LizChatter

This is my story and I'm sticking to it ❤ Honestly, full-on truth; God has proven this to me time and time again.  ❤He's purposed my own experience with various forms of abuse/misuse to reach those who are wounded by abusive authority figures and leadership  (in friendships, in families, in churches, in marriage and in their career path).  ❤He's purposed my experiences with passive leadership who choose to not interrupt abuse and highlighted to me the importance of speaking up for the weak and down-trodden.  ❤He's purposed my history with self-loathing and used it as an ongoing example of choosing to heal and live in freedom.  And in all of this, He has taught me grace toward the abusers and misusers in my life, by giving me the sight to see how hurt and wounded they are/have been. The saying goes, "Hurt people, hurt people." So let it also be true, "Healed people, offer healing to people."  This whole life, that God has given ...

Sisters,  Do not assume any role in "catching" your man or "settling" for some half interested fella. Too many of my sisters are living frustrated about their guy's flaws, his passive nature or wandering eye. It's heart-breaking and all too real for me.  The checking off of that "relationship" box on your life list is not worth the turmoil of a dysfunctional relationship. You can trust the truth of that statement! I literally know what I'm talking about.  So you feel the fire of passion and hormonal chemistry? You're not the first one to deal with that... afterall we're all here aren't we. J ust look at your feelings as biological science.  "That doesn't help", you say?  Okay then, here's an old phrase we learned in elementary school to help us learn how and remember how to put out a fire.  STOP! DROP! ROLL! Remember that one?   STOP! Let God work in you and in your future spouse to bring out your fla...

The devil catches blame for a lot of stuff. I mean, A LOT of stuff. Blame is a very interesting human phenomenon that, to the best of my knowledge, started with Eve in the Garden of Eden. Since Lucifer committed the original transgression (you know, pride , the thing that got him kicked out of Heaven) there's some merit to why he is assigned so much blame.  Anyhoo, we've followed Eve's example of finger-pointing for several thousand human generations.  Shifting the blame off my own shoulders has seemed at times like an involuntary reflex to trouble; I suppose that's because shifting the blame is sometimes easier than admitting the truth... oddly enough that seems to also stem from pride (back to that original transgression). Our own pride of wanting to be seen in a good light, but yet desiring (at times) to have that which is not ours is at the core of most transgression committed by humanity. As I was contemplating all of this I couldn't help but identify a bit...

___________________________ Be the kind of person  who sees past the game face.