God is good;
our Hope from above.
A hope anchored in Christ,
that knows God is love.
I grew up thinking that God was punishing me every time something bad happened. I remember clearly asking about this in my journal to Him growing up and yet I did not pause to listen much back then. My conversations were often one-sided. Venting, pleading or praising Him…
As I continue to read the Bible as an adult, I find more and more of God’s faithful and loving character and see that I had this wrong.
God, what do I need to let go of?
There is so much we carry
so much we hold.
But it’s in the surrender
that we begin to live fearlessly bold.
Lord, tame my tongue but fuel my heart.
Fueled by faith…
Recently, I heard a song I’ve heard many times before and yet, I listened differently. While the lyrics sang about riptides, I sat, reflecting on those currents in life. First of all, I thought about the leaps of faith despite the fears. And how, no matter what we face, a new relationship or the ending of one, a new opportunity or the return of a familiar one, or whatever it is…
We don’t need to be pulled into the ways of the world. We don’t need to be pulled by the fears or the cycles of negativity. We don’t need spiral in the tides that will keep us stuck or spinning. Instead, God is our rescue. ♡
“Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.” (Isaiah 46:4)
But like many things in life… often it is a choice. Do we want to be rescued?
Let’s talk about emotions and start by recapping last week’s blog post…
It’s not enough to know we must do it. We must be mindful of our emotions and how anger can open the door for sin. As I was walking through some anger myself and feelings a whole bunch of emotions, I was also in God’s Word, reading through the Gospel of John again and learning more about Jesus. That was when the following verse stopped me…
“The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.” (John 13:2 NIV)
Read part 2 of this two-part post here and stay tuned for an episode about it too on the podcast.
How will I Find the Time?
Let’s transform time from excuse to friend!
Read the full post here and listen in episode #9 on the podcast.
How do I regroup when life gets messy? Join me in this week’s episode and blog as I share about how to recover from the clutter or after a week where the “laundry,” or whatever it may be, piles up. How do we recover? How do we regroup and refocus? We are not meant to do everything. We are not capable of doing everything. Success is not how much we cross off the list, instead it is doing what the Lord has called us to do each day. Life does not happen staring down at the list but staring up at the Lord. Therefore, we can prioritize based on Him, living on mission every day. That is the topic of this week’s episode that is packed with tips even if it gets a bit messy.
♡ That is the theme and topic of this week’sTruth Seeking devotional.
♡ It is about prioritizing with the Lord and seeking Him first.
Read MoreAre you like me?
I have never really liked decision making. Yet, choices need to be made all the time. So how do we ensure we are leaning into God’s wisdom and not allowing worldly fear to decide?
♡ That is the theme and topic of this week’sTruth Seeking devotional.
♡ It is about making decisions that honor God.
Have you ever been tempted to hold back in praising God just in case or for another reason?
Maybe it’s with thoughts like…
Let me make sure I’m not getting ahead of this… or I don’t want to speak too soon…
I remember growing up and being afraid to allow happiness for fear that it would go away. Wow! What chains to carry.
Still, I share because I pray that I use God’s Word to bring His hope to anyone who may fear that right now. Here is the thing… being happy is a feeling. Happiness is a choice. We can’t always control circumstances but we decide how we react and what we focus on. Fear can try to have such a hold on us BUT that is not the way the Lord wants us to live.
“The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.” (John 10:10 NLT)
God has more for us! So much MORE!
♡ And that is the theme and topic of this week’sTruth Seeking devotional.
♡ It is all about fixing our FOCUS and fighting away the fears with praise!
When we feel unpeaceful
and unrest,
let’s remember: testimonies come
from the test.
GOD BREAKS CHAINS, NOT PROMISES. He promises peace, a peace He gives to us that is not like the world.
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” (John 14:27 NIV)
♡ That is the theme and topic of this week’s Truth Seeking devotional.
♡ It is all about fixing our FOCUS and standing on God’s promises, including His perfect peace.
Keep believing in what God can do!
Pray like Nehemiah, and carry through.
♡ That is the theme and topic of this week’s Truth Seeking devotional.
♡ It is all about looking back and rejoicing in the journey and accomplishments as well as using key principles from the Book of Nehemiah to go forward and carry through.
♡ It encourages us to not only dream big but also discusses how to focus on God’s will for us as we practice our “faith stepping”…
… pray-step, pray-step, pray-step…
I hope you’ll step with me through this week’s devotional right here right now. ♡
Read MoreMaybe my mess is really part of His masterpiece.
This is just a friendly reminder...to myself, and anyone else who may need to hear it, that it’s okay to lay aside the mess... TO REST. There will always be more to do and more “messes” to clean up, but still God’s Word calls us to rest. It calls us to trust.
♡ That is the theme and topic of this week’s Truth Seeking devotional. It discusses how to make rest, a lifestyle. It shares a moment as mom as well as a lesson from the Bible from Exodus about availability and obedience.
For I continue to learn, God can do so much more with 6 days, than we alone can do with 7. And that every single moment has a choice: to hurry and worry, or TO REST and trust in God. ♡
Read MoreI was once blinded by shame until I learned the Truth: God knew and knows my name!
