3903 Make Your Spouse the Star this Holiday
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Some people believe leftovers are the best. Maybe that's good for food, but for marriage, not so much. When it comes to the "death do us part" vow, your spouse might say otherwise. So why not make your spouse the star this holiday? Because ultimately, that would melt a ton of disagreements as to what matters overall. Whose spouse wouldn't want to feel like the star? Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . The holiday season arrives with joyful cheers and dizzy deadlines. Between the parties, shopping, and family visits, it can be a whirlwind...
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3902 Create Space for Christmas in the Chaos
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Between the dinner, dishes, and dogs, how does anyone ever find the time to prepare the family for the true heart of Christmas? Because, like me, I know you are trying to do all the things. But are they the right things? So why not do Christmas differently this year? Create space for Christmas in the chaos. You donāt have to create a Pinterest-perfect Christmas to do that. What matters most is carving out spaceānot just on the calendar, but in your familyās heart and homeāfor the real gift of Christmas. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at...
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3901 Show UpāEven When You're Tired
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What is it about the weekend looming? The week has worn you down just enough to feel heavy in your bones. The kind of tired that seeps past the surface, whispering, āJust rest. Skip the weekend plans. Stay in bed.ā Lifeās been coming and going all week, and here you areāstill expected to show up. I want to talk about that tiredness. Not to shame it or fix it with a magic pill, but to find honor in it. Because showing upāright where you are, even when youāre tiredāis an act of courage wrapped in quiet grace. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us...
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3900 The Holiday Secret Nobody Tells You
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Why is it that this time of year, the calendar fills up and your energy disappears? December comes in like a whirlwind, dishes pile up, and suddenly youāre wondering when you signed up to be the worldās busiest elf. Seriously?!? If youāre like most people, your own wellness gets pushed way down on the list just because thereās too much to do. However, ignoring yourself this time of year is the fastest route to burning out before the big day even arrives. But there's the holiday secret nobody tells you. Yet, if youāre anything like most people, you keep pushing harder, giving more,...
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3899 Your Heart is the Anchor
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The holiday season is notorious for turning you into a checklist machine. You wake up with a mental rundown of what must be done: complete Cyber purchases, groceries, school events, meal prep, work deadlines, holiday gatherings, gift wrapping, and on and on. By the time Tuesday is here, that list is already gnawing at your energy and your spirit. You're already wiped out just thinking about the week ahead. Sound too familiar? Well, here's your escape: Your to-do list does not anchor your lifeāyour heart is the anchor. Psalm 46:10 reminds us to āBe still, and know that I am God.ā...
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3898 Living Life Out of Order
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December evenings can feel like a pressure cooker. You scroll through Instagram and see everyoneās lives perfectly arranged: big wins, festive decor, smiling faces. Meanwhile, youāre staring down unfinished projects, mounting fatigue, and that nagging voice telling you youāre behind, failing, or simply out of place. Why does it feel like everyone else is moving forward, while youāre stuck living life out of order? Hereās the hard truth: comparison is a silent peace thief. When you measure your messy, nonlinear reality against othersā carefully curated timelines and highlight reels,...
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3897 HOPE - The Faithfulness of God
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When the future feels shaky and the world seems out of control, hope is often whatās missing. But hereās where you check your pulse: hope is not wishful thinking or vague optimism. Real hope is a confident expectation anchored in the faithfulness of God. Jeremiah 29:11 cuts through the noise: āFor I know the plans I have for you,ā declares the Lord, āplans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.ā Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . This verse isnāt a hollow promiseāitās a wild, brave...
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3896 Digging for Gold
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Marriage is no fairy tale without effort. It demands work, dedication, and a clear purpose to turn the ordinary into an extraordinary journey. When that effort wanes, couples find themselves facing the big āDāādivorce. No one wants that outcome. Yet, many walk down the aisle with hope for forever, only to get distracted by the temptation of greener grass elsewhere. But the problem is that they're digging for gold in the wrong places. Picture this: Itās Black Friday, and everyoneās scouring the stores, hunting for the best deals, the quickest wins, the most immediate gratification....
