Whatever you’re waiting for today, know that you are not alone! God is in the waiting and He wastes nothing! Visit today’s post for powerful truths and inspiring examples of how we can wait well and trust God’s timing, even when we can’t see past the struggle.
An overcrowded mental space is one of the major contributors to stress and anxiety. In today’s post I share a powerful prayer, scriptural truths, and simple tips to declutter our mind so we can find peace, clarity, and focus!
With everything going on in our world, combined with our own personal struggles, it is easy to feel hopeless or discouraged. In today’s post, I’m sharing 5 strategies to cultivate resilience so we can persevere through adversity. If you’ve ever lost a loved one, had your heart broken, battled anxiety or depression, struggled with chronic health issues, felt the weight of grief or disappointment, been a victim of injustice, navigated a difficult relationship, or lived through a global pandemic, then this is for you!
When was the last time you rejoiced? It seems that many of us have lost our joy because, like peace, we’ve anchored it in the wrong things. We’ve linked our joy to our kids, careers, circumstances, or current emotional state. True joy is not the absence of sadness, nor is it circumstantial (that’s happiness). Joy is a fruit of the Spirit that is cultivated the more we fix our eyes on Christ. In today’s post, find out how you can cultivate joy and embody contentment regardless of your circumstances.
Pain without purpose is a tragedy, but pain with purpose is a powerful testimony. In the midst of our pain, we can participate in God’s purpose by exercising our spiritual gifts and sharing the Good News of Christ. We can enter into broken places and embrace our hard stories. Doing so leads to healing, gives hope to others, and glorifies the God that carries us through the most challenging circumstances.
Gratitude does not remove our pain and sorrow, and it is not a substitute for grief. However, gratitude invites us to be thankful for what we do have, and it shifts our focus from our problems to God’s provisions. Check out today’s post for how we take hold of the gift of gratitude in the midst of pain and hardship.
Just as a seed planted deep within the soil prepares for new growth in spring, what can feel like our lowest and darkest seasons are catalysts for transformational change. We learn things we would not have discovered any other way and find healing in God’s presence like nothing this world could provide. Today we’re exploring the unprecedented growth that God offers us in the midst of pain and hardship.
Anxiety is rooted in fear, which exists in thoughts about our future. Worrying about what 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 happen doesn’t change the outcome, but it does distract us from experiencing the present. The enemy wants to use worry and fear to paralyze us from moving forward. But, we have a choice! We can choose to pivot from allowing pain to lead us down a regrettable path toward anxiety and defeat to instead inviting it to propel us toward peace and wholeness. To find out how, visit check out today’s post!
In Meghan’s vulnerable story, From Not Enough to Good – Cultivating a Renewed Body Image, she shares her transformation from being bound by lies to freedom, from hating her body to viewing it as a dwelling place for His Spirit, and from exercising as punishment to exercising for health because God created her body and called it good.
When Dorina’s husband died from cancer in 2014, she didn’t know how to move forward. Finding the courage to begin again required her to rely on the Lord for strength and pursue her long-standing passion for running. Running became her grief therapy—a way to experience God’s presence, process her thoughts, and cry out in prayer. God met her on the trails and led her down an unexpected path toward renewed hope and an opportunity to love again. Dorina’s story is a testament to God’s goodness that will inspire you to press on through life’s trials.
