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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
