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Continue reading →: If They Don’t See You, Are You Still Enough?I still remember the moment the sentence dropped between us, sharp as broken glass: “I used to think you were smart.” The words were not shouted. But they were intentional—sharp, deliberately cruel, and perfectly aimed. She knew they would wound, and they did. They detonated inside me. In that split…
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Continue reading →: Can You Feel It—That Quiet Joy?There’s something powerful about joy that refuses to be shaken. Not the loud, boisterous kind of joy that depends on mood or circumstance. But the quiet kind. The kind that grows roots beneath the surface. The kind that endures. That kind of joy—true, biblical joy—isn’t born from a life without…
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Continue reading →: Is Your Need For Comfort Costing You Freedom?I used to assume comfort was always a blessing. Why wouldn’t I? In a world of chronic stress, heartbreak, and bad news, who doesn’t want to feel a little better? But the Lord keeps pressing a hard, liberating truth on my heart: My craving for comfort can quietly chain me…
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Continue reading →: When You’re Misunderstood—and You Choose Silence AnywayThere’s a kind of pain that burrows deep—a pain not of loss, but of being misunderstood. Misrepresented. Blamed for things that aren’t your fault. You long to defend yourself, to explain, to make them see the truth. But sometimes, God calls you to lay down even that. Imagine this: a…
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Continue reading →: I Will Not Regret One Word I Didn’t Say in Self-Defense(And Other Lessons From Years of Failing in Hard Conversations) There are a couple of people in my life — people I love and long to be close to — with whom conversation is almost always hard. Each relationship is a little different, but the pattern is the same: I…
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Continue reading →: The Subtle Sin of Striving“Cease striving and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10 (NASB) We often think of striving as virtuous: trying hard, pushing through, doing our best. But in spiritual matters, striving can become a dangerous counterfeit of trust. It is a form of sin that wears a clever disguise—appearing noble on…
Hello,
I’m Victoria
Welcome to my surrendered life. I’m sharing my journey as I learn how to live in the freedom that comes from surrendering fully to Christ. Each day the Lord teaches me new ways to see that His way is better.
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