When this journey began, I thought I knew what I was looking for. I wanted an answer. More specifically, I wanted the answer. Something that would explain how people who had been shaped by years of hurt could actually change. How fear could loosen its grip. How old patterns could be replaced. How people who […]
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When I began studying identity in Christ, I was looking for answers. If I’m being completely truthful, part of me probably hoped those answers would come quickly. Find the right passage. Understand the right truth. Recognize what needed to change. Then somehow begin moving forward. Instead, I found myself entering a process. A much slower
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When I first began studying identity in Christ, I wasn’t trying to build anything. I wasn’t thinking about articles. I wasn’t thinking about Restoring Her Strength. I wasn’t thinking about what the study might eventually become. I was trying to solve a problem. I needed answers. I wanted to understand how years of hurt could
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When people discover Restoring Her Strength, they sometimes ask how it began. The answer surprises them. It didn’t begin with a website. It didn’t begin with a ministry plan. It didn’t even begin with a desire to write. It began with the realization that I couldn’t rebuild my life by trying harder. A Life of
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When I first began healing, I thought I would know I was making progress when life finally became easier. I imagined fewer problems would mean I was getting healthier. Fewer interruptions. Fewer difficult emotions. Fewer storms. I was looking for healing in my circumstances. I’m beginning to think I was looking in the wrong place.
Healing Didn’t Remove the Storm. It Changed How I Walk Through It. Read More »
When I started an in-depth Bible study six weeks ago, I expected to learn. I expected to understand Scripture better. I expected to discover things I had never noticed before. I expected lots of notebooks, highlighters, commentaries, and probably far more binders than any reasonable person should own. What I did not expect… …was to
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A year ago, I started this blog and then disappeared. At least, that’s probably what it looked like from the outside. The truth is, I wasn’t gone. I was rebuilding. I just didn’t realize it at the time. A year earlier, I had written about some of those first steps in The First Steps in
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I almost didn’t go up for prayer. Not because I didn’t need it — I did. I was dry, unsettled, and desperate for clarity. But I was afraid. Afraid the word might be about my relationship.Afraid it would mean loss, or that I’d have to walk away from something I love.Afraid I’d get it wrong
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Editor’s Note: This was one of the first articles I wrote for Restoring Her Strength. I’ve chosen to leave it largely unchanged because it reflects where I was when this ministry began. Since writing it, God has continued to deepen my understanding of healing, identity, and His grace. If you’d like to read how that
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Editor’s Note: This was one of the very first articles I wrote for Restoring Her Strength. At the time, I referred to these as “journal posts” because they were personal reflections on what God was teaching me. Although my site has since evolved, I’ve chosen to leave this article largely unchanged because it captures the
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