Watch. Your. Mouth. 

Watch. Your. Mouth.   This topic is something I feel like we will ALWAYS be coming back around to. We hear it, change for a few days, and then we find ourselves back to our old mouthy ways because it doesn’t seem like such a big deal. THE POWER OF OUR WORDS. A couple words have grown […]

Self-Strength Closes the Portal

Self-Strength Closes The Portal     Raise your hand if any of these apply to you… 🙋‍♀️ Burning the candle at both ends… Running on empty Running on fumes Spread too thin Wearing too many hats Juggling too much In over my head Too much on my plate Stretching myself thin Barely holdin’ on …Sound familiar? […]

Why I’m Not Rushing Into the New Year

Why I’m Not Rushing Into the New Year I have a love/hate relationship with the New Year. On one side, I feel annoyed at the bombardment of all the things I should be doing, goals I should be setting, the person I should be becoming — and a glaring sense of “you sucked last year, try again.” My year never seems […]

If You Want More…NOW is the Time! 

If You Want More…NOW is the Time! As I am looking in the mirror these days, I see lots of changes. Wrinkles where I used to have smooth skin, new bumps, things hangin’ down a little lower… hair getting wirey and gray (witch-like), my chin is getting another chin, plus a beard. 😂 It is so crazy that just […]

Becoming a Woman of Mighty Valor

Becoming a Woman of Mighty Valor I’m realizing one of the most valuable character traits I can have is courage — mental, emotional, and spiritual bravery.Everything the Lord asks of me requires it.Everything. Every conviction to overcome, every habit to die to, every area to grow in—it all demands one thing: strength of mind and courage of spirit. REAL […]

HE CALLS ME DAUGHTER

He Calls Me Daughter No matter what kind of dad you had — a great one, an absent one, a harsh or unloving one, a damaged one, or a passive one — at some point as adults we have to come to terms with the fact that our dads were just people trying to get […]

THE BEAUTY OF A FLEXIBLE HEART: Preparing for Marriage God’s Way

THE BEAUTY OF A FLEXIBLE HEART: Preparing for Marriage God’s Way On Culture Apothecary, host Alex Clark and author Tilly Dillehay had one of the most honest conversations I’ve heard about marriage preparation and the single woman’s heart. Tilly, pastor’s wife and author of My Dear Hemlock, said something that stuck with me: “I think another thing that you can be […]

God Can’t Use What He Can’t Purify

God Can’t Use What He Can’t Purify When did we start believing we could be greatly used by God without being greatly broken? I begin a LOT of my posts with “I was recently.” Probably because my life gives me a new object lesson every 12 hours. This time, it was a reminder that for me to […]

Before You Blow Up Your Life, Take a Nap

Before You Blow Up Your Life, Take a Nap   ⸻ When Sadness Isn’t the End of the World I was recently visiting my sister in Montana. She has an 11-year-old daughter, and you know what that means—the hormone rollercoaster is just pulling up to the station. One day, my niece called her mom and said, […]

The Security We’re Obsessed With

The Security We’re Obsessed With “All who are obsessed with being secure in life will lose it all—including their lives. But those who let go of their lives and surrender them to me will discover true life.” —Luke 17:33 Security. Isn’t that what we’re all chasing? A plan that won’t fall apart. A life that […]