you be you

Stop trying to live up to the expectations of others — or even worse, the expectations you think others have.

mother lode

It’s possible to mine pleasure from your circumstances; just don’t confuse it with genuine joy.

standing tall

You may have carried some burdens so long that even after you’ve laid them at the foot of the cross you’re still stooped from the load. Not to worry: the Lord will straighten you out.

“And there was a woman who had had a disabling spirit for eighteen years, She was bent over and could not straighten herself. When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, ‘Woman, you are freed from your disability.’ And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and she glorified God.” — Luke 13:11-12, ESV