♡ That is the theme and topic of this week’s Truth Seeking devotional. It discusses how to walk in God’s Truth and speak life over our lives even during those challenging times.
It shares part of my testimony as well as a powerful one from the Bible, the story of Joseph in the Book of Genesis.
For God is with us always
and He is working! ♡
Read MoreIt’s the start of a new year, which means new goals, new resolutions, new plans… right?
Well, what if I told you that I was packing them away, pausing their hurry and my rush to reach… to rest instead?
But how do we do that?
How we do rest? How do we trust deeper? How do we pause first to make sure our plans, are aligned with the Lord’s?
♡ That is the topic of this week’s Truth Seeking devotional. It discusses how to think outside the box that we so often create and lean into our limitless Lord instead.
For His plans are always greater…
so let’s pray that it is on His path we are led.♡
Read MoreHave you ever had a year start off totally wrong?
What about a day? A week? A month? Haven’t we all experienced those “seasons” where everything seems to be going wrong.
Or what about a year that you had prepared all the plans for what you would be running but then life just threw hurdle after hurdle when you didn’t sign up for that kind of race.
Four years ago, my new year was like that.
I started off feeling behind before the year had really even started. I felt pressured to get started and onto the goals but I literally could not move a muscle. I felt the pressure!
Have you ever felt pressured by a resolution? Have you ever been slowed down when prepared to sprint?
♡ This is the topic of this week’s devotional. It discusses how to change our mindset & fight past the pressure, leaning into what God is growing. Because aren’t resolutions really about planting seeds?
Read MoreWhat’s on your list?
I’ve been a list maker since forever and I have been an old soul since as early as I can remember too. I remember car rides growing up and how I would go into a world of imagination each time staring out the window, daydreaming about life in my “old soul” yet immature kind of way. But out of those journeys, what I remember more than the daydreams were the music. One song around this time of year that spoke to my heart and reveries was the Amy Grant classic “My Grown-Up Christmas List. “
Well last week that song came up in the car with my kids and well it got me thinking, leading me to this week’s Truth Seeking Right Here Right Now devotional now up on the blog. It is called “My Grown-up Christmas List.”
Read MoreWho is feeling exhausted lately?
I mean I am on so many levels, mainly because of having an infant but also because of the hustle and bustle, the hurry and the worry… Wait! Hold up. What is this season about?
Presents upon presents upon draining bank accounts and … Wait! Press the brakes and pause into PRESENCE. As much as this season is about giving, isn't it really about receiving? Hear me out in this week’s Truth Seeking Right Here Right Now devotional… TIS’ THE SEASON.
Read MoreNo matter how it may seem or feel…
Jesus is by our side.
Then, why do we fear? Why do we doubt? Why do we question the quiet times or even the times that rage? Why do we question why God sends us places where we may feel inferior or like it’s too big for us? Why do we entertain the feelings when God's promises are true?
Honestly, I question myself on this and this is what I find time and time again… it is because we are human. We are walking through a journey, a real-not-perfect one.
Still there is so much to learn during the storms of life like the disciples learned in Mark 4:35-41. That’s the topic of this week’s Truth Seeking Right Here Right Now devotional… JESUS IS STILL IN THE BOAT.
Focus, focus, focus…
These days everything seems to be fighting for my focus. And while I am a very focused person, the reality is my focus is sometimes flawed and even tangled up in confusion. That is why I must first turn to to Jesus time and time again. Jesus knows the course. He guides us so graciously to stay the course.
What helps you focus? What do you do to keep yourself focused on Jesus FIRST?
For this week’s devotional, let’s go back to the Book of Revelations when Jesus instructed John to write to the seven churches in Asia Minor. Let’s focus on Sardis and how its present didn't match its past yet it was a powerhouse at the time. You see they were content with their past encounters with the Lord but not moving forward in their relationship with Him.
Can we get like that too? Focused on what God has already done and not in growing our relationship with Him deeper? Well that is the focus of this week’s Truth Seeking Right Here Right Now devotional called… Fix our Focus.
Read MoreBusyness can be a distraction. It can make us feel like we are being productive but busy does not always mean productive.
I think of Eve, Martha and David and how they all faltered in their distractions. But I think of Nehemiah and how despite soooo many distractions he continued on what he was called to do, rebuilding the wall around Jerusalem. I want to be like Nehemiah even now as I write this and I see the notifications on my phone competing for my attention. I need to keep my eyes fixed on what matters, on what I don’t necessarily see, on eternity…
Check it out in this week’s Truth Seeking Right Here Right Now devotional called… Eyes on the Prize.
Read MoreI was healed from anxiety in my thirties after decades. Then, flash forward 5.5 years later… I was blessed to be pregnant again at the age of 39 free of anxiety for the first time.
Praise God!
But that didn’t make me invisible to the enemy. He tried at me again and I do plan to continue to share more about this.
The devil tried to steal my joy and peace.
But no one can do that!
You see the devil has no new tricks.
Check it out in this week’s Truth Seeking Right Here Right Now devotional called… No New Tricks.
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