I have struggled to live with courage for a long time. I’m always the one to hold back and stay on the sidelines. Playing in the game always seemed so risky, it felt safer in the stands. I’ve let myself opt out of things I should have done or tried for. For so long I wasn’t living with courage, I was living with fear. I was living in my insecurities and hurt. Insecurity and doubt are scary things. They have the ability to take over our hearts and minds and infect them with poisonous lies if we let them. But that’s the key- if we let them. It’s all up to us friends. We can either hold hands with Jesus or let the lies of insecurities roam our hearts.
I’ve struggled with anxiety for most of my life. It’s something I didn’t even recognize I had until about the 9th grade. My anxiety feeds me lies. It tells me I’m not good enough or pretty enough or strong enough. It basically multiplies every insecurity you could think of and puts it on full display in my mind. For so long I let these words control my life. Everything I did was based off the lies of my anxiety, and this was harmful to my living. There were so many things I longed to try like starting this blog but my anxiety kept telling me every reason why it wouldn’t work. Y’all I lived in my anxiety and I lived in my insecurities. Until I found courage through the Lord. Read More