by Jodie Stevens | Apr 7, 2014 | Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Happiness, Humor, Love |
Before I met my husband a friend invites me to a seminar called “How to Find a Date Worth Keeping” hosted by well-known psychologist Dr. Henry Cloud. I don’t really want to go and I think to myself: “I’m educated, I have a minor in psychology and I don’t...
by Jodie Stevens | Apr 1, 2014 | Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Hope |
It’s the best day of my life. I’m seventeen years old. It’s English literature class and the papers have just been graded. The assignment: to write an essay using irony based on Judy Brady’s famous essay ‘I Want a Wife.’ I’m an average student at best and having been...
by Jodie Stevens | Mar 30, 2014 | Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Fear and Anxiety, Happiness |
Are you the person you want to be? As a child you believed. Did you let fear, self-doubt, or the opinions of others crush your dreams? “You can’t be an astronaut, you’re not smart enough,” “You can’t be a fireman, it’s too dangerous.” By seeking love and approval, we...
by Jodie Stevens | Mar 16, 2014 | Choices, Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Hope, Thankfulness |
I’ve never heard a believer say that God isn’t good. Many people that don’t know Him blame Him for their troubles and all the suffering in the world. But Romans 5:12 tells us that: “When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to...
by Jodie Stevens | Mar 12, 2014 | Choices, Emotional Difficulties & Addiction, Fear and Anxiety, Hope |
A lot of churches have a saying; ‘come as you are.’ There’s a reason for this. I don’t think it’s that we should show up in pajamas or gym clothes. It means we should come in our brokenness. We bring our struggles and addictions; wounds and afflictions; illness, shame...
by Jodie Stevens | Jan 16, 2014 | Emotional Difficulties & Addiction |
Christian singer Matt Maher admits he was a smoker for 12 years. And that God used that experience to show him what it means to be an addict. He says: “As an addict you’re craving something. You just get fixated on the wrong thing when really all along...
