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Forgiveness Has a Scope, And a Boundary
Forgiveness and boundaries are not opposites. You do not have to stay in what is hurting you to prove that your forgiveness is real.
In Part 3 of the Forgiveness Series we talk about the full scope of forgiveness — who, what, where, and when — and we name something the church doesn't always say clearly enough: being a woman of God does not mean being silent about harm. We explore what Jesus actually said about leaving, what boundaries really are, why pursuing justice is not unforgiveness, and what forgiving yourself has to do with all of it. This one is for the woman who has been told that staying was the faithful thing to do.
Because He First Forgave Us
Why does Jesus ask us to forgive? It's a fair question — and the answer is more convicting than comfortable. In Part 2 of the Forgiveness Series we get honest about the Jonah moment — that place where you don't want grace to be available to the person who hurt you. We explore the difference between reading the Bible with a Disney mindset versus an honest one, what Matthew 18 really says about forgiveness, and the difference between guilt and God's conviction. Because guilt keeps you ashamed and stuck. God's conviction points you toward hope. And that difference changes everything.
The Hourglass in My Head
Anxiety doesn't always show up for the big moments. Sometimes it shows up on a Tuesday morning in your closet and feels just as loud and urgent as a real crisis. If you've ever felt trapped in a spiral of what ifs, you're not alone. God's Word has something to say about it.
In this post we explore what anxiety actually feels like from the inside, the gap between knowing scripture and letting it work in you, and how 2 Timothy 1:7 is helping shift the battle of what ifs into something steadier. This is not a one size fits all fix. This is an honest conversation about anxiety, faith, and the Holy Spirit meeting you right where you are.
My Best Decision
That morning messed me up, for the better. I began questioning many things afterward. I started wondering why I was telling people that I was a Christian and what it meant to claim Jesus.
Overcoming My Thorn
I spent five months trying to write this post. Five months of opening a blank page, typing a sentence, and closing the tab. Because this secret — my biggest one — wasn't something I ever imagined saying out loud, let alone publishing on the internet for the world to read.
My fight-or-flight sin, the one I had to lay bare before God, was pornography. And it started when I was in fourth grade.
For years I carried this quietly — through elementary school, through high school, through accepting Christ as my Savior — still fighting something I didn't have words for and was too ashamed to confess. The enemy had me convinced I was alone in it. That good girls, church girls, didn't deal with this. That if anyone ever found out, they would see me differently.
But God had other plans. He used a torn piece of cardboard, a stranger on a stage, and four words — truly loved and free — to show me that the thing I was most ashamed of was the very thing He wanted to redeem.
This post is my testimony. It's about what confession does that silence never can. It's about the freedom that only comes when you stop carrying something alone. And it's about the conversation I believe the church needs to start having — openly, honestly, and without shame.
If you've ever felt like you were the only one fighting something in the dark, this one is for you.