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Psalm 15 - Living Whole-Hearted
Dr. Brene’ Brown discovered what she calls “whole-hearted living” from her research on shame. What a twist. She found there were people who lived their lives wholeheartedly and didn’t allow shame to keep them small. Whole-hearted living is defined as “engaging in our lives from a place of worthiness. It means cultivating the courage, compassion, and connection to wake up in the morning and think, No matter what gets done and how much is left undone, I am enough.”

All of this is found in Psalm 15.

Eternal One, who is invited to stay in Your dwelling?
Who is granted passage to Your holy mountain?
Here is the answer: The one who lives with integrity, does what is right, and speaks honestly with truth from the heart.
The one who doesn’t speak evil against others or wrong his neighbor, or slander his friends.
The one who loathes the loathsome, honors those who fear the Eternal,
And keeps all promises no matter the cost.
The one who does not lend money with gain in mind and cannot be bought to harm an innocent name.
If you live this way, you will not be shaken and will live together with the Lord.

I will not be shaken and will live together with the Lord because I am enough. Jesus says I am enough so now I live my life to the full.

This doesn’t guarantee that my heart won’t be smashed. It guarantees that God will never leave me even when it feels like he has. God gives us the way to live whole-hearted.

#psalm15 #wholehearted #bebrave #bravester #brenebrown

There is a lot right being written and said about Simone Biles’ decision to withdraw from the Olympic competition. This is a cultural moment and will teach and lead for many precious souls from this point forward.

There is one reason I haven’t seen mentioned yet. A reason that all of us are also living through.

Maybe Simone also has covid exhaustion. Here she is in Japan, a foreign land, where covid outbreaks are happening. Where Olympic Village is under tight precautions. I’m sure Olympic Village used to be a lot more fun and stress-releasing. She is being tested for covid excessively. Her family, her support system, her people are not with her but are back home because of covid. The fear is just beneath the surface and everywhere in front of the whole world.

We too have been living with this fear just beneath our breath for 18 months now. The news likes to remind us that this could last for another 18 months. This fear feels never-ending when we thought it would have ended by now.

Your soul is saying, “I’m so tired of feeling powerless.”

Breathe more and trust God more. When fear is this constant you unknowingly hold your breath. And of course you keep God small because you fear more disappointment.

Breathe more and trust God more. You have brave decisions to make too.

#covidexhaustion #olympics #fearisnotmyfriend #SimoneBiles #powerlessness #bravedecisiontobravedecision #overcomer #bebrave #bravester

"That's what I get for praying."

Isn’t this why we don’t pray also--or pray with small prayers? Why do it? What good is it going to do? God’s going to do what he wants anyway. And when we do get our courage up to pray, our mind fills with thoughts of not wanting to get our expectations up or we are already bracing ourselves to be let down. Maybe we are expecting to get sucker punched.

This is a small view of prayer. Prayer is more about us--changing us (it does change our brain!) and connecting us more to life here and to our beautiful God.

Don't let shame tell you how selfish that sounds. Dare God and pray.

#thebravepray #bebrave #bravester

Because we don't want to be disappointed by God, we pray our low expectations. Small prayers. But prayer is so much more.

Have you ever asked how can prayer change you? How has prayer connected you more deeply to others and to yourself; helped you cultivate gratitude, awe, and humility; and spurred you to take action here in your real life?

This is a much truer to God's word view of prayer. Has that thought ever occurred to you? Or has shame kept your prayers small?

#thebravepray #bebrave #bravester

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