Today I’m sharing a guest post from Amber Lia, coauthor of Triggers, Exchanging Parents’ Angry Reactions for Gentle Biblical Responses (affiliate link). I got to read a pre-release copy of Triggers, and it’s an excellent resource for any mom who feels out-of-control with her emotions but wants to show God’s love and patience with their children instead. I hope you enjoy this post! …
I paced the living room, trying to avoid the pantry and the fridge since I’ve learned they don’t really comfort me anyway. But this restlessness inside… I didn’t know what to do with it. There was a tightness in my chest, like the feeling I get when I should be working but I’m lingering on social media, a sense of …
There I lay, on my side, curled up as tightly as I could, facing the wall. I had stuffed a pillow in my mouth and willed the sobs to quiet down so my roommate couldn’t hear me. This was the first time I could remember being truly broken over my sin. Pride shattered, I grappled with my own dark heart and …
I have no words. I long for those days, when the Spirit moved me freely, when the words sprung up from deep within, like a fountain refusing to be stopped, giving healing and life to those who read. But I feel tired. Wiped out. Like there’s nothing left. And I try to quiet the longing, to pretend there’s nothing wrong. …
You know how sometimes you just feel down and out? Like there’s nothing wrong and everything wrong at the same time? You can’t really verbalize any one thing that upset you, but you feel like you could bite someone’s head off just the same? Yeah. I’ve been there more often than I care to admit. And in those situations, I …
