Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo

Create Your Now® supports the purpose-driven mom and the purpose-driven entrepreneur with tools and strategies to become their best selves in areas of lifestyle, personal development & growth, mindset, business, spirituality, nutrition, fitness, parenting, relationships, marriage, motherhood, and everyday living. This DAILY podcast will empower and encourage you to rediscover, rejuvenate and renew who you are in mind, body, and spirit. Topics include healthy living, work-life balance, weight loss, exercise videos, overcoming adversity, burnout, inspiration, motivation, cooking and recipes, mind mapping, goal setting, marriage difficulties, Christian values and so much more. My Strength Is My Story® Series invites guests to share their hard life experiences where forgiveness, grace, and hope are the results. Life is better together. Real life. Real stories. Real transformations. Be blessed in your every day. Be Present. Be Incredible. Be YOU!!!

4216 Hold On To What You Cannot See 10/15/2026

4216 Hold On To What You Cannot See Some seasons ask you to keep going when nothing around you looks any different. The bills are still there. The relationship still aches. The answer you’ve been praying for hasn’t shown up at your door with a bow on it; no overnight delivery. And somewhere in the quiet of another ordinary morning, you wonder if anything is actually happening at all. My friend — you can hold on to what you cannot see. Because the most important work rarely announces itself. It moves underground, in the places your eyes will never reach, building something your circumstances haven’t caught up to yet. Think about roots for a moment. They don’t have eyes. They don’t see sunlight. They don’t know what the bloom will look like or when it’s coming. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #Inspiration #CreateYourNow #DailyMotivation But they grow anyway. They reach. They stretch into soil that is dark and dense and offers no applause for the effort. And every single thing that will ever stand tall in a garden stands tall because of what happened down there first — unseen, unclapped for, unnoticed by everyone except the One who designed the seed. That’s where you are right now. And it’s not a punishment. It’s a process. Hebrews 11:1 says, “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” Faith is not wishful thinking. It’s not crossing your fingers and hoping something sticks. Faith is confidence. Faith is assurance. Faith is standing with your feet planted on ground that the world says is shaky and knowing in your spirit that God already poured the foundation. You just can’t see it yet — and you were never meant to. If you could see it all, you wouldn’t need faith. And if you didn’t need faith, you would never discover how deeply you are held. That’s the part the enemy doesn’t want you to know. He wants you measuring progress with your eyes. He wants you scanning your life like a scoreboard — checking the numbers, tallying the wins and losses, and deciding that if the visible results aren’t there, then God must not be working. But God has never operated on your timeline, and He has certainly never operated on your scoreboard. He operates on covenant. And covenant doesn’t expire because you had a hard week. So what do you do when you can’t see it? You hold on anyway. You pray when the prayer feels like it’s hitting the ceiling. You worship when your heart feels flat. You get up and take the next step even though the path ahead looks exactly like the path behind. Because faith isn’t a feeling. It’s a decision. And every time you decide to trust God when nothing visible backs it up, your roots go deeper. You are becoming more anchored than you realize. The K.I.S.S. ~ Hold on to what you cannot see! Ben Stein once said, “Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.” There’s a canyon of difference between those two things. Believing God can is theology. Knowing God will is relationship. It’s the difference between reading about someone’s faithfulness and having lived through enough dark nights to say, “He showed up before, and He will show up again.” That kind of knowing doesn’t come from a comfortable life. It comes from exactly the kind of season you might be standing in right now — the one where you can’t see what’s next but you refuse to let go. And maybe that’s the invitation. Not to figure it all out. Not to force the breakthrough. But to simply hold on. To let your roots do what roots were made to do — reach for water in the dark, grip the soil a little tighter, and trust that the surface will catch up to what’s already been established underneath. You are not stuck. You are stabilizing. There is a difference, and heaven knows it even when your mirror doesn’t. The woman who holds on when she cannot see is not naive. She is brave. She is not ignoring reality — she is choosing a higher one. She is saying, “My God is bigger than my circumstance, and I will not let go of His hand just because I can’t see His plan.” That is not weakness. That is the deepest kind of strength there is. And it is building something in you that nothing — no delay, no disappointment, no detour — can take away. So hold on, my sweet friend. Not because the answers are coming tomorrow — maybe they are, maybe they aren’t. Hold on because the God who planted you has never once forgotten where He put you. He is watering what He started. He is tending what He promised. And one day — maybe sooner than you think — what has been growing in the dark is going to break through the surface and take your breath away. Until then, keep reaching. Keep trusting. Keep becoming. You were never meant to see it all. You were meant to hold on to the One who does. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. () 🙏 on Pray.com () 🎥 on YouTube () 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶 () ✍️ Instagram Twitter Facebook Cover Art by Photo by Music by - Overcomer Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publ. (ASCAP) D Soul Music (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission. /episode/index/show/createyournow/id/43283509

