Discernment is a tool in our spiritual arsenal – one of the Holy Spirit gifts to us. It guides us to the will of God, which is to say the best possible outcome for us.
This year I choose blossom as my Word because it represents my intention to grow from the roots I planted as a new creation in Christ (2 Corinthians 5) and build back what was broken through the vehicle of relationship.
It was the morning of the most important interview of my career; with emotions running haywire and hormones adding a dizzying effect, I decided that I just couldn't go to my interview that afternoon. The fear shouted so loudly that I couldn't hear the voice of wisdom that knew to show up despite the very big feelings. This was my dream job, after all!
God recently revealed to me that I am holding onto the weight of my past. By holding onto my past, I’m not only carrying around a weight I was never meant to carry, but I am blocking the blessings of God’s plan for me in the future. So today I ask you: What weight are you carrying that is hindering your upward momentum?
Covid-19 caught nearly all of us by surprise, leaving us ripped of our routines, schedules and normal circumstances — everything we typically rely on for stability and consistency. If we weren’t already prone to or struggling with depression, COVID-19 certainly stirred up prime circumstances for depression to show up (many of us without any prior experience with mental illness or the coping skills to deal with it in healthy ways).
Every year like clockwork, the school year ends and depression hits. You would think I’d be jumping for joy, elated about my two month break from work. As humans we are habitual creatures and I thrive off of routine, particularly, as most people do. Summer break is not a vacation. It is a hiatus — a break between one year ending and a new year beginning.
God recently revealed to me that I am holding onto the weight of my past. By holding onto my past, I’m not only carrying around a weight I was never meant to carry, but I am blocking the blessings of God’s plan for me in the future. So today I ask you: What weight are you carrying that is hindering your upward momentum?
It is nearly June 1 which means we are six months into 2023, six months of my intention to slow down. While I have made impeccable progress, catching myself wanting to do this or that, I’m still letting my monkey mind meander to tasks or distractions that keep me busy. I have both moved out and finished out the school year, moving at a pace that I wish was so much less hasty than it actually was.
When I went back to therapy in 2020, I was in desperate need for help in many aspects of my life, career, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. I knew I wanted to do cognitive therapy after hearing how wonderful it’s effects can be. I found an amazing therapist that did both CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy and EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing).
