OLD SoundingOut

Break Every Chain (awesome song)   My battle with selfishness has been a long one. I feel brand new because I am brand new.    The “thing” got to me through a generational curse placed on my dad’s side of the family somewhere down the line. So I have literally been dealing with this thing my whole life. This thing was a forming of my thought process since day one. It ever so sneakily wrapped itself all around many things in my life and formed a massive stronghold.   The thing that got me… was a python spirit, to sum it up in short. It came into my life with stubbornness, selfishness, pride and an unwillingness to submit to proper authority.   It has been choking the voice out of me most of my life.   Stealing my spirit and holding me back from saying what I need to say when I need to say it.   Writing what I need to write and sharing it.   Being who I need to be and being it.   If I didn’t know I am more sane now than I ever have b...

A fitting song for this post, click here to hear. Where do I even begin, I think I just have to start typing... I never knew life could be this way, I am so overfilled with Joy and I have such Peace in my soul.   While I realize this just sound like Christian-speak, I don't know that there is any other way to describe how I feel.   This is probably why these words have become Christian slogans.   The kind of Love that will enable us to feel this way, is available to everyone... ALL PEOPLE! Isn't that what we all really want anyway, is just to be loved and appreciated.   The “to be appreciated” part is the lesson I learned that has brought me to this Joy.   Love is deep.   Love is not a thing, a feeling, or even a person.   Love must be treated with respect and honored.   After all... God is Love. I think I always thought love was just a basic in life.   That it just came built into people just as any other feeling.   Almos...