Rest

Hello Friend! Here’s hoping and praying you had a lovely and relaxing Thanksgiving with your family/friends! I recently had the pleasure of attending Soul Camp 2024, hosted by Jess Connolly & Go + Tell Gals, in the beautiful town of Charleston, South Carolina. (I may have fallen in love and want to retire there one…

Hello Friend! I hope you are well and taking small moments here and there for yourself, even amidst all that’s happening around you. Life can get so busy that we often rush from one thing to the next, and in doing so, we can miss the chance to pause and appreciate the good around us.…

Lord,  Teach us the pace of Christ. We ask for your peace in our hearts and minds as we discern how we might participate in your work. Equip us to offer our gifts, education, and resources, not for a faster world, but a world that would move according to the rhythm of your heart. Praying…

The silence is almost deafening to my anxious heart, as I reach to select a music channel to fill the awkward void. A million thoughts running through my head, memories flooding my mind and threatening to steal my peace. I find myself in this place far less than I used to, but every once in…

I sat across the table, enjoying lunch with one of my best friends as tears streamed down my cheeks, “I’m struggling and I don’t know what to do.  My attitude sucks and I know it, but I can’t seem to snap out of this funk. I’m miserable.” She lovingly shared some of her own advice…

Hebrews 4:11 shows that rest is more than a mere suggestion from God, it’s an act of obedience. Truth be told, in my struggle to “find the time” to rest, all I’m doing is running.  I may not be intentionally running away from God; my intentions may be to do all the running for God.…

For many years, I maintained a prayer journal on a daily basis; praying for wisdom, guidance, and for those I loved. I wrote through the good times, and I wrote through the painful times; times where tears soaked the pages of my journal, threatening to erase the words I had written. Truth be told, there’s…

Parenting has the tendency to threaten our peace with fear, doesn’t it? There are several ways the enemy can plant seeds of fear into our head, threatening to sink deep into our heart & destroy the peace that Jesus provides. . . . Please join me for the rest of this post, over at Five…

On my Journey to Rest, my absolute biggest struggle has been simply letting go. Letting go long enough to REST. The day I read this quote by Corrie ten Boom, the Holy Spirit reminded me of something. The more tightly I hold on to the things that consume my time & energy, the less I…