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3895 Raising Kids with Kind Hearts
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Raising kids with kind hearts filled with gratitude feels like an uphill battle these days. Itās no secret that screens dominate their attentionāheads buried in phones and tablets, tuning out the world around them. But it doesn't have to be this way. If we let kids do what they want with technology, many will struggle to grasp what it really means to be kind, respectful, and thankful. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . And hereās the tougher truth: parents arenāt always present either, caught up in their own whirlwind. If both sides...
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3894 The Letter of Thanksgiving
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Thanksgiving often nudges us to list the people we appreciateāthe family, friends, mentors, colleagues. But this year, letās flip the script. Before you reach out to thank another, consider turning your gratitude inward. What if today, the letter of thanksgiving you write is to yourself? Think about your yearānot just the surface moments you flash back to, but the quiet stretches, the small triumphs, the unseen acts of kindness you offered without fanfare. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . Where has your heart been whole? What parts of...
info_outlineAs your days become more than you can handle alone, remember that God's got you! It says in Psalm 46:1, "God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble."
Have you ever been in trouble? Have you ever thought you might be close to the end?
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We have all experienced that feeling of living life on our own. So many things piling up around us that we feel like we are coming to a breaking point. However, I want to remind you that you are not alone.
He is there for you ALL the time. Now, you might say that you disagree because you don't have the answers you want. Yet, God is still there even when you don't get what you want.
Sounds all too familiar when raising kids, right? We tell them no they can't do something or have something, and they whine, walk away mad, wishing they had a different parent.
We can kind of be like that with God. But I want to encourage you today:
"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble." ~ Psalm 46:1
The K.I.S.S. ~ God is your refuge!
By now, you've probably heard about my diagnosis of double pneumonia after the first of the new year. It was not good, mainly because I had no energy. And for a woman who is always on the go, that was a kick in the pants. I get tired or exhausted because of what I do, but not because of an illness.
So unfair. Yet that was just the beginning.
In February, we had a cold spell that took our temperatures down to 10 degrees with a wind chill at times below zero. If you're in the south, that is not the temperature you want. Plus, stuff happens when it freezes.
Well, you know all about the forced renovations inside. But I get a call while at a conference that we are having troubles with the pool. Bubbles are happening outside. I am a day from arriving home, and all I can do is watch a video and see what's going on. I call my pool man, and he says, "You've got a leak!"
Can I just say I have PTSD from water?!?
We had the crew come out and emergently winterize our pool to protect any of the working lines. There was no guarantee what was wrong, but something was WRONG!!
After arriving home, we had to keep the ice from getting too thick to keep the water lines open and free from a freeze. That required us to stick the ice on the top of the pool and keep it more in chunks rather than an ice skating rink.
One day, I was working on the ice and the pool, and a struck the ice with a brief pause.... And then all of sudden I had an eighth of a milli-second to decide whether or not I was going with the fall, or would fight the fall in mid-air.
YES!!! I fell into the pool with ice about 2 inches thick.
God is our refuge!!
The short story is I'm alive to talk about it. The long story that early afternoon was I came close to not making it.
God is our refuge!!
In the moments of the water and ice hitting my body, and me being pulled under the ice was a little anerving. In a brief moment, I knew I had to get out of the pool or my son would walk down the stairs and find his mom floating dead in the pool.
All I could do was constantly tell myself to get above the water, keep your head above the water. As I climbed the iceburgs of Alaska in the backyard of my Tennessee swimming pool, I prayed to God to get me out. With fingernails clawing the slabs of ice, my heavy sweater wrapped around my face strangling my neck as it caught the edges of the ice. The fight was real, but God was by refuge.
Somehow, I was able to pull myself over two huge slabs of ice that were about as tall as me (5 feet). Finally, I got to the shallow sunning ledge and caught my breath. Making sure I wasn't dizzy and going to pass out, I continued the climb.
The climb of life is real, and so is God!!
"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble." ~ Psalm 46:1
"Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!"
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