Susan Davidson
I am a country girl from a small town nestled in the mountains of Southwest Virginia. I love discovering something new in God's word, sipping on my favorite coffee and enjoying the simple things in life. And I love to write about all the everyday stuff in between. My hope is that the things I share on my page will encourage and inspire you to find God's purpose for your own everyday journey.
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Tackling Overwhelm One Step at a Time
Have you ever felt overwhelmed when life responsibilities seem to stack up? Even simple things like cooking dinner, doing the laundry, and walking the dog on anxiety-ridden days can seem daunting. So how do we hold peace when anxiety mounts from added responsibilities and to-do lists and stress threatens to derail our joy? My lists of assignments and responsibilities stretched longer than my strength to complete them. I burst out crying, feeling overwhelmed. I felt I would never complete all my tasks and meet my deadlines. As I began to pray, I was anticipating God would have me take something off my plate to make it easier. Instead, He reminded…
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Finding God’s Path in Everyday Frustrations
It was a busy morning, and I was in a hurry to run errands and get back home. I was aware that the clock was ticking, and I had only a few minutes to get through the breakfast line at McDonald’s before they stopped serving. As I reached the McDonald’s parking lot, I was quickly cut off by a man who sped ahead of me into the drive-thru line. My first thoughts were ones of frustration, but I noticed the other drive-thru was suddenly open. In just a few seconds, I was able to order and then slip right back in line in front of the man who cut me…
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Words Spoken in Season
Have you ever vulnerably poured your heart out to someone only to be met with judgment? Where you had expected understanding, you were instead met with a cold rebuke? Sometimes we can speak truth, but if it isn’t spoken in love and in season, we can hurt more than we can help. Her words cut like a knife. Instead of giving me a moment of understanding and even the hug that I felt I needed, I was instead met with a sharp rebuke. At the time, I was reeling from some unsettling news, when someone I thought was a friend scolded me with a scripture verse and then abruptly left…
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The God Who Bends Low to Listen
Do you ever feel other women have it so much more together than you do? Do you think you fall short at almost everything in comparison? From being better organized and goal-centered, being more fashionable, and even being better at prayer, sometimes it is a struggle to keep from feeling like you are falling behind or falling flat. It is in times like these that you learn to appreciate that we serve a God who bends low to listen to our every prayer, no matter what stage of life we find ourselves in. I listened intently to the woman author and bible study teacher on a favorite podcast. She vividly described…
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Traveling Light in an Overstuffed World
As I stared down at my suitcase, my mind was a whirl of thoughts on how to arrange all my belongings so it would close. I had carefully planned for every situation that might occur on my trip and felt every piece of clothing would be needed. I couldn’t possibly eliminate even one thing, so I would have to force them all to fit. Honestly, my natural suitcase isn’t the only thing I tend to overstuff. I do the same thing with my spiritual one. God instructs me to travel light, but I am still prone to carry around tons of extra stuff I don’t need. God has given me…
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When Life Makes You Feel Unseen
I would love to say we all go through life never feeling unseen or overlooked. Most of us will experience a season in our lives that makes us feel disconnected from the world and others. It will require an extraordinary amount of faith to truly know your worth is in Christ and Him alone. When times are challenging, we come to know that God’s ways are often beyond our understanding. We can spin our wheels trying to figure out all the tiny details until we are exhausted. Our hearts can fill with questions that can drown us in the sea of “Why God?” We will discover that being able to…
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Continuing to Lead Others When We Feel Like a Hypocrite
Have you ever considered stepping down from a leadership position or stepping away from your calling because you were struggling with your faith? You wrestle with the thought that if anyone knew the wavering thoughts going through your head, you would be the last person they would want to step out to lead or minister to others. Surely they would call you a hypocrite if they only knew. I have lost count of the times I have heard someone use the word hypocrite recently, and it has had me pondering and praying about how we use this term. People often use it to describe someone else, but surprisingly, I mostly…
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Weathered but Never Broken in Jesus
It takes energy that I don’t have to come on this page and pretend to be anything other than who I am. For this girl, being honest is how I roll. I sign each post, “See You in the Field,” and they are more than words that I just sign off with. It is an invitation to walk with me through the hard stuff that stretches us to hold onto God. When you feel weathered and worn, it is an invitation to come sit at my table for a while. Life can’t break us when we journey together. So, today, I want to share a moment of transparency from my…
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When God Walks Beside Us Wearing Someone Else’s Shoes
Have you ever wondered why it feels like God isn’t there when you are going through your most challenging seasons? Do you ever wonder if He notices you struggle when life is hard and you are holding on to your faith by a thread? Let’s talk about the possibility that God is there all along. He is just wearing someone else’s shoes. On a cold and blustery winter’s day, I spotted a solitary bird nest peering through the barren limbs of my Dogwood tree. I passed by the tree at least a thousand times during the summer and had never once noticed it was there. The foliage of summer completely…
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Finding Hope When Life Feels Less Than Hopeful
Have you ever felt you would surely break under the weight of all the hard things in your life? Have you felt all your strength was gone amid hopeless circumstances, and it made you think that if God didn’t move soon, you couldn’t do one more thing? Even though the sun hadn’t come up yet, my day was already off to a chaotic and stressful start. A long night of little sleep lay behind me, and a full day of tackling life’s problems in my current season lay ahead. Even a simple task like walking my dog seemed heavy as I grabbed my coat and headed outside on a crisp…
