He is Straightening Your Crown: Set Free
He is healing you. Meditate on His tender compassion. Doubt and darkness will one day flee.
He is healing you. Meditate on His tender compassion. Doubt and darkness will one day flee.
While browsing a display of pillows, the woman next to me complimented me on my dress – not just a simple “I like your dress” but “I love that color on you”.
This crown has less to do with us and is more about who God Is. It’s a great image of the dignity inherent in our creation.
I’m actually filled with quite a bit of self loathing. I’ve always chalked it up to the curse of being a Type A perfectionist- I am more aware of my short-comings and failings than of any achievements of successes. I just can’t see what’s to love.
How easily gazing at our image and likeness can morph into glaring at our faults when we do not delight in who we are.
My pride was meant to be broken. I wish my bones weren’t… but the lesson is learned. I’m owning my fall. I’m owning my pride.
I quickly found out that I was one of the only Catholics at Berry College, but the place was swarming with devout, God-loving Christians. Besides my Christian identity, I was sure of one other thing — I was a dancer.
At the sound of these words coming from my husband, my crown as the daughter of the King was shown to be sorely askew and tarnished, and yes, the sacrament of confession went on my to-do list that day!
It is in his Sacred Heart that I can find my rest, healing, and restoration. It is in His Sacred Heart that I am taught my identity as a daughter of a King.
On this podcast, she gives us such wonderful insight into her own struggle with shame and how we can recognize and fight it in our lives.