I was a little girl who wore shame that didn't belong to her. I knew where it came from. I knew it came from things that happened in my family. I knew it came from things people knew. I knew it came from whispers, opinions, comparisons, and labels that found their way onto my shoulders long before I was old enough to understand what to do with them. I remember not wanting people to know what was in the newspapers. I remember not wanting people to know who my dad was. Not

Sometimes we walk away from places, assignments, relationships, or seasons because of disappointment, frustration, confusion, or circumstances around us. At the time, it can feel like the right thing to do. We move on, convinced we're following wisdom, protecting our hearts, or responding to what is happening around us. But sometimes, after prayer and reflection, we realize something important: God never told us to leave. That doesn't mean there weren't real issues. It do

Lies can only remain where there is an absence of truth. Jesus said: "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."John 8:32 I was bound because I believed lies. Freedom didn't come because I tried harder. It came because I sat with the Lord until the Holy Spirit began revealing truth. As truth came, the lies began to lose their power. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth. He shines His light into places we cannot see on our own. He exposes what d

I had a deep revelation today. Someone said that when a child grows up being criticized, eventually that criticism becomes her inner voice. I just sat there. Then the tears came. Because I realized… Kim has been Kim’s biggest critic. I’ve spent so much of my life encouraging people. Praising them. Uplifting them. Exhorting them. Loving them. Believing in them. Calling out the good in them. As I sat with the Lord today, I wondered if part of the reason is because those were t

What do we do when someone is hurting? Do we listen? Do we pray? Do we cast it out? Do we tell them to renew their mind? Do we tell them to forgive? Do we tell them to be grateful? Do we tell them to put the Word on it? How much of the way we minister comes from the Holy Spirit and how much comes from habit? How much comes from listening and how much comes from what worked last time? How much comes from discernment and how much comes from tradition? How much comes from re

The other day I was praying in a group, and something unusual happened. I felt insecure. That caught my attention because prayer has never really been an area where I struggled. It has usually been the place where I feel the most confident. But this time was different. I was grieving. I was hurting. I felt fragile. And afterward, I found myself comparing. Comparing my weakness to someone else's strength. Comparing my suffering to someone else's victory. Comparing what I

Sometimes the hardest prison isn't a place. It's an agreement. Not chains you can see. Not walls someone else built. But words. Labels. Opinions. False beliefs that found a place to sit inside your heart. The person may no longer be holding you, but the agreement still is. And that is where freedom has to happen. For many of us, one of the deepest boxes we live in is not sin, rebellion, or even fear. It is the weight of spiritual authority mishandled. A pastor. A le