Galatians 1:10 has been hitting home this week. From determining the best way to share these diary entries to deciding the intentional steps I need to take to be a true servant of Christ, I’ve been doing a lot of internal searching and a lot of external praying for God’s guidance.
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© 2023 by Ericka Clay
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I had a rough weekend. My battle with depression, anxiety, and body dysmorphia reared its ugly head again, and I was caught spiraling. However, God is so good. Through His Word and His people, my heart healed quickly after this last episode, and I wanted to share the importance of being open and honest with our mental health struggles for the sake of the Church.
Also, I talk about how this podcast is no longer a podcast, and how I’ll really need your help to keep sharing these messages with those who need them.
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I don’t have everything figured out. But as I study God’s word and remove distractions from my life to hear His voice, I’m met with absolute peace, including when it comes to my writing career.
I share next steps for my books and also talk about the ways God has been moving through my life recently.
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© 2023 by Ericka Clay
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I have problems. You’ve probably realized this by now. But I do think one of the greatest gifts God’s given me is the ability to self-assess my motives.
Self-assessment leads to understanding God’s conviction, then to confession, which leads to repentance. It’s a hard act of uncovering the wrongs in our hearts. But it’s a crucial tool to feel Christ’s peace.
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© 2023 by Ericka Clay
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I’m making a major life change that is making me feel better, body, mind, and soul.
I also talk about routines. Why they’re important and how they’ve helped equip me mentally as a mom, wife, and writer.
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© 2023 by Ericka Clay
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I’ve been letting go in all areas of my life. The hardest? Raising my daughter to know Christ.
But I have faith that God has already marked out her journey and is guiding her by the hand. It’s up to me to love her fiercely and to squash any fear I have that she’ll stray.
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© 2023 by Ericka Clay
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I used to think of submission as the “s” word. Now, I find peace in fully surrendering to the path God desires for me, and this surrender extends to my writing career.
I’ve learned to let go and let God call the shots when it comes to my writing and marketing my books. But I’ve also learned how submission is fully embodied in Christ’s death on the cross and His resurrection. Why not embrace something so life-giving and honoring to others?
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© 2023 by Ericka Clay
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We often don’t keep the main thing the main thing. Our human flesh is always looking for bigger, better, more success. But when we don’t put the Gospel at the forefront of our mind, the redeeming path Christ has created for all of us, are we really creating art? Or are we just creating a future the world desires?
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© 2023 by Ericka Clay
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I’ve had a difficult time in my past dealing with body dysmorphia and over-exercising. It led to a lot of darkness. But fortunately, God’s grace has led me away from this misguided approach towards my body and to a new understanding of what taking care of myself actually entails.
Healing your body is also a great way to heal the mind.
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© 2023 by Ericka Clay.
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My struggle is real with this one. Other than LinkedIn, I’m off social media. More accurately, God’s asked me to be off social media, and I’m finally giving it up.
How do I do this writing thing without shouting it all over the internet? I share that today, plus what growing as a writer looks like from here on out.
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This is my third attempt.
I first started with a podcast. It’s good for SEO. Maybe people would like the sound of my voice and hypontically end up on my site, books in their checkout basket before knowing what hit them.
Or maybe I’d try YouTube. Throw on a little concelear so all the years I’ve tried and failed would be a little less noticeable under my eyes and give them seventy-two free ways to publish a book.
Or maybe I could write this post and be honest like always even though I hear honesty is never really en vogue.
I don’t know what I’m doing.
There.
I pray to God all the time, but I also have a sick feeling that prayer is only as good as the person who prays it.
I am not good. I am barely so-so.
Scripturally, I know better. But humanly, I don’t. I feel the human edge to all of this, the twenty million ways I can say everything I do is for God and truly believe it, only to realize I’ve made an idol for myself.
I want people to buy my books. And I sometimes feel deep shame in that.
I’m not sure why. It’s a hard puzzle to crack. I’m tired of doing for the sake of doing and pretending that all these little efforts will somehow be the key to success.
But can I even define that? And is it even mine to define?
I guess what I can do is what is most comfortable. That’s to write to nobody and pray that nobody reads these words. That maybe there’s a book I’ve written, a story I’ve told that nobody wants and nobody will buy it and read it and learn a little more about how God calls a human heart and coaxes it out even when it’s lodged so deep within them, the whole world has had a terrible time trying to dig it out.
I pray nobody knows what I’ve been trying to say from the very start.
© 2023 by Ericka Clay
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