Are we contributing to the noise or a part of the solution?
I just jumped off a video call with one of my dearest friends, Jantzen, a few hours ago. We both spoke of our craving to step into grief and hardship with friends and our temptation to believe in the lie that avoidance will eliminate the chance of misstepping, saying the wrong thing, and being misunderstood. Putting it simply, we find it easy to stay away when we see friends walking through the unknown because of our selfish fear of saying or doing the wrong thing in our effort to love. Does ...
Worship in our wait
Worship through your wait. Do NOT allow the enemy to steal your song of praise. Thank God in advance for hearing and responding to you. Trust God deeper and ask him what you are supposed to learn through your process. Remember, your story will be different from the next person, so try to avoid comparison. Trust that God is cultivating something greater in and through you while you wait diligently on his response.
Trade your "what if" for the eternal promise of what IS.
The real question we have to ask ourselves is what do we gain by wallowing away in our “what if’s”? I’ll tell you, friend, there is absolutely nothing to gain when we play this tormenting mind game. First, I can tell you what we lose. We lose peace because our fear has consumed our thoughts. Hope that presses us onward fades into the background because we fixate only on what we can physically see. Most of all - we lose the gift of time. Time we cannot take back or gain. Instead of dwelling on...
A day without intention is a day wasted
I think we’ve all had seasons in our lives when our health and our future weren’t in our frame of reference. We say things like “diet starts on Monday” and “I’ll think about quitting that habit tomorrow” but in reality, we’re making choices today that our future self will have to live with. We have health procrastination.While the Bible has intentional verses about the way we treat our bodies (see 1 Corinthians 6:19 for the typical “Your body is a temple” reference), I want to get to the hear...
Breaking Past Our Self-Labeled Stereotypes
You are the person God made you to be, not someone you have to become. God wants to accomplish His will through what makes each of us unique. Our perception of weakness is an opportunity for His strength to be on display. Have you ever thought about the way others are able to see Jesus in you when you recognize a weakness and step into the Lord's strength? When you have that hard conversation asking for forgiveness or reach out to a friend or professional to ask for help in an area of growth?...
Even though God doesn't always move when we want Him to, He is always on time.
You have a choice. We are not victims of our emotions & feelings. When Jesus died, He took anxiety and worry with Him and forever gave us the freedom to walk in peace. We get to choose. We can choose to be anxious for nothing.
You are Forgiven and Worthy
We often feel as though we are the only ones going through something we wished never happened. The enemy preys on that mindset of isolation, but I am here to tell you, YOU are not alone.
Women of the Bible: Eve - Finding Contentment and Significance in Truth
Matthew 5:16 “...Live so that they will see good things you do and will praise your Father in heaven.” It is not about what could go wrong, where our weakness lies or what others expect from us. God asks us, as women of God, to surrender our weakness, our pride (let’s just call it out) and our desire to please others and to ask His Holy Spirit to come alongside us. He is our strength that we can only carry with us when we find contentment in who He says He is.