4215 Don't Pick the Bud 10/14/2026

4215 Don't Pick the Bud You see it happening. Something in you is shifting — the way you pray, the way you respond, the way you hold your peace when you used to lose it. There’s new growth forming in your spirit, and it’s real. But before you rush to show the world, before you post it, proclaim it, or perform it for an audience, don’t pick the bud. "The bloom’s beauty comes from its budded heart that has had time to become. You can’t rush what is not ready." ~ Kristianne Wargo Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #WellspringWednesday #CreateYourNow #HealthAndWellness And that’s where so many of us stumble. Not in the growing — we’re doing that. The stumbling happens when we try to speed up what God is still shaping. We see the first green of something beautiful and we want to yank it into full flower overnight. We want the testimony before the test is over. We want the fruit before the season is finished. But that’s not how any of it works — not in a garden, and not in your soul. Ecclesiastes 3:11 reminds us, “He has made everything beautiful in its time.” Not in your time. Not when you feel ready. Not when someone else’s bloom makes you feel behind. In His time. And His time has never once been late. Think about it like this. A rosebud doesn’t open because someone pulls its petals apart. It opens because the sun, the soil, and the season all come together at the right moment. You are that bud. God is the gardener. And the process you’re in? It’s not a delay — it’s development. The temptation is real, though, isn’t it? You start doing the inner work, and something in you wants credit for it. You want people to see the change. You want validation that all this quiet wrestling has been worth it. But when you perform growth that hasn’t fully settled, you end up exhausted — holding up a version of yourself that isn’t finished yet and wondering why it feels so heavy. Some things need to stay between you and God a little longer. Not because they’re secret, but because they’re sacred. “The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still” (Exodus 14:14). Stillness isn’t passive. It’s protective. It gives your roots time to go deeper so that when the bloom does open, it holds. There’s a difference between growing and performing growth. Growing is quiet. It happens in the mornings when nobody’s watching, in the prayers you whisper in the car, in the choice to forgive before you feel like it. Performing growth is louder — it’s the social media post about your healing journey before you’ve actually healed, the declaration of change before the change has cost you anything. You don’t owe anyone a progress report on your becoming. Galatians 6:9 says, “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” The proper time. Not the premature time. Not the “I’m tired of waiting” time. The proper time. And that harvest? It’s worth the wait. The K.I.S.S. ~ Let it unfold! So what does it look like to let your becoming stay unhurried this week? 1. Resist the Urge to announce, perform, or prove your growth — hold it quietly this week and let it deepen. The next time you feel the pull to share your progress with the world, pause and ask yourself: Am I sharing because this is ready, or because I need someone to tell me it’s real? Your growth doesn’t need an audience to be valid. God sees every inch of it. That’s enough for now. Journal it instead. Pray over it. Let the roots go one layer deeper before you invite the wind. 2. Practice Patience with your own process by choosing one area where you stop pushing and simply allow. Maybe it’s your prayer life — you’ve been forcing discipline when what you really need is surrender. Maybe it’s a relationship you keep trying to fix on your own timetable. Pick one thing this week where you consciously take your hands off the wheel and say, “God, I trust Your pace more than my plan.” Patience isn’t giving up. Patience is giving over. As the psalmist wrote, “Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him” (Psalm 37:7). Practice that stillness. Let it teach you something. 3. Trust God’s Timing for your reveal is better than yours — and rest in the waiting. Rest doesn’t mean nothing is happening. Rest means you believe so deeply in the Gardener that you can stop trying to do His job. Think of it this way: a seed doesn’t strain to become a tree. It simply stays planted and lets the process do its work. You are planted, not stalled. Hidden, not forgotten. "A bloom forced open by human hands will wilt by morning. A bloom opened by the Son will stand through every season." ~ Kristianne Wargo Rest in that. Your reveal is coming — and it will be breathtaking because it will be ready. Impatience kills more growth than failure ever will. Failure just means you tried. Impatience means you didn’t give what you tried time to become what it was meant to be. And you — the woman reading this right now — you are becoming something. Don’t rob yourself of the fullness of it by rushing the reveal. Let the bud be a bud. Let the roots do their work. Let the quiet season finish what it started. Because when that