Category: Trials

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Seasons of “Dormancy”

December 20, 2022

It’s so easy to eventually discount something we’ve been waiting to behold within our lives… …to be discouraged, to lose hope after some time passes. Whenever that answer to prayer, that hope, that promise… seems to become less and less relevant, …less and less likely. We wait, and we wait… without seeing anything unfold. “Dormancy“… Read More Seasons of “Dormancy”

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2.25.2022 – Living in the Moment-by-Moment with Him

February 25, 2022

As I’m sitting here at the table this morning, I’m listening to the cheeping sound of around 50-60 baby chicks that are currently in our living room… It’s a sweet little sound. 🐣 There’s a lot going on in our world right now. Major things have shifted and changed again. Things are always changing, of… Read More 2.25.2022 – Living in the Moment-by-Moment with Him

— Adventure, Anxiety, Assignment, Brokenness, Challenge, Change, Character, Comfort, Communion with God, Comparison, Compassion, Creativity, Disappointment, Discouragement, Discovering the Father, Distress, Encouragement, Faith, Farm Life, Fears, Freedom, Grace, Gratitude, Growth, Habits, Healing, Healthy Mindset, Hearing God, Highly Sensitive Person, Hope, Humility, Hunger, Identity, Imperfections, Insecurity, Intimidation, Journaling, Learning, Life, Light, Love, Maturity, Mental Health, Mindset, Morning Time, Nourishment, Nurture, OCD, Overwhelm, Pain, Perfectionism, Personality, Phobias, Prayer, Process, Protection, Provision, Purpose, Redemption, Relationship, Resistance, Rest, Restoration, Scribe, Seasons, Seeing God, Sight, Simplicity, Social Anxiety, Struggle, Testimony, Testing, Thankfulness, The Heart, The Secret Place, The Soul, The Tree of Life, Thinking, Transformation, Transition, Trials, Trust, Truth, Understanding, Unknown, Vulnerability, Waiting, Weakness, Wisdom, Words, Worry, Writing —

2.19.2022 – Learning to Overcome

February 19, 2022

One of the things I am learning about living life in the midst of facing fears and anxiety, is learning to accept… that fear and anxiety might not always just “go away” when I’d like them to “just go away.” Learning to accept… that I won’t always be swept up and “rescued” from all of… Read More 2.19.2022 – Learning to Overcome

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2.9.2022 – “Hallways”

February 9, 2022

Transitional times can often be challenging times… I think of a “hallway.” Often times, hallways don’t have windows. Sometimes there are doorways to other rooms, but ultimately, we follow a hallway because it’s leading us from “point A to point B.” We usually can’t see too much around us within these “hallways of transition.” But… Read More 2.9.2022 – “Hallways”

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2.4.2022 – I saw ‘you’ this morning…

February 4, 2022

This morning has been a little different than usual. I pondered whether or not I was to share this on here this morning, but I felt the go ahead, so here goes… This morning while in prayer, while seeking the Lord’s heart for whatever He might want to put upon mine… …I began to see… Read More 2.4.2022 – I saw ‘you’ this morning…

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2.2.2022 – He’s always been there…

February 2, 2022

God has been reminding me from time to time, over the last couple of years, of these memories with Him (that I had forgotten until I found the old home videos). He reminds me that He has been with me, speaking a “song” into my heart from my very beginning… He’s always been just right… Read More 2.2.2022 – He’s always been there…

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1.31.2022 – …a resounding, heartfelt reminder…

January 31, 2022

Good Morning, Heavenly Father. 💝 I’ve come… …right here before You. And I’m reminded, once again that You have always been just right here. I can feel You stirring in my heart… stirring up the fire once again …just like You always do. 💖 Yes, I could tell… I did worry when the fire began… Read More 1.31.2022 – …a resounding, heartfelt reminder…

— Adventure, Anxiety, Brokenness, Challenge, Change, Character, Church, Comfort, Communion with God, Compassion, Depression, Discouragement, Discovering the Father, Distress, Empathy, Encouragement, Fears, Freedom, Grace, Gratitude, Growth, Habits, Healing, Healthy Mindset, Hearing God, Highly Sensitive Person, Hope, Humility, Identity, Imperfections, Insecurity, Intimidation, Journaling, Learning, Life, Light, Love, Mental Health, Mindset, Morning Time, Nourishment, Nurture, OCD, Overwhelm, Perfectionism, Personality, Phobias, Prayer, Process, Promise, Purification Process, Redemption, Relationship, Repentance, Resistance, Rest, Restoration, Scribe, Seasons, Seeing God, Sight, Simplicity, Society, Struggle, Surrender, Tears, Testimony, Thankfulness, The Heart, The Secret Place, The Soul, The Tree of Life, Thinking, Transformation, Transition, Trials, Trust, Truth, Unknown, Vulnerability, Waiting, Weakness, Wisdom, Words, Worry, Writing —

