Fasting for Freedom - Thoughts on Ash Wednesday
Elizabeth Moore
In fasting, we stand face-to-face with our cravings and say no. We refuse to be dominated by our flesh. And it’s in this restraint that we’re set free.
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Living a life of hope & wholeness and sometimes writing about it.
Spring is Hard for a Seed
Elizabeth Moore
Yes, spring is the season of renewal, but it’s also the season of starting over.
Read MoreLife These Days?
Elizabeth Moore
These past few months, I’ve had lots of questions about where I am and what I’m doing these days. That’s a great question—one that I love answering! Your concerned, quizzical looks are valid. I’m not exactly doing “life” or “job” or “young-adult-living-situation” in a conventional way, but I’m exactly where I need to be, and I couldn’t be more grateful.
Read MoreDearest, Darlingest Readers
Elizabeth Moore
A letter to my brave subscribers.
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Read MoreUnraveling
Elizabeth Moore
If 2016 did anything, it unraveled me. And like I said, I’m not here to focus on 2016, but this unraveling has positioned me to enter the new year with true repentance and humility. I am fully and reverently aware of my smallness. Not smallness in significance but smallness in strength and control. I have come face-to-face with my weakness, foolishness, sin, shame, pride, impatience, defensive living, mistrusting and deceitful heart. These things have and continue to unravel me. But I’m starting to see that this, too, is the kindness of the Lord.
Read MoreOn Not Writing
Elizabeth Moore
Two nights ago, I sat down to write and nothing came out.
It was very frustrating. The writing had a deadline, but the words and ideas said "nope."
The setting was so perfect! A cozy fire, a snuggly living room, a cup of hot tea, no boys in the house, and even a cuddly dog! Nothing says, "Come write in my environment of perfection" like that scenario, you know?
But no. Something was off, and I couldn't do it.
Something in my spirit was halting me, holding me back, and it wasn't just writer's block. I had all the drive, all the momentum, every desire to write beautiful words in front of this beautiful fireplace, and then post a beautiful Instagram and make a beautiful name for myself. And my spirit said no.
Not this way.
Read MoreWhat Does the Lord Want to Say to You in the Morning?
Elizabeth Moore
I could hide nothing. I was exposed, clutching my shame, my wounds, and my unforgivableness. I told her everything. Our conversation, the shame that it uncovered, and the guilt that I feel obligated to carry around.
She saw my issue: unbelief. She saw that I struggled to forgive myself and believe that Christ has made me His own. I struggled to believe that He’s forgiven me and that I am forgivable.
So she asked me a simple question:
“What does the Lord want to say to you in the morning?”
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