Looking to Jesus & Resting In His Embrace
You’ve hear the story about Peter walking on water, probably more times that you can count. It’s inspiring, we get that. But what about when you’re really sinking beneath the waves?
Fear Is A Bully (But God Is Stronger)
Fear can be a bully. It wants to stop us in our tracks and paralyze us from moving forward. Fear wants to spoil today and make us dread tomorrow.
6 Ways To Be Fully Confident When Facing Fears
Where does your confidence come from? Jessica gets candid about a recent lack of confidence, and how she got through in this post on Candidly Christian.
3 Things To Remember In The Storm
The sun was shining, but the aftermath of the storm had left a trail in their hearts…
4 Ways to Fight Anxiety With Faith and Prayer
“Should I move back home to Hawaii or should I stay in San Francisco?” this question kept me up at night and then when I did fall asleep it leaked in and crowded my dreams. I was in my first semester of college when I faced my personal Goliath. Out of state fees were…
3 Lessons In Trusting God (even when you cannot see)
In a previous blog post I told the story of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that shook Alaska (and to some extent, my faith) last November. As I write this, I have the benefit of hindsight. Our home hasn’t been repaired yet, but we are in the process of securing a long-term disaster loan that was…
My (Winning) Battle with Health Anxiety
I’ve always been drawn to science, particularly physiology and how God designed our bodies to work. I was the weird kid who loved dissections in school, and who had no problem discussing my vet clinic work experiences in graphic detail at the dinner table (to my mother’s shock and horror – and maybe mild amusement).
3 Key Questions You Need To Ask When Anxiety Strikes
Do you struggle with anxiety? Sherry does. It’s not that she struggles with feeling anxiety. It’s that she struggles with giving into it and letting it run amuck…
Fear Fishing: 3 Steps To Overcome Your Fear
It seems like most of my posts here at Candidly Christian begin with a confession. Today’s is this: I struggle with fear and chronic worry. By the grace of God, I’m beginning to recognize fear for what it is. And more importantly, I’m taking action, because I know that God has intended for me to…
Growing My Trust in God When Life Was Beyond My Control
I remember driving through the mountains with my husband in the middle of a blizzard. Okay, it wasn’t really a blizzard, and I wasn’t really driving, but it sure seemed like a blizzard from where I sat in the passenger seat. It was snowing hard and the wind was blowing it across the mountain road….
3 Ways to Look for a Different Perspective in the Midst of Difficulty
Last year, for me, feels marked by a medical timeline. There was the jumping through hoops to get insurance pre-authorization, the planning and making reservations to be out of town for a length of time, and the monitoring of the medical bills—what insurance would and would not cover. Throughout the months, I reminded myself to…
Hope Secure When Life Isn’t
Job 17:15 “Where then is my hope – who can see any hope for me?” Sitting on the cold concrete porch, my heart pounded within my chest over my new reality. I wasn’t enough. I wasn’t enough. Those words resounded within my head so loudly I wondered if everyone around me could hear them. Were…