1.30.2022 – Yes, I spiraled—and I began to sink… but He lifted me. ☀️

January 30, 2022

The other week I slipped into an intense state of anxiety… And then after a little while of getting completely wound up in that I realized I had finally spiraled down into depression. I went from “over-caring” and obsessing over all the “what ifs”… to apathy, numbness, and not even wanting to get up out… Read More 1.30.2022 – Yes, I spiraled—and I began to sink… but He lifted me. ☀️

— Adventure, Anxiety, Assignment, Brokenness, Challenge, Change, Character, Church, Communion with God, Compassion, Condemnation, Depression, Disappointment, Discouragement, Discovering the Father, Distraction, Distress, Encouragement, Faith, Farm Life, Fears, Grace, Gratitude, Growth, Habits, Healing, Healthy Mindset, Hearing God, Highly Sensitive Person, Hope, Humility, Identity, Imperfections, Insecurity, Intimidation, Journaling, Learning, Life, Light, Love, Maturity, Mental Health, Mindset, Morning Time, Nourishment, Nurture, OCD, Overwhelm, Perfectionism, Personality, Phobias, Prayer, Process, Promise, Protection, Provision, Purification Process, Redemption, Relationship, Resistance, Rest, Scribe, Season of Hiddenness, Seasons, Seeing God, Sight, Simplicity, Struggle, Tears, Testing, Thankfulness, The Heart, The Secret Place, The Soul, The Tree of Life, Thinking, Transformation, Trials, Trust, Truth, Understanding, Unknown, Vulnerability, Waiting, Weakness, Wisdom, Words, Worry, Writing —

1.28.2022 – “Am I still okay?”

January 28, 2022

Heavenly Father, I’m struggling… I’m having to work through some things that I never expected would be this much of a struggle to work through at this point in my life. It’s humbling. How life seems to bring our weaknesses right out of us… Things that we don’t always like to see about ourselves. And… Read More 1.28.2022 – “Am I still okay?”

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1.24.2022 – Wrestling with change…

January 24, 2022

“Things change…” Ha, of course they do. Change can hit us at different levels, in different ways, Sometimes change is subtle, gradual… and what a relief! But sometimes change comes suddenly, sometimes change is more extreme. Things have changed so much in my life lately. In some ways it has been gradual, and then in… Read More 1.24.2022 – Wrestling with change…

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1.20.2022 – “Be Careful”

January 20, 2022

There is a phrase that many of us use… “be careful!” I catch myself using it all the time. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with “being careful” when there is a need to use caution out of wisdom. Of course, there is a time to genuinely caution someone else about something, don’t get me… Read More 1.20.2022 – “Be Careful”

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1.16.2022 – Be(coming) an Overcomer

January 16, 2022

We need… what God places before us to face. For He knows how we need to be shaped. He has purpose… even in the mistakes He allows us to make! Yes, we need… what God allows into our paths—the challenges that arise in our lives… …that we may learn to OVERCOME… …that we might confidently… Read More 1.16.2022 – Be(coming) an Overcomer

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1.14.2022 – A “Shockwave” of Prayer

January 14, 2022

There’s a lot of pain and sickness in the lives of many of those around us right now… This great need, this deep desperation… is stirring the heart of God. He loves us, He knows our need, and His heart is tender and compassionate towards us. 💝 And God allows His heart to be felt,… Read More 1.14.2022 – A “Shockwave” of Prayer

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1.12.2022 – Trusting Him in the Ebbs and Flows of Life

January 12, 2022

“…write about exactly where you are.” So where am I? Well, there are some days when the words seem to flow, and flow, and overflow onto this page… …and there are other days–or what can feel like mini “seasons”… where the flow seems to be dried out. It’s the ebb. The words don’t seem to… Read More 1.12.2022 – Trusting Him in the Ebbs and Flows of Life

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1.10.2022 – The Lord is MY Deliverer

January 10, 2022

“My soul, wait silently for God alone,For my expectation is from Him.He only is my rock and my salvation;He is my defense;I shall not be moved.In God is my salvation and my glory;The rock of my strength,And my refuge, is in God. Trust in Him at all times, you people;Pour out your heart before Him;God is a refuge for us. Selah“-Psalm 62:5-8 “The LORD is my rock… Read More 1.10.2022 – The Lord is MY Deliverer