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When We Fall for the Lie “Approval Equals Love”

April 30, 2020 By Tara Johnson 4 Comments

I desperately want people to like me. There. I said it. The thought of someone being displeased with me in any way drops a sick feeling in my gut. What’s one way to shake that cold feeling of dread? Work harder. Be more agreeable, more likable. Fit in. Be accepted and never, ever let them see the real you. After all, if they know what you’re really like, the acceptance will disappear. Right? That’s what I told myself, anyways. I’ve battled people pleasing all my Read More

Filed Under: people pleasing Tagged With: approval versus love, depression, Freedom, Freedom in Christ, people pleasing, satan's lies

But I Have This Treasure

April 2, 2017 By Tara Johnson Leave a Comment

You know the feeling. A cold, clenched stomach. Darkness. A pounding heart. All you want to do is hide. You beg the eyes fixed on you to disappear but they won’t. They gape and you wonder what they must think, how they must see you. You feel worthless. Exposed. I’m talking about shame. Is there a more miserable feeling? Growing up with a seizure disorder left me with plenty of fodder for times to reflect on this feeling. Most of the time I felt normal. Read More

Filed Under: people pleasing, Uncategorized, Walking with God Tagged With: acceptance, accepted, God, God-worth, Jesus, loved, loved by God, rejection, shame, treasured, worth in Christ

The Impersonator

April 25, 2016 By Tara Johnson Leave a Comment

I opened the mailbox and rifled through the collection of papers waiting to be opened. Bills, bills, junk mail, bills…I stopped when one brightly colored advertisement caught my eye. Clutched in my fingers was the smiling face of Dolly Parton. I scanned the ad, admiring the bright, glossy sheen. Dolly Parton was coming to my hometown? Why hadn’t I heard about this? Miss Islands-in-the-Stream-I-Will-Always-Love-You was coming to my city next week? Why wasn’t this being blasted from every television and radio station in town? I’m Read More

Filed Under: people pleasing, Uncategorized, Walking with God Tagged With: approval, authentic, be you, Ephesians 2:10, God's masterpiece, impersonators, plastic people, pretend, purpose, your worth, your worth in God's eyes

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Tara JohnsonTara Johnson is a writer, singer, speaker and passionate lover of stories. Tara uses fiction, nonfiction, song and laughter to share her testimony of how God led her into freedom after spending years living shackled to the expectations of others. She lives in central Arkansas with her husband and children.

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