Category: Essays

Making Wise Decisions

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 In recent times, I’ve had a major decision weighing on my heart. And through it all, God is teaching me one thing: patience. As ...

A Simple Breathing Exercise for Anxiety

Do Not Be Anxious

Anxiety and panic attacks used to be close friends of mine… toxic friends, that is. In my teens, I not only suffered from depression but also anxiety. And though I was diagnoses with the usual, generalized anxiety disorder, I also suffered from two other types of anxiety disorders, namely social phobia and obsessive compulsive disorder. So ...

Encouraging Bible Verses for Depression

To my sisters in Christ struggling with depression or are in a season where they feel depressed, I hope this post of encouraging Bible verses for depression will be of some encouragement, hope and guidance for you. Know that no matter how you are feeling, God is with you in your suffering, you are not ...

Spending Your Single Years Well

The Single Years

When I tell people I was single for seven years before I met my husband, I usually receive audibly gasps. Seven whole years?!  And then, almost always, it’d be followed by, What did you do during those seven years? The better question, though, is what didn’t I do? Those years were some of the best ...

Where Is God In Depression?

Where Is God In Depression?

The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; He delivers them from all their troubles. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:17-18 I was fifteen years old when I moved from a small, close-knit school into one of the “elite” high-schools in my country. ...

The Importance Of Christian Friends & Fellowship

We Need Each Other

It had been a seemingly ordinary week when Thursday came and I laid my head down on the side of the cold railing of a hospital bed. Holding my toddler’s hand, despair washed over me as I silently cried out to God. My little boy laid listless next to me as he was given an IV ...