Tag: Womanhood

• This ain’t the time to turn back now.

  

  One time, I found myself driving around Chicago on a mission not my own. As I drove into the city, I found myself both happy and heavy—excited to be back in a place where I felt most comfortable and happy as an adult, yet heavier and sadder as I passed landmarks that I’d not seen […]

  Great Joy

  January 8, 2023

  Let’s Be Real

  a life in holiness, a real time change, Christianity, encouragement, honest Christianity, Jesus Christ, keep going, press forward, press toward the mark, remember Lot’s wife, salt, Womanhood, you can do it

• Remember Lot’s Wife

  

  This ain’t the time to turn back now. One time, I found myself driving around Chicago on a mission not my own. As I drove into the city, I found myself both happy and heavy—excited to be back in a place where I felt most comfortable and happy as an adult, yet heavier and sadder […]

  Great Joy

  January 14, 2021

  Exhortation, Let’s Be Real

  a life in holiness, a real time change, Christianity, encouragement, honest Christianity, Jesus Christ, keep going, press forward, press toward the mark, remember Lot’s wife, salt, Womanhood, you can do it

• The Year of Reclaim

  

  A personal testimony. The thing of it is, I was born to serve. People who assume things about me, assume that I am attempting to do other than serve have to check their own hearts. I have always just filled the spot that needed to be filled. Dishes? I wash them. Alto? I sing my […]

  Great Joy

  January 11, 2021

  Exhortation

  a life in holiness, a real time change, authentic, encouragement, ins er construction, integrity, reclaiming, set into yourself, step into your season, wholeness, Womanhood

• Hold Onto Yourself, Honey

  

  Some days it is harder than others. The loneliness and regret overwhelm you with their weightiness, locking you into sadness so complete that you conjure story lines of sandy beaches and distant locales to steel yourself. To keep from losing it completely. You burrow down deep into your secret self, mantras meaningless and tears abundant […]

  Great Joy

  November 30, 2020

  Exhortation

  a real time change, Christianity, die to self, healing, honest Christianity, Jesus Christ, love relationships, new beginnings, new seasons, restoration, Self care, self love, starting over, suffering, under construction, Womanhood

• You are not a tow truck: take care of yourself!

  

  Are you walking around life like a tow truck, dragging drama, weight, and burdens that don’t even belong to you? Time to release that struggle and walk into a new season.

  Great Joy

  November 10, 2020

  Exhortation

  a life in holiness, a real time change, boundaries, Christianity, Motherhood, nayyirah waheed, Self care, self care goals, setting boundaries, softness, strong boundaries, Womanhood