Self-Doubt is a difficult thing to overcome, yet in order to become all we were created to be, we must press into the truth of who God says we are and trust that He will not only be with us as we step into our God-given identity but that He will also go before us and equip us for our calling. I've invited Valerie Murray to share her Made for Brave story of how self-doubt left her feeling defeated and alone, but more importantly how she found a way to escape its hold over her to step into the brave life she was created to live. When I was in junior high, a rumor that I was stupid spread like a vicious wildfire, and I couldn’t put it out no matter how hard I tried. My worst memory is of chasing a boy who snatched a letter I wrote to my best friend asking her if she Continue Reading
When Illness Threatens Our Identity : Made for Brave Sisterhood
Our identity is a fragile thing, easily pliable, manipulated and wrongly defined by the challenges and difficult circumstances of life, including illness. Learning to lean into the truth of who God says we are is a choice to step into brave. It's a choice to reclaim and protect our identity. I've invited Lois McKiernan to share her Made for Brave story and how she battles the identity lies lurking behind the very thing we have no control over - chronic illness. I'm sure you'll find encouragement and hope in her journey of brave faith. Different. Pathetic. Useless. Just a few of the labels that have been flung at me throughout my life. Labels that stuck, that wrapped themselves around my heart without me even realizing. Every single one of them a lie straight Continue Reading