She Reformed

Rejection. No matter the context or situation: whether it's from a job application or a college acceptance it's never fun to go through. As people, we don't go out looking for rejection. But when we do face it, it can affect us in so many ways if we don't know how to handle it in a healthy way. I often thought if there was a right way to face rejection. Turns out there is a way I can use rejection to my advantage, and if this is something you dear reader are finding difficult to handle at the moment please keep reading. Rejection can hit deep. We could be left by a family member/loved one -  it can take so much out of us emotionally and mentally. It can shake us and traumatise us. I know loved ones who are still hurting and bleeding from a rejection that happened to them decades ago. I used to be someone that took rejection very badly. Rejection used to shake me to my core. The reason for this is that I had no stable foundation to stand on, as a result rejection...

Hey ladies, I just wanted to write a bit for International Women’s Day 2020. March 8 th is a day where we remember the struggles that women around the world have undergone to gain equality and rights that we can enjoy today. It is also a day where we acknowledge the challenges and obstacles that millions of girls and women are facing today. What can we do on this day? Watch some documentaries. Girl Rising is a fantastic documentary that came out a few years ago that tells the stories of nine girls from different parts of the world who face heartbreaking injustices such as arranged marriages and child slavery. You can find out more about the work behind the movie by visiting https://girlrising.org https://girlrising.org Read up on the lives of women today who are changing the world with their voice and their actions. If you haven’t already, I highly recommend reading Malala Yousafzai’s inspirational biography “I am Malala”.  Years later this is s...

  I really could write a number of posts regarding forgiveness. Speaking honestly this is something I have struggled with for most of my life. There are many, many books, videos and material that cover this topic and a perfectly good reason why. It affects so many us. If there was a global statistic on how many people struggled with forgiveness I would imagine it to be a pretty high number, like a good 9.5/10. I'm going to be pretty transparent with the hope that what I write can encourage and bless someone who might be going through something similar at the moment.   Here’s the thing: The thing with forgiveness is that even though it can be difficult, it is necessary in order for us to heal and move forward from whatever it was that hurt us. It can hold us back in more ways than one. On a personal note, not being able to forgive growing up resulted in mental and emotional damage that got worse as I got older and didn’t pay attention to the hurt and heavi...

Struggle is the word that first comes to mind when I look back on how I worshipped during church services when I first started going to church. Just to give a quick backstory: I got saved short of my 18 th birthday and was still getting familiar with what “singing your worship and praise” was all about. I’ll admit, for a good while I would just read the lyrics in my head, listening to everyone else sing but wouldn’t participate. The reason why singing my worship was a struggle? I can’t pinpoint it to an exact reason other than fear. I was scared of how I would sound – as this was all so new to me. I was worried I wouldn’t sing good enough, that I would be noticed and looked at. Writing this out, and writing it where I am now in my life (where I worship throughout the day!) it’s weird looking back and seeing how fear had such a grip on my life in this area. The enemy would love to take our worship and praise. He would love us to not give God the glory, song and admira...

Happy Friday sisters! Who else is looking forward to the weekend?! *Disclaimer: makeup is not the subject of this post; as much as I love it it’s not my forte! But hey I thought it would be a rather catchy title, it’ll also make sense as we go into this post and how it relates to this specific scripture we’re about to dive in to!* “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.” - Matthew 7:24-27 Let’s do a bit of reflecting and ask ourselves this: When the going gets tough, how’s our foundation looking? What is ou...

I was recently going through the book of Isaiah and was reading through chapter 61 when this verse in particular spoke to me: "Instead of your [former] shame you will have a [ d ] double portion ; And instead of humiliation your people will shout for joy over their portion. Therefore in their land they will possess double [what they had forfeited]; Everlasting joy will be theirs." ~ Isaiah 61:7 AMP This verse caused me to reflect on How God not only sees us, but what He desires for us. He doesn't see us how we see ourselves. We have all made mistakes. There may be things in our past/actions we took that we are not proud of, or wish we could erase. However, here is the remarkable, extraordinary, supernatural thing about God: He still sees us with love. He sees us where we are ~ in the midst of our brokenness, in the midst of our shame, fear and failures. And He meets us there. He is more than able and capable to take our broken pieces, ...

    I found out about this study technique from Instagram about two summers ago (oh the joys of what you can learn from IG!). Since then, I have used this method as a basis for most of my independent scripture study. I found this method at a time where I was reading the word, but wasn’t at times good at learning how to really observe what was being said and how I could apply it to my life. If that sounds like you right about now then keep reading as this technique could help! Lets have a look at what S.O.A.P stands for and take it from there!     Scripture –Take whatever scripture it is you are reading from. This can be a couple of verses or a chapter. Observation – There are a lot of questions you could ask for this part of the method, here are ones I like to ask: What is going on in the verses? Who wrote it? What is the scripture about? What is the backstory? What is being said? What is the purpose? (As you can see ther...

If you are familiar with the word, you have probably come across these verses at some point: “Here’s another way to put it: You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colours in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We’re going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don’t think I’m going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I’m putting you on a light stand. Now that I’ve put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand—shine! Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you’ll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven.” – Matthew 5:14-16 (The Message) As Christians we are called to be the light of the world, but what does that ultimately mean for us? To not keep God a secret, to be His ambassador in this world, sharing the good news and love of Jesus whenever possible. I love how the message version describes being a light as bringing out the God colours into the world...