Embracing Your God-Given Identity, What to Do if You’re a Worrier, a BIG Giveaway, and More!
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Your monthly round up of resources to help you connect with God, make a difference, and live with joy.
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You Might Be Afraid to Leave Because of What You Could Lose…But What Is It Costing You to Stay?
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I had put a lot into growing and developing my career and leaving it would come at a loss.
But my career was also costing me: It was draining my joy and sapping my energy, which impacted my marriage and held me back from following God’s call to write…
When You’re Afraid to Get Your Hopes Up
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Unbelief whispers that if we don’t expect too much, we won’t be disappointed. But what it doesn’t tell us is that if we don’t expect anything, we reduce the likelihood that we’ll receive anything. In other words, by choosing not have an expectant outlook, we often miss out on good things…
Read MoreHelp for When You Feel Overwhelmed by Requests, the Power of Timeouts, Freedom From Clutter, Maternity Photo Shoot, and More!
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Your monthly round up of resources to help you connect with God, make a difference, and live with joy.
Read MoreWhen What You Want Is Exactly What You Need
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When you want nothing more than to take an afternoon nap, maybe it’s because that’s exactly what your body needs to strengthen itself and carry on.
When your job is sucking your soul dry and you want to make a change, maybe it’s because your job is a poor fit for your gifts and personality and a career change is exactly what your soul needs to flourish...
This One Change Can Unlock More Joy In Your Life
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What originally seemed like a novel idea now seems obvious—of course doing more things that bring me joy will increase my joy. But if boosting our joy could be as simple as doing things that bring us joy, why don’t we already do those things more?
Read MoreWhen Your Path Feels Erratic: Trusting the Mysterious, Wild Leading of the Holy Spirit
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Don’t worry if your course isn’t conventional or doesn’t make complete sense. God knows exactly what you need for the next leg of the journey, and the experiences that come with today’s twists and turns just might provide the tools you need to navigate tomorrow’s temptations, challenges, and opportunities…
Read MoreHow to Keep Your Love On When Relationships Get Rocky, Mustard Seed Faith, Peonies, and More!
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Your monthly round up of resources to help you connect with God, make a difference, and live with joy.
Read MoreSlow and Steady Wins the Race: Encouragement for When Your Dreams Hit a Detour
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Through the example of the tortoise, I felt God encouraging me that when it comes to my personal race, particularly the part of my race that pertains to book publishing, being the fastest is not what matters most. What counts is faithful perseverance…
Read MoreAll Things Beautiful in His Time: Hope in Seasons of Waiting
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The Bible says that God makes all things beautiful in His time (Ecclesiastes 3:11). So if it’s not beautiful, it’s not the end. Your time is coming. Hold on to the hope we have in Jesus, the Author and Perfector of Our Faith, the One Who shed His precious blood to bring us shalom…
Read MoreIt’s Okay to Cry, Finding Courage to Move Into New Territory, Freedom to Love, Baby Squirrels, and More!
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Your monthly round up of resources to help you connect with God, make a difference, and live with joy.
Read MoreWhen God Leads You Into the Unknown
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Has God planted dreams and desires in your heart? Do you feel Him calling you to take steps toward them, but realize that doing so will mean letting go of what feels safe and familiar? I know how scary it can feel to venture into the unknown, but I want to encourage you: Don’t let fear hold you back…
Read MoreThe Benefits of Being Brutally Honest With God, the Neuroscience of Beauty and Longing, in Praise of Dandelions, and More!
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Your monthly round up of resources to help you connect with God, make a difference, and live with joy.
Read MoreJesus Said No to People Pleasing—And Why You Should Too
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While we tend to equate saying yes with being “loving” and saying no with being “unloving,” in actuality, declining a request is not necessarily unloving. In fact, when it paves the way for obedience and enables us to accomplish our individual callings, it can be the most loving and godly thing we can do…
Read MoreHow God Wove Music Into Your DNA
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You may find it easy to see how nature displays God’s glory. But what about when you look at yourself? Are you filled with the same wonder and awe? Our culture’s constant provocation to personal discontent and our tendency toward self-criticism can make it hard to recognize, but you too are part of the symphony of creation declaring God’s majesty…
Read MoreOvercoming A Scarcity Mindset, the Powerful Purpose of Introverts, a Giveaway, and More!
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Your monthly round up of resources to help you connect with God, make a difference, and live with joy.
Read MoreDo The Thing Book + Goodie Giveaway!
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To celebrate spring, I’m giving away a gift bundle, which includes:
A copy of Rebecca George’s new book, Do The Thing: Gospel-Centered Goals, Gumption, and Grace for the Go-Getter Girl
A set of fine art note cards by yours truly
A pretty floral notebook,
And 2 fun vinyl stickers!
One Place I Always Experience God
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It took me a while, but eventually, I came to realize that simply sitting in God’s presence, experiencing Him, my spirit wordlessly communing with His, is just as important and powerful as hearing from God…
Read MoreThe Unstoppable Power of God’s Word
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I know that even though it looks and feels like winter will never end, spring can’t not come. Whether the snow is here for another three weeks or six, at some point, the heat of the sun will overcome those icy crystals and grass and flowers will appear once again…It’s the same with God’s Word. It can’t not produce results. Just like snow that can’t withstand the heat of the sun, no problem can withstand God’s Word; His Word will produce fruit in our lives…
Read MoreWill God Really Do What He Said?
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Like the disciples who hadn’t yet seen Jesus after His resurrection but heard reports that He was alive, we sometimes question if what we’ve heard about Him is true. We read the promises and hear reports of His amazing works in the lives of others, but still we wonder: Will God really come through?
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