mental health
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Each week we will answer an anonymous message received at BitsnB1218@gmail.com or through DM. There are 60 million survivors of childhood sexual crimes. One in nine don’t report. The real number of victims is staggering but no one wants to talk about it. We will. If you need anonymous advice from Jesus’ girls coming through…
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Moments of reflection — what better way to start a week. Chronic physical pain has been with me since I was a child. I have also lived with severe PTSD. A childhood wrought with murder, confusion, and constant physical, emotional and sexual abuse left its course surging through my veins. Chronic physical pain and PTSD…
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Have you ever experienced moments where your spiritual journey seems to hit a plateau—even when you’re earnestly seeking a deeper connection with Jesus? It’s natural for our hearts to face both breakthroughs and slow stretches along the path of faith. Sometimes, you feel an overwhelming surge of grace that reshapes your inner world, and other…
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Healing takes a mindset of growth. As a seed becomes a plant, there is visible change. The same was true in my life. The more I healed, the more everything starting to look just a little bit different. Many of my relationships in life took drastic turns: from the men I dated, to the people…
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Oh, I’ve done so many things wrong I can hardly decide which one to talk about. In anger, I fought for my own way. I drank too much. I slept with men I didn’t even know. I harbored the desire for power and money. Secretly, I wanted revenge. So, what did sleeping with a married…
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They always have a backstory, don’t they? Some excuse tucked into the folds of their history— a troubled childhood, a lonely adolescence, an addiction, a trauma (a trauma just like mine, funny how that works). And so the world wrings its hands. Poor man. He didn’t mean it. He was hurting. He needs help. They…
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Times of reflection are the best way to start a week. Ask yourself this question: If you were so close to a forest fire that you could feel its heat, would you evacuate? I was sitting in the grass with my brother and a child. We were watching a fire across the street. The fire…
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What are you carrying in your hands today? Is it strife, injustice — unworthiness? It’s an interesting question. What we carry in our hands may be a direct result of what is happening in our hearts. If our hearts are confused and full of chaos, I suppose our life will show the fruits of that.…
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Times of reflection are the best way to start a week. Ask yourself this question: How far have you come in your own personal healing journey? The pilgrimage of healing is a ship that sails through the course of this life. Not until we reach the Kingdom of Heaven will our healing be complete. I…
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“Information is not knowledge. The only source of knowledge is experience. You need experience to gain wisdom.” Albert Einstein Together we are stronger. We answer anonymous emails received at BitsnB1218@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you this coming week. “The heart and soul experience tragic assault in this war. The two essential categories needing…