personal blog
Show yourself compassion.
Accept your flaws and all.
Shower yourself with praises.
Highlight your gifts and strengths.
Allow yourself to make mistakes.
Make room for grace and love.
Speak truth over the lies you tell yourself.
Speak life into your life.
Be your own supporter, encourager, and friend.
You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you.
– Song of Solomon 4:7
Take me to a place, calm and serene
where all that resides is full of love and peace.
Lead me to a land, no matter how far,
That eases burdens and nurtures scars.
Forever mission-minded, in pursuit of much.
The doors you’ve opened, may I never shut.
Though fears and failure, doubt, and pain
may distort my vision, You will always reign.
Illuminate my path and order my steps.
Where You lead, I will follow. Just show me what’s next.
How this journey will go, only You can see.
But in the end, let it result in a “mission complete.”
May he give you the desire of your heart
and make all your plans succeed.
– Psalm 20:4
I stare into the emptiness as words fail to come out.
My chest tightens as my respirations increase.
What are they thinking?
Can they sense my discomfort?
How do I stop my heart from beating so fast?
Breathe in…breathe out…
Think.
Say something.
They’re waiting.
But don’t say that.
Think.
Just say it…but not like that.
Breathe in…breathe out…
Lies start to fill me head.
My words don’t even matter.
They don’t even care about what I have to say.
My words don’t even matter.
Just stay silent…
…but keep breathing.
Breathe in…breathe out…
For the Spirit of God has made me,
and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
– Job 33:4