Holly Stratton

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Category archives: Humility

I Want To Be Someone Other Than A Needy Woman

When darkness falls upon my spirit, one of the most difficult things for me to do is to look away from myself and look to Christ who is My Righteousness. I'm tempted to morbid introspection, a manifestation of my prideful desire to be someone other than a needy woman who is desperate for grace. Read more

Humbly Guarding Our Heart, Not Pridefully Protecting Our Heart

Protecting our hearts in pride is not the same as guarding them in humility. Prideful protection is concerned with survival, humble guarding is concerned with surrender. Prideful protection is consumed with saving self, humble guarding is consumed with dying to self. Read more