Center for Christian Counseling

06/30/2023

06/26/2023

Everybody’s “best” is different…and it will look different every single day, too. However, if you don’t feel like you’re coping, please contact us and know that we are here for you: 804-517-5815

06/23/2023

Lord God,
Please hear the cry of your child who is all too familiar with the words found in this article.
When they are anxious, fill them with Your peace.
When they are exhausted, fill them with Your strength.
When they are hopeless, fill their heart with Your eternal love.
When they are filled with fear, calm them with Your loving embrace.
When they are overcome with pain, infuse their body with Your healing grace.
When they can no longer see the light at the end of the tunnel, fill them with Your pure light so all they know is Your joy.
If they do not know You as their Lord now, soften their heart with Your tender love. May this be the hour of their salvation.
If they do know You as their Savior, give them a greater understanding of Your love and show them the healing power of their Savior.
In Your holy and precious name we pray,
Amen.

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I want to tell you what it feels like to wake up in a bubble. To wake up and look around to find the world is far away and your pillow is not real, or not as real as it was when you went to sleep. When you thought to yourself, "Great day. No blips on the radar. Everything's alright."

06/19/2023

We hope all the Dads had a very happy Father’s Day. This article is for you—we see you and we’re here for you.

In the past, society has missed the mark with the mental health of fathers. We need to normalize men getting the treatment they need.

06/12/2023

“I see a lot of “self-care” stuff on the accounts I follow and I have been on board with a lot of it. The phrase I see used most often is, “You can’t pour from an empty cup.” When I saw that for the first time, it hit me like when my 20 month old clocked me in the head with a plastic golf club. I thought, “Oh my gosh, YES. THIS. You CANNOT pour from an empty cup. I need to rest and recharge and THEN I can be there for my children.”
But...my kids don’t get that memo. They could not care less about the volume of liquid in my cup. So with that “I can’t pour from an empty cup!!” mantra on repeat in my brain, I beg my husband for rest. I cry for peace and quiet. I ask God for a break, for a win, for something, anything. I can’t pour from an empty cup.
But my kids are still beating down the bathroom door, demanding snacks, attention, to look how high they can jump, to look at this new face they can make, to check out the floor is lava game they made out of pillows in the living room. They’re running around, yelling at ear splitting decibels, they’re bouncing balls and tackling their sister after being told a billion times not to.
They’re falling off of furniture at an alarming rate, they’re eating things they shouldn’t, they’re making a zillion messes. My cup ALWAYS feels empty, and yet I am somehow ALWAYS pouring from it. And after a lot of protesting, “God, how can I do this?? How can I pour from an empty cup??? I read it on the internet!!” it dawned on me that as a mom, that’s...like...exactly what I am called to do. It’s in my life verses that I’ve always thought about, but it took motherhood for me to see them in this new light.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10: “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
I can pour from an empty cup. Really, when my cup is empty, that’s the best place for me to be. When I am at my emptiest, I can then be filled to the brim with the strength that only comes from Christ. When I cannot rely on myself at ALL, I can rely on Him. And that is infinitely better.”
Written by Bethany Kees McDonald

06/09/2023

https://www.wtvr.com/health/voices-of-hope/taylor-rhodes-april-26-2023?fbclid=IwAR3elivZpJIzP2QFNDKOyYQZ1t1TyWohLNgRGIJZ5DaqLkhLz9pz9nV76tI

Kerri and Taylor Rhodes lost their only son to the disease of addiction. Their 20-year-old son was a student at N.C. State University.

06/05/2023

Our prayer for you today is from a familiar song...
I pray that regardless of what you're facing, that mountain will be thrown into the midst of the sea.
That mountain may seem insurmountable, but you can remember that grander earth has quaked before, and it was moved by the sound of His voice.
Through it all, I pray you keep your eyes on Jesus, and that you believe, even though you can't see the end result.
Remember that you can let go and trust in Him. Even the waves and wind still know His name.
I pray it will be well with your soul.
Amen.