Freedom Light, Joanne Behl

08/21/2026

Self-care may feel selfish when you’ve been conditioned to believe that your time, energy, and resources belong to someone else—even a spouse. When you’ve spent so much of yourself caring for another person, choosing to care for yourself can feel unfamiliar, and even wrong.

But taking care of yourself isn’t selfish; it’s essential. It allows you to make space for the things that bring joy, restore your spirit, and nourish your soul. In caring for yourself, you begin to rebuild the strength, peace, and sense of self that may have slowly eroded in an unhealthy relationship.

𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓:

𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅, 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒎𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇𝒊𝒔𝒉. 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒆.

𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒎𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒕 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕, 𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒖𝒆 𝒋𝒐𝒚, 𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚. 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒆. 𝑹𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉, 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒎𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚.

𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆, 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕, 𝒋𝒐𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑮𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒘 𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒀𝒐𝒖.

May this season of self-care become a season of restoration—a time when I learn to receive the love, peace, and freedom You have always intended for me.

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07/28/2026

Not everyone in your life is safe to be excited around, and that's worth noticing. Some people light up when you share good news. Others go quiet, redirect the conversation, or find a reason to mention their own thing instead. That reaction tells you something real about the relationship, whether or not they ever say it directly.

Your mind starts learning who's safe to share with long before you consciously clock it. Eventually you catch yourself softening your wins, downplaying the good news, or just not mentioning it at all around certain people. That instinct usually isn't random. It's your mind protecting you from a pattern it already noticed.

Not everyone needs to know everything about your life, and that's okay. Save your excitement for the people who actually know how to hold it well.

Watch who asks a follow-up question about your good news. Watch who changes the subject. Both are telling you something.

Send this to your person, the one who always wants to hear more. 🎉

07/28/2026

Okay, let's sit with this for a second. Maybe you lost a year. Maybe it was ten. That's real, and it's allowed to hurt. You don't have to rush past it to prove you're fine. 🕰️

But can we talk about the other side of it too? The day you finally said "not anymore" was the moment that saved every year that came after. Whatever the old pattern would've kept taking, it stopped right there, because you stopped it.

Your mind just needed you to get here eventually. You did. That counts for everything.

So next time the regret creeps in about the time that's gone, try this instead. You didn't just lose those years. You saved the rest of them.

That's the whole thing right there... 🍃

Send this to someone proud of themselves for starting over, even if it took a while to get there.

07/28/2026

I’ve been taking continuing education classes and one of the recent ones was on narcissism. Learning that it is a recognized personality disorder that can quietly traumatize the people around it struck me more deeply than I expected.

The instructor described patterns — the charm (love bombing), the subtle digs disguised as jokes, the way someone can drain your confidence without ever raising their voice. I was able to identify pieces of past conversations and relationships in my own life that affected me. I could see how certain dynamics had shaped me, even when I didn’t have the words for them at the time.

The class gave me a framework to recognize warning signs and helped me understand how trauma bonds form — and how they can be broken. It explained why some interactions left me exhausted, why certain people’s presence felt like walking on shifting ground. (You have probably heard the expression when around some that being around them is like, "walking on eggshells). The harm isn’t dramatic or loud; it builds slowly, almost invisibly. The trauma then is cumulative. Seeing it laid out so plainly made me realize how much I had normalized the behavior without meaning to.

It was eye‑opening, but also grounding — like finally understanding the story you’ve been living in, and seeing the path out with clearer eyes.

We hear about narcissism much these days and it is all over the internet, seemingly seems rampant. Maybe it has been there all along but now we are recognizing it. The good thing is-it does not have to be crazy making but freeing.

That is my desire for us. In mentoring for inner healing the biblical way, we can help ourselves and others.

If you would like to explore this in your own life, contact us.

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07/25/2026

"The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself."
— Rita Mae Brown

Don't trade your God-given identity for a seat at someone else's table.

The price is too high. You lose yourself!

What can start as as a small compromise at first. Slowly is becomes a prison of your own making—where your voice grows faint, your purpose grows dim, and the person God created you to be becomes hidden beneath the weight of pleasing others.

The cost is often:
• A forgotten identity
• A silenced voice
• A diminished purpose
• A surrendered freedom
• A life shaped by fear instead of faith

Invite the Holy Spirit to search your heart.

What vows have you made in moments of pain?
What lies have you agreed with in seasons of rejection?
What beliefs have quietly replaced the truth of God's Word?

Bring them into the light.

Break agreement with every counterfeit identity.
Tear down every false belief.
Demolish every altar built to the approval of people.

You were never created to earn a place in someone's life.

You were chosen before the foundation of the world, called by name, and secured by the love of Christ.

Stand in that truth—and let everything else fall away.

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07/24/2026

Dreams can be a valuable part of the mentoring and heart-healing process. Often, in the days leading up to a session, a person will have a significant dream. Through prayerful dream interpretation, we can begin to uncover areas of the heart that God may be highlighting and inviting into healing, growth, or deeper understanding. These dreams can provide meaningful insight into what God desires to address in a person's life.

Prayerfully ask the Holy Spirit to give you dreams from God. Write them down or journal them as oftentimes they are personal messages to help you in your journey and bring healing to your heart.

Answer the call.

07/09/2026

Stay on your course without veering off. Like driving on a narrow, winding road, where you place your focus matters. If your attention drifts to the side of the road, you can unintentionally steer in that direction and end up in a ditch. Keep your eyes fixed on the path ahead, because there are ditches on both sides of this narrow road.

Focus determines direction.

𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔!

Often they appear harmless, even good, yet they quietly draw you away from your intended path.

Protect your focus.

Your journey depends on it

Proverbs 4:25-27 "𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱; 𝗳𝗶𝘅 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂. 𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀. 𝗗𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁; 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹."

PRAYER

Heavenly Father,
Thank You for being the One who directs my steps. Help me to keep my eyes upon You without being distracted by the things that compete for my attention.

Give me wisdom to carefully consider the path before me. Make my steps firm, steady, and unwavering as I walk in the purpose You have prepared for me. Help me to discern what is from You and what is comes as a distraction designed to side line me me off course.

Guard m and guard my heart and mind from fear, discouragement, comparison, and every temptation that would cause me to turn to the right or to the left. Strengthen me to remain faithful in You, even when the journey is challenging.

Precious Holy Spirit, lead me with clarity and peace. When I am tempted to look at the ditches along the way, redirect my gaze back to Jesus. Let my focus remain on Your promises, Your truth, and Your presence. May every step I take be ordered by You and bring glory to Your name.

Keep my feet from evil and establish me in integrity, humility, and obedience. May I finish the race You have set before me with endurance, confidence, and unwavering faith.

In Jesus' name, Amen.

07/06/2026

Those who come to Him, He will never cast out! (John 6:32-40)

Our redemption is not a matter of our gracious Lord trying to calm down an angry Father! He Himself chooses us and delivers us. He takes the initiative to lovingly save us.

It is time to cross over - the bridge to new life.

𝑨𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝑯𝒊𝒎.

07/04/2026

The sages understood the value and significance of dreams and their interpretation. Dreams are worthy of our attention, inviting us to pause, reflect, and seek wisdom, understanding, and interpretation.

Our approach to dream interpretation follows the Ancient Hebraic model taught by John Paul Jackson, a renowned dream interpreter and teacher. Using the Sacred Scriptures as our foundation and pattern, we rely on both sound interpretive principles and the guidance of the Holy Spirit to discern the meaning and message within each dream.

Dreams are one of God's love languages. Throughout Scripture, God often spoke to His people through dreams, revealing His heart, offering direction, bringing warning, imparting healing, and inviting deeper relationship.

From childhood, I have experienced many different kinds of dreams. For years, I wrestled with what they meant. I often wondered, 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑎𝑦? Some dreams were remarkably literal, yet I didn't know how to respond to them. Others served as warnings of events to come. Some brought healing and restoration. Some called me to pray, while others provided guidance and direction. Still others reflected my own heart and spiritual condition, giving me fresh perspective on circumstances in my life and revealing areas where God wanted to bring growth and freedom.

There are many books and resources available on dream interpretation, and many contain helpful insights. I encourage you to weigh every approach against Scripture and seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Dream interpretation requires both skill and spiritual discernment.

Think of it this way: a natural gift flourishes under wise instruction. Just as a musician, athlete, or physician benefits from experienced teachers and mentors whose knowledge exceeds their own, those called to understand dreams also grow through sound training, biblical foundations, and the ongoing guidance of the Holy Spirit. Mature instruction produces greater wisdom, discernment, and confidence than relying solely on our own understanding or the opinions of our peers.

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06/17/2026

Fear, rejection, and shame often work together as a threefold cord, becoming powerful identity thieves.

They steal your sense of identity, dignity, position, power, and authority, drawing you away from God's Original Design for your life. They hinder your ability to fully receive and experience the blessings, freedom, and abundance God intends for you.

Healing and deliverance through God's unconditional love, mercy, and grace are about restoration. As His truth replaces fear, rejection, and shame, your heart is healed, your identity is restored, and you are empowered to walk in the fullness of who He created you to be.

𝑮𝒐𝒅'𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒖𝒆 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏.

𝘿𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙮, 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙤𝙢--𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙪𝙩.