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Are You Tired of Carrying What God Never Meant for You to Hold?

Unforgiveness is heavy.

It drains our peace, steals our joy, and builds invisible walls between us and the freedom God desires for us.

Many of us carry emotional baggage from past hurts, betrayals, and disappointments—thinking we’re protecting ourselves, but in reality, we’re only prolonging our pain.

It’s time to forgive— to release the offense, surrender the hurt, and receive healing through Christ.

You deserve peace.

You deserve joy.

You deserve to be free.

God’s Word is clear about the importance of forgiveness—not only as a command but as a path to healing.

“Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.” —Colossians 3:13 (NIV)

Forgiveness doesn’t mean what happened was okay. It means you’re choosing to release the offense and trust God to be your healer and your defender. When we forgive, we make space for God’s peace to move in.

Letting go of unforgiveness isn’t always a one-time decision—it’s often a process. But it begins with one brave step of faith. God doesn’t ask us to do it alone. His Spirit empowers us to forgive, even when it seems impossible.

Here’s how you can begin:

  1. Pray honestly – Tell God how you feel and ask for His strength to release the pain.
  2. Speak forgiveness aloud – Declare it even before your emotions catch up.
  3. Choose to bless – Pray for the person who hurt you. Blessing them breaks the cycle of bitterness.
  4. Remind yourself of God’s grace – You’ve been forgiven much. 

When we forgive, we make space for God’s peace to move in.

It’s time to drop the weight!

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Do You Suppress Your Emotions? 🤔

What Are Suppressed Emotions?

Suppressed emotions are feelings that are ignored, denied, or pushed aside rather than acknowledged and processed. Common examples include:

  • Minimizing pain by saying, “I’m fine” when you’re not
  • Avoiding conflict to keep the peace
  • Ignoring grief or disappointment in an effort to “stay strong”

While these habits may seem harmless—or even virtuous—they often stem from fear, shame, or learned patterns of dysfunction.

Left unchecked, they become internal barriers to emotional freedom and spiritual growth.

When you suppress emotions, you disconnect from your heart—the very place where God wants to dwell.

A hardened heart can make it difficult to experience His presence, hear His voice, or feel true joy in worship.

“Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts…” – Hebrews 3:15

How to Begin the Healing Process

  1. Acknowledge your feelings honestly in prayer
  2. Invite the Holy Spirit to reveal hidden wounds
  3. Seek godly counsel or Christ-centered coaching
  4. Practice journaling or emotional processing through Scripture
  5. Choose forgiveness—even if the emotions are still raw

Let your emotions be the invitation to deeper intimacy, not a barrier to breakthrough.


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How Jesus Heals the Wounds We Hide

We’ve all done it—pushed down the pain, smiled when we were breaking inside, and convinced ourselves that if we could just move on, we’d be okay.

But deep within, we carry hidden wounds—betrayals, rejection, abuse, shame, fear, abandonment—buried beneath layers of performance, perfectionism, or people-pleasing.

These secret places of our soul can feel too messy, too broken, or too vulnerable to bring into the light. But Jesus already sees them. And more than that—He longs to heal them.

In Genesis 16, we meet Hagar—a woman discarded and mistreated. In her pain, she flees into the desert. Alone and unseen by everyone else, Hagar is found by God. He calls her by name and meets her with compassion. Overwhelmed, she declares, “You are the God who sees me” (Genesis 16:13, NIV).

God still sees us today.

The tears we cry in silence,

the fears we can’t voice,

the wounds we’ve hidden from the world—

He knows them all.

👉🏾✝️ And He is not repelled by our brokenness; He is moved by it.

Isaiah 53:5 tells us, “By His wounds, we are healed.”

👉🏾✝️ Jesus didn’t just come to save our souls—He came to make us whole.

He bore the weight of our sin and our sorrow.

🙌🏾✝️ When He reached out to the leper, dined with the outcast, and restored the broken, He revealed the heart of a Savior who meets us where we are and makes us new.

When we hide our wounds, we also hide from healing.

But when we surrender, we find that Jesus doesn’t just put a bandage on our pain—He transforms it.

He turns mourning into joy, ashes into beauty, and shame into testimony.

🙏🏾 A Prayer to Invite His Healing

Jesus, I’ve carried wounds that no one sees. I’ve hidden pain because I wasn’t sure what to do with it. But You see me, and You love me still. Today, I invite You into the broken places of my heart. Heal what’s hurting. Restore what’s been lost. Help me believe that nothing is beyond Your reach. Make me whole. In Your name, Amen.

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    Your Invitation to the Brand New YOU…

    I don’t know about you, but I have decided in this BRAND NEW season that it’s time to stop playing small….because I serve THE Almighty BIG GOD 💪🏾💃🏽 and He’s my Abba, Father!

    The time is ‘NOW’ ⏰ to evolve into ALL that God has created YOU to be. 

    Stop looking around comparing yourself to everyone else;

    Stop complaining, making excuses, and procrastinating;

    Stop blaming your past, yourself, and yo’ momma-and-them;

    Let it all go!  

    Step into YOUR unique destiny and impact the world with YOUR presence. 

    Let’s do this 🏃🏾‍♀️… it’s time

    “And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” (Rev 21:5)

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    Anxious thoughts?


    Do you ever find yourself—inside your head—over-functioning, over-analyzing, over-thinking, second-guessing, doubting, and sabotaging…over-functioning, over-analyzing, over-thinking, second-guessing, doubting, and sabotaging…repeat…

    I know, sometimes I do. 

    Whew…

    How exhausting and overwhelming…

    Sometimes, these processes can all seem like practical and smart habits. After all, we just want to be efficient, wise, thorough, and caring. Right? 

    And, in-control and on-top of life’s circumstances.

    However, ALL of the above characteristics only give us the ‘illusion’ of control. 

    That’s right! You are only convinced in YOUR OWN mind (or want to be); and, that usually equates to needing to be RIGHT, PERFECT, or CONTROLLING. 

    And, they are ALL thieves of your destiny, your fulfillment, your happiness, and your peace. 

    Once you get on the treadmill of performance-based living, or the need to know, solve, understand, or fix everything, it’s so HARD to stop. It’s addictive and oftentimes even rewarded. But, it is taxing on your mind, your emotions, and your body—it is NOT good! 

    So, give yourself permission and intentionality to get out of your head—away from your crazy emotions and your consuming thoughts; and, realize IT’S JUST NOT THAT SERIOUS 🧐!

    Relax your body, your mind, and your soul! 

    No more being uptight about ANYTHING…

    Exhale…

    (Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest) …Matthew 11:28