Courage and Confidence: 5-Days to Unbox the Woman God Created You to BeSýnishorn

My early years as a single mother were hectic. My life was full, and so was my schedule. Being a boy, mom meant many hours of action cartoons and movies, active hours outdoors while managing nine-to-five, long commutes, ministry, and social life. Things were always busy and bustling. My father gave me a gift every mother dreams of a summer off! Momma was getting her freedom, peace, rest, and whole life back.

For those first few days, instead of feeling like the carefree woman I envisioned, I began to slip into a dark depression. It was the first time in years my life was quiet, and I could hear my soul speak. There was grief I didn’t attend to and breakups I never truly got over. There were esteem issues I had buried under motherhood and ministry, and for the first time in a long time, I had no one to take care of but myself, and I could barely face what I saw.

It was time to unbox my experiences. I needed to understand the defining, difficult, and unpleasant life moments that had unraveled my created identity and my perception of God. Want to know how I found my way back? I turned my face to God to find the courage to face myself.

You need God’s grace to muster up the courage to unpack your divorce, betrayal, abuse, breakup, sickness, child’s death, unwanted pregnancy, financial hardship, flunking out of school, being let down by a parent, failing to live up to your own or others’ expectations, or, simply, life plans that didn’t go your way.

This does not only apply to past experiences. With every new impactful moment, you will need to pause and reposition yourself so that your created identity remains clear and not crushed . . . because clarity gives you the ability to choose wisely.

REMEMBER: Hiding and being avoidant starts to pile up. When facing yourself and your experiences become unbearable, turn your face to God to find the courage to face yourself.