She said God wanted to heal my past hurts and use my pain to comfort others with the same hope He’d give me. But I didn’t want anyone to know about the pain of my past. I didn’t want to talk about it or deal with it. I was ashamed of it and wanted it […]
Living Beyond the Shadows of Our Doubts
Today I shared the story of how I discovered the shadow of my doubt. That day was a huge turning point for me. As I stood in my bathroom looking at the humongous shadow on my wall, I sensed God whispering to my heart: Renee, you can only see the shadow because you have turned […]
When your heart whispers,”Is God enough?”
Is God enough? It’s a question her circumstances bring her back to quite often. But over a lifetime, she’s come to the conclusion that not only is God enough, He has to be enough. As a young child, she didn’t realize her need for God, but she did realize she had a need that wasn’t […]
Beat Up or Built Up?
Early mornings can be the hardest for me when it comes to feelings of uncertainty and inadequacy. I think its because my guard is down when I first wake up. It’s easy to let my thoughts bombard me with mental memo of all I need to do, how much time I don’t have, how I’m […]
Don’t Throw Away Your Confidence
“So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.” Hebrews 10:35-36 (NIV) Have you ever thrown away your confidence? One night I was cleaning our kitchen and found this little rubber […]