I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. ~Charles Dickens This has always been one of my favorite quotes, and as a Christian, I believe it is what our Heavenly Father would want us to do to honor His Son. Last night a friend, who exudes every definition […]

posted by Flux
Tags: Angel of the Lord, Charles Dickens, Keep Christmas, Peter Marshall
Filed under: Comfort, Friends, Happy, Life, Quotes, Resources

Thinking about a worship song for this Wednesday has brought me to “A King Like No Other”. I have been dealing with the challenges of PTSD that has been exacerbated lately. My head swirls with intrusive thoughts and terrifying flashbacks of a really dark time during my adolescence. It has been hard to choose just the […]

posted by Flux
Tags: flashbacks, King of Kings, locusts destroyed, perpetrators, redeemed
Filed under: Comfort, Emotion, Flashbacks/Memories, Life, Pain, Worship Wednesday

As the holidays creep up on us, many people have a very difficult time emotionally. There is pressure in every thing from planning events at work, to family gatherings at home. There may be travel to see family you would rather not, possibly even the person or people who abused you. There are decorations to […]

posted by Flux
Tags: anxiety, Christmas, depression, Frosty the Snowman, Mary Engelbreit
Filed under: Emotion, Life, Motivational Monday, Quotes

I apologize for the avoidance of my writing. My mother had brain surgery and I have been tied up with the emotions and visits there. Today is Motivational Monday again so I would like to share something that was shared with me at the AHMA conference a couple of weeks ago. One of the speakers, […]

posted by Flux
Tags: AHMA, avoidance, fears, isolation, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, triggers
Filed under: Fear, Happy, Life, Motivational Monday, Recovery

The lyrics of “Moved by Mercy” are familiar for many abuse survivors. Nightmares are a part of PTSD and adults who were sexually abused as children are survivors of war to be certain. I can’t count how many times both night and day, I have wished I could go back and hold the child who was […]

posted by Flux
Tags: abuse survivor, Matthew West, Moved by Mercy, sexual abuse
Filed under: Comfort, Life, Pain, Worship Wednesday