I to witness after all the times I have sinned and betrayed God?” When these thoughts come, the shame cripples me in fear. It’s very subtle and creeps in most of the time without me even realizing it. The effects of sin – shame, isolation, and fear paralyze us and keep us from moving forward towards God. That’s just what the devil wants. If we don’t feel worthy, good enough, or knowledgeable enough, then we won’t spread the gospel: we’ll turn in on

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Single This Valentine’s Day? Rejoice!

By | February 13, 2012

Seeing the “happy” couples around Valentine’s Day, I used to think, “I wish I had someone special!” This year is different for me: I am happy with being single, and it’s awesome! The society we live in makes us feel like our worth is found in relationships, in material things, or in what we successfully accomplish. However, thankfully we are worth a lot more than that.  The truth is simple, yet so hard to believe sometimes. My worth does not come from what anyone else thinks of me,

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Ich Bin Überzeugt

By | June 21, 2011

I have been blessed in the last few months to be able to begin many of my sentences with the phrase, “Ich bin überzeugt, dass…” (I’m convinced that…). It may not be totally clear why this is so exciting, so let me explain a little further. Most of what followed that phrase was something that I had learned and “known” about our faith, but didn’t necessarily know-know. You know? ;) I knew with my head but not my heart, and I didn’t always believe what I “knew.” For example:

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