The Lord Is My Courage

By K.J. Ramsey,

Book cover of The Lord Is My Courage: Stepping Through the Shadows of Fear Toward the Voice of Love

Book description

Walking through Psalm 23 phrase by phrase, therapist and author K.J. Ramsey explores the landscape of our fear, trauma, and faith. When she stepped through her own wilderness of spiritual abuse and religious trauma, K.J. discovered that courage is not the absence of anxiety but the practice of trusting we…

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KJ’s voice is so clear, compelling, and kind that I found myself fighting the urge to highlight every other sentence. She writes that “the only wounds that become weapons are the wounds that are not tended with care.” Which strikes me as very trustworthy and good news.

Her description of abuse is one of the clearest I’ve ever heard: “At its core, abuse is about using a person rather than encountering them as someone to love.” Bringing her insight as a therapist and her experience with chronic illness and spiritual abuse, Ramsey’s words are a good roadmap to me for…

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