Loosed: Health
Healing From Sickness, Disease, and Chronic Illness & Pain
"By his stripes, we are healed.” Isaiah 53:5
After a four year struggle with a debilitating chronic illness, I was faced with a choice: pursue an expensive and aggressive round of treatment - with side effects equivalent to chemotherapy - or choose my own adventure.
I was newly saved. I didn't have any experience of God's faithfulness to encourage me forward. I had the loud and persistent voice of my medical team, saying this was my last chance, and one deeply convicted friend who promised me that there was another way: God's Way.
A voice inside me kept nudging me to choose God.
So I did.
I didn't abandon medicine completely; I chose a very alternative and gentle approach and stuck with that. And then I supplemented with a devoted routine that built my resolute faith in God. It wasn't a faith I came pre-loaded with...it was one I worked hard for, and eventually - with great relief - surrendered to.
And the Great Physician did not disappoint.
Within a month, my symptoms had abated enough that I started to think I was beginning to heal. Within three months, enough had changed that my faith turned into fire. By month six, I declared myself healed. And now, almost all of my lingering symptoms have disappeared (though I am still on a maintenance program).
Loosed: Health takes you through my process of healing. It's broken into 7 parts and is meant for you to go at your own pace, depending on your level of need - you can do one a day, one a week, or one a month. Each chapter contains Scripture, a devotional, the discernment of Communion, a special prayer, and journaling prompts. You will be led to subdue the storms of the day and bring you into the still waters of connection with God and His desire and design for all mankind: healing.
You will receive both an e-book and the audio version.
Loosed: Love
Healing From A Broken Heart and Broken Relationships
"The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." Psalms 34:18
If there's anything I am a personal expert in, it's heartbeak. Not just romantic heartbreak, but also familial and friendship heartbreak. I trust easily, I give all of myself, and I love hard. Not everyone meets that with integrity or responsibility.
I love love, but for the longest time, love seemed to be repelled by me. I felt so alone until I started writing my stories on Substack, a column that quickly grew in popularity because of the absurdity and drama of my life, but also the relatability of it all. The most healing thing I've encountered has been learning that I am not alone in my experiences, and that I am not alone in the false starts of my desire to start over.
I wrote this devotional for myself, because I needed it. I was giving up hope and becoming bitter, and I refused to allow that poison to overtake me. This book is very much a form of spiritual warfare.
Similar to Loosed: Body, Loosed: Love is broken into 7 parts and is meant for you to go at your own pace, depending on your level of need - one a day, one a week, or one a month. Each chapter contains Scripture, a devotional, the discernment of Communion, a special prayer, and journaling prompts.
In this book we investigate the deeper underlying belief systems that you may have running that keep you from moving forward, including the way you trust God with your future. You will be led to subdue the storms of the day and bring you into the still waters of connection with God and His desire and design for all mankind: healing.