Hello Family! I pray each of you are well. Please forgive me. I have not posted in about a month. Quite frankly, I was in a bit of a tail-spin and decided I need to pray regarding direction for many things including my blog. The Healed to Speak blog will be on temporary hiatus. I am taking my blog in a different direction and it is going to take some time to get it where I want it to be. Please bear with me during this transition. Ultimately, the goal of my blog is to glorify God and uplift women, however, I know I can do this in many ways. The revamped blog will include organizational tips, tips for mommies, single life, married life and a HOST of other topics. I hope you have been happy with the current blog content. If you like, you may click here to view previous posts. Please keep me in prayer as I go through this transition. We know anything great takes times to build. I will be active on FB and posting comments as God leads. Love you all, Darlene
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Ready...Set...Goals!
Hello everyone, Time is moving so fast! Can you believe we are in the middle of March? I enjoy this season; flowers and trees are beginning to bloom, and daylight savings time is here! Each year I look forward to the changes spring brings. Since I am writing about the incoming season, I thought I would ask you a question. How are you doing with the goals you set for yourself this year? Are on track? Have you stalled? Are you happy with where you are? Have you given up? Did you create any goals? I believe this will be a year of great release, but I also believe many of those releases will not manifest if we are not diligently doing our part. No matter where you are in the process, I hope you are moving. Movement is so important. When we move we are making progress regardless of how small the movement is. One of my goals this year is to lose 50 pounds. I said to myself last year, that no matter what, I was going to get the weight off. I tried many things, but nothing I
Are you on the run?
Why do we run from God? Are we afraid? Do we think we know what’s best? Do we believe there is nothing he can really do for us? Have we allowed negative life circumstances to pull us away? Has the success of this life caused us to slowly run away? No matter what the reason, we must be sure that as believers we keep our focus which means keeping our eyes on Christ. It also means being obedient to what he tells us to do. In last week’s post , I briefly mentioned my process to healing. In the beginning, I ran to God. I was excited and could not wait to go on the journey, however, when God began telling me things I needed to change and the people I needed to let go, I was scared; so instead of being obedient and moving toward God, I pulled away. One of the things that caused me to run was a relationship. I was with someone I knew I no longer needed to be with, but the relationship gave me a sense of security (though it was false) and I stayed. One Sunday while i
Why I Started My Blog...
Hi everyone, I hope you all are well. Today, I want to share with you why I started my blog. In previous posts, I have shared why, but this time I want to share the details. First the purpose of my blog is to speak or write words of healing to people, but specifically women. My goal is to speak or write those words of healing by discussing my personal journey of healing. I had a childhood full of abuse and pain. As I got older, I dealt with many residual issues because of it. I did not trust people, I did not feel safe physically or emotionally, I got into wrong relationships intimately, socially and spiritually; I looked for love from people instead of receiving love from God, I did not like myself, I did not think I was pretty, I did not believe I was intelligent. When I got close to someone, it was easy for me to throw them away at the slightest notion that they would hurt me. I smiled through so many tears. I was depressed a lot and I felt I could trust NO O
Maintaining the Promise/Blessing (video)
II Corinthians 1:20 - For no matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes" in Christ. And so through him the "Amen" is spoken by us to the glory of God. Hello Everyone! I pray each of you are well. Today I am discussing the topic of "maintaining the promise!" I pray you are encouraged by the video! Love you all, Darlene #healedtospeak
Perfect Weakness
II Corinthians 12:9 “ But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses , so that the power of Christ may rest upon me." I am amazed at how far the Lord has taken me. From a little girl who suffered unspeakable acts of abuse, rejection and shame to a person who understands God’s love for her. From a person who did not believe she would ever receive love to a person who is married with her own family. From a person who did not believe she had gifts and callings to a woman who is using one of those gifts in which I am writing to you. Then there are times I am amazed at how far I have to go. Those moments when I act in a way that is not pleasing to God. Those moments when I tell God I trust Him, yet my actions do not line up to what I speak out of my mouth. Those times in which I surprise myself by my own actions. Although I have been healed to speak , there are