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July 15, 2024

July 15, 2024

There is indescribable freedom in letting go of a painful past!

 

We may have been a victim of a terrible injustice, such as abuse, but we don’t need to view ourselves as a victim. We don’t want to let what happened to us in the past dictate how we live our life in the present. We have a choice!

 

To overcome what happened to us we need determination, looking forward and not back, at how we can use the trials we have been through to bring good that will benefit not only ourselves but others.

 

God allows us to go through trials for a reason. View them as challenges. Try to figure out what the reason is. See if you can recognize God’s purpose and benefit to your relationship with Him.

 

Remember, we are not defined by what we’ve been through, or by who we used to be. We are defined by who God says we are now. If we have surrendered ourself to the Lord, then we have been made new in Christ! (2 Corinthians 5:17 ). We are no longer victims. We are victors and we are wearing His robe of righteousness.

 

Are you choosing to become the man or woman God made you to be?

July 8, 2024

July 8, 2024

The week that we celebrate Independence Day is an especially good time to reflect on freedom.

 

In addition to the unique freedoms that we have as U.S. citizens, consider some bondage issues that we often become captive to that our Constitution can’t reach, such as a negative mindset, a bad habit, guilt and shame.

 

The good news is that Jesus came to set the captives free! Hallelujah!

 

A primary focus of coaching includes the process of illuminating and acquiring freedom from all forms of personal bondage.

 

Walking the pathway to freedom with my clients is always a personal privilege for me!

 

Is there anything holding you captive?

May 29, 2023

May 29, 2023

On a trip to Washington D.C., I took this picture shortly after a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. 

 

In the midst of a quiet time, the picture struck me as a unique visual accompaniment to my reflections on the sacrifice that so many made on our behalf to ensure the freedom that we tend to take for granted as a natural right.

 

My reflections also led me to a quote by General George S. Patton: “It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God such men lived.”

 

How much more should these sacrifices remind us of the gift that God provides to all who are willing to recognize Jesus’ willingness to give up His life for us and the opportunity that we have to accept His invitation to enjoy true freedom and eternal life with Him? 

April 17, 2023

April 17, 2023

This is a favorite quote from a YouVersion plan by Noel Yeatts, “Rescued To Rescue”. The theme of Yeatt’s plan is that God rescues us so that we can rescue others. She writes, “As people who have been rescued and set free, how much more should we long to rescue and restore those in desperate need around us?”

 

Yeatts reminds us that if we have been set free by our acceptance of the sacrifice that Jesus suffered on the cross, and have experienced the freedom that He promises, that we need to be mindful that He wants us to pass on the good news about this gift to others around us who are hurting.

 

In addition to true freedom, Jesus provides a heart desire to be used as an instrument in His hands to point others to Him as the Rescuer and to pass on our own story of the acceptance of His gifts to help and encourage others to share real freedom and transformation.

 

Are you in need of hope today? Let me point you to the God who rescues.

July 11, 2022

July 11, 2022

There is such freedom in letting go of a painful past!

 

Even though we may have suffered a terrible trauma, such as abuse, or other debilitating psychological or physical injury, we do not need to live as though we are a permanently scarred victim. 

 

We do not need to let what happened to us in the past dictate how we live our life each day in the present. We have a choice!

 

What we need is the determination and ability to overcome what happened to us and to look forward, with the understanding of how we can respond to the trials we have been through, in positive ways that will not only be to our benefit but will also provide help to others.

 

God allows us to go through such trials in our lives for a reason. 

 

View your past trauma as a challenge to understand God’s reason for allowing it and recognizing the positive aspects underlying God’s purpose. 

 

Remember, we are not defined by what we’ve been through, or by who we used to be. We are defined by who God says we are now. 

July 4, 2022

July 4, 2022

A few thoughts to ponder on Independence Day!

 

Our God is a God of freedom!

 

Freedom is transforming!

 

When we are free, we can become the person He created us to be.

 

It  was for our freedom from bondage to our natural sinful nature and its penalties that Christ came to the earth.

 

Navigating a life path on our own is encouraged by the world, but that’s an effort more likely to add bondage rather than freedom.

 

He promises us that freedom in exchange for our relinquishing control of our lives.

 

With  freedom comes transformation and the renewing of our minds. (Romans 12:2)

 

We are able to replace old attitudes and ideas based on worldly concepts, conceived by the spiritual enemy of truth.

 

Freedom and spiritual truth become inseparable!

 

I would love to talk with you about the experience of freedom.

 

Is there anything holding you captive?