I’ve often said that before you can say “unto that mountain be cast into the sea” and have it move, you have to know what your mountain is and call it by name. So many of us are dealing with things, but we call them by other names. For instance, some of you are dealing with addiction issues but the last thing that you want to acknowledge is that you’re also dealing with depression. You’d much rather say that you drink or use because you enjoy it. Never mind the financial cost

I used to be the queen of pity parties. It used to be my first response to ask, “Why, Lord? Why?” Whenever something happened that I didn’t like or understand, my first inclination was to feel persecuted. I never looked at what I might’ve done to set the wheels in motion; I always felt like a victim. Can any of you relate? Be totally honest if you dare. When you live with the victim mindset, you almost become a magnet for bad things to happen. The reason for that is that you’