Tag: Love
Love is not blind…
“Let us (unselfishly) love and seek the best for one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves (others) is born of God and know God (through personal experience). The one who does not love has not become acquainted with God (does not and never did know him), for God is love (He is the originator of love, and it is an enduring attribute of His nature).”- 1 John 4:7-8
“So if the son sets you free, you will be free indeed”. – John 8:36
#nolongerheldcaptive
Love is…
“So if the son sets you free, you will be free indeed”. – John 8:36
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shine light on darkness…
“So if the son sets you free, you will be free indeed”. – John 8:36
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As I wear this brown skin…
“So if the son sets you free, you will be free indeed”. – John 8:36
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a perfect love story…
“So if the son sets you free, you will be free indeed”. – John 8:36
#nolongerheldcaptive
God is love….
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
– John 3:16-17❤️
“So if the son sets you free, you will be free indeed”. – John 8:36
#nolongerheldcaptive
In my wilderness…
“So if the son sets you free, you will be free indeed”. – John 8:36
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When enough doesn’t seem to suffice….
When enough doesn’t
seem to suffice,
and shame comes flooding
in like a vengeance
with it’s futile attempt to
keep me bound.
I lean in…
to its liberating way
of stretching me
uncomfortably in the
direction of healing.
the peeling back of
each layer that exposes
a raw area of my heart
that I wasn’t quite ready
to expose.
I lean in…
and take a deep breath
as I stare at the
woman in the mirror,
embracing her with
words of love and
complete acceptance.
~ denise marie
**Artist credit:
Briahna Wenke @artbybri
http://www.artbybri.com
“So if the son sets you free, you will be free indeed”. – John 8:36
#nolongerheldcaptive
Today I celebrate…
On April 11th, I turned 51…
Today I celebrate
both the good and the bad of these 51 years…there were so many days that I struggled with my value and self-worth, never “feeling” good enough as I listened to the lies which kept me bound to their twisted truth for far too long. So many years of refusing to truly allow myself to shine for fear of failure or rejection, playing it safe instead of living freely.
As an adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse, I despised who and what I saw in my mirror.
It has been such a slippery slope to maneuver through the trauma.
Daily choosing to renew my mind, as I apply truth to my brokenness, I am healing whole.
Today I celebrate.
Every step
she takes
is a brave
quest to silence
the lies
which kept
her bound
for far too long.
This courageous
feat outweighs
the years of
previous defeats.
Her new found
