Navigating Change: But What If I Lose Friends?
After ten years in the same church, God led my husband and I away to search for a new church home. Before moving ahead with this decision we spent months in prayer, fasted, and talked it out often with each other. We processed with wise people we respected, all the while seeking the Lord’s guidance. The scariest part of that obedient yes for me was the impact it would have to my friendship circle…
Hold Onto Hope
Facing a difficult season? May this tiny reminder stir up big hope in your heart…
Broken Into Beautiful
When I was 20, Jesus rescued my heart and changed me radically. In order to become new, the old must be removed. The breaking of me—I came to find—was actually the remaking of me. The breaking down and removal of the old, to build and repair and restore the new. The intended life God desired for me, including reconstructing…
Being Depleted Can Allow You to Be Defeated
Why is the concept of rest so important? Because when you are depleted, you are more easily defeated…
God Can Handle Your Anger
When my 17 year old nephew died, I was so confused and angry with God. As I processed this fury of emotions, a friend told me something that as a Christian, I had never considered before: “God can handle your anger.”…
Influence Your Thoughts: Is It a Weed or Is It a Flower?
Each day we get to choose…Is whatever lies in front of us a devastation or an opportunity?
Remember Where Your Help Comes From
Life can be so hard, and it seems to add layer upon layer on top of what seems like an endless winter. Who wouldn’t feel frustrated and disheartened by that? But…I (we) are called to be different. While we still will walk through difficulty, we can know God is with us…
REST: Choosing Peace, Growth, and Learning Holy Rest [BOOK]
Rest: Choosing Peace, Growth, and Learning Holy Rest is a monthly women’s devotional with a weekly Bible study woven within. Designed to require around 10 minutes per week, this was written with the busy woman in mind…
You Are Not Flawed
Negative thinking and negative self-talk are common challenges. But the most important human voice we listen to is the one between our own two ears! Read on for additional science and scriptural guidance…