My biggest issue was despair. I felt like there was no point or purpose to life. But I found God’s eternal and unchanging nature to be the solid foundation I needed

God patiently led me through a process of a thousand steps that showed me that, in my need for control, I had created my own idea of who God was. I was only ever disappointed in the God I had created, but the God of the Bible never disappointed, never left me, was always faithful, and always trustworthy.

It was at the end of my rope, that I found God’s endless outpouring of grace. He didn’t leave me, but reminded me that I could lay down my burden. My identity is found not in my accomplishments, but in His.

My biggest issue is addiction, which only creates room for many other struggles. But, I found God to be trustworthy. He perfectly supplied, not my wants, but my every need.

My biggest issue was shame. The lie it told me was that I was not good enough to be close to God. It was the realization that God had no expectation of me being “good enough” that showed me His mercy and grace. He sent Jesus to be good enough, so Christ carried that burden.