For so long, I tried to white-knuckle my way through life. I held on to control as tightly as possible. You see, I had a lot of childhood pain, including a shattered family and the instability of multiple moves. As I grew up, I thought if I could just be strong enough or “put together” enough, I would never experience the feeling of abandonment again. But the healing I needed didn’t come through striving. It came through surrender to Jesus. Scripture tells us that Jesus came “to bind up the brokenhearted” (Isaiah 61:1). These are not just poetic words; they...

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