Your life has purpose.
Your story is important.
Your dreams count.
Your voice matters.
You were born to make an impact.
— Author Unknown

 

 I love this space where we can share our love for God, His Word, as well as our struggles. We can learn together what He is saying through our every day lives. I hope I am able to impart hope and encouragemnet to you by my stories and life. Welcome! Grab your favorite nosh and drink — let’s talk. xo

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Expectancy > Expectation

Jesus asks us, “Did I not tell you that if you believed…”
What do you need to believe Him for? Where is there a loss or a fight you need Him to be with you?

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Comeback

He wouldn’t have gone through all He did to rescue and redeem me, if He was just going to walk away from me in the hard parts of life.

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Our Something

When you are so brokenhearted or drooping under the weight of our sin or somethings, where do you look? What grabs your attention? How do you deal with the burden and be able to function in life?

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He Leads Me

God will always lead us through our difficult and dry times to places where we will find rest and provision.

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Job’s Wife

I learned a lot from Job’s wife:
We need to know and accept that good and the bad will come to us during our life.
We need to hold onto our integrity and right heart when the worst is happening.
Trust the God Who loves us and sees us!

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For Unto Us!

**Our belief that God IS GOOD and everything He has done, does now and will do is for our good, is the foundation that our walk with Him is built on.

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Untaming Proverbs 31

That impacted me because sometimes I get bored with the mundane, everydayness of life and would like to spice it up a bit. But what is in my hands to serve God today? What’s in yours?

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Dig Deeper

They did not accomplish those things because they were good people or had a mantra of affirmations they said to themselves every day before they walked out the door.

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Some Random Thoughts and Notes

When we are in sync with God we will pause when He pauses, when He runs, we run. When we intertwine our lives with God, we will renew our strength. We are not alone.

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Hold On!

We do not trip and fall into being with Jesus. We may need to find our “boat” that takes us to a quiet place so we can be with Jesus to learn from Him and become like Him!

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Stay In Your Lane

>>I get to live this life and love my family and be who I am made to be.<< Why would I try to live someone else’s life?!

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“Marco”… “Polo”…

When we yell “Marco” we hear God yell “Polo” from behind us.
We find out that He’s been there all along. He never left us.
He is fighting for us! He will defeat that army.

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Reset

The reset happens when we acknowledge where we’re at, what we’re feeling and allow God to meet us and heal us there.

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Tailspin

We can wake up or have a random thought in the middle of our day that is negative, combative, oppressive, depressing,

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So, I Just Sit With It

I am in awe every day when I read the Bible, that God would write down His Words and heart for me to get to know Him.

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Whew. That’s A Lot!

There is freedom on this side of trust. There is freedom on this side of knowing that God is good. That He always has been good and He will always be good and nothing I go through will change His goodness!

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The Trickle

The trickling of unchecked mindsets and thoughts that allows shame, disgrace, fear, doubt (etc) will erode the foundation of who we are in God.

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