When Change is Hard

Going through change can be hard, but we must be careful not to skips step to make those changes.

“to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,
and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God
in true righteousness and holiness” (Ephesians 4:17, 22-24, ESV).

Several years ago, I was stuck in a habitual pattern of despair. I would sin and then spend days spiraling downward into a dark abyss. The ticker-tape in my mind was, “You’re a terrible person.”

It was miserable and I wanted to change. In fact, I wanted to change yesterday.

For me it was despair, but for another, it may any number of other things.

I’m over at Club31 Women today–read the rest here.