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    I believe in you. I believe in you, because I believe in the God who gives purpose to your life, and He is perfect and good beyond our capacity to fully comprehend. Counseling and therapy do not save us – only Jesus can do that through faith by grace alone. But the Lord does invite us to partner in places in the work with Him, and counseling and therapy are a tool to use to sustain us and to grow us, and can be an instrument for significant healing. It serves as a type of furnace for the refining process; a forge for shaping and molding us even more into what we are to become. Counseling is both a process and a space where you – if you commit yourself to it – will leave changed. When you enter this space that has no requirement of a box you must fit in, you will be met and valued as "fearfully and wonderfully made" (Psalm 139:14) and experience the love God has for you.

  • : Curator

    Kate Motaung is the Senior Writer, Editor, and Content Manager for a multi-state company. She is the author of several books including Letters to Grief, 101 Prayers for Comfort in Difficult Times, and A Place to Land: A Story of Longing and Belonging. Kate is also the host of Five Minute Friday, an online writing community that equips and encourages Christian writers, and the owner of Refine Services, a company that offers editing services. She and her South African husband have three young adult children and currently live in West Michigan. Find Kate’s books at katemotaung.com/books.

  • The Different Categories of Trauma

    In this article, we’ll consider the different categories of trauma. After all, not all “hurt” is created equal. Most of the hurt of living in this world is temporary, passing without any lasting impact. We don’t remember every stubbed toe, every harsh word spoken to us, and the like. We do tend to remember those times of hurt that rise to the level when some actual damage occurs, an injury from which it takes a bit longer to recover and