by gwhope_admin | Sep 19, 2013 | Living it Out
How do you deal with shame? Or are you too ashamed to admit that you feel shame? Sometimes we feel shame because we have not honestly faced our own sins but other times, we feel shame that is undeserved. Some of us have grown up in shame-based families or we have...
by gwhope_admin | Sep 5, 2013 | Living it Out
Biblical counselor, June Hunt, suggests seven practical ways to jump the hurdles of forgiveness. She admits that forgiveness is not a onetime event and most of us need to repeat these jumps over and over. But with perseverance and the power of God’s word, forgiveness...
by gwhope_admin | Aug 28, 2013 | Spotlight on GateWay
One of the important concepts our women learn in the Grief Recovery Program is that our losses can build up over time. A loss that we did not grieve in childhood can still affect us today. Ask yourself, “What was the first loss you can remember?” Many of us might...
by gwhope_admin | Aug 8, 2013 | Spotlight on GateWay
In a previous blog post, we answered the question – “Why does GateWay matter?” In this post we’ll answer a related question – “Why does GateWay exist?” Or “Why do we do what we do?” Before we answer that question, let’s briefly review the other W questions: • Who –...
by gwhope_admin | Jul 23, 2013 | From the Heart
We do it to ourselves more than we realize. We marry the guy who asks us because we don’t think anybody else is coming along and after all – we’re not getting any younger. So we settle for a relationship we should never have stepped into and then grieve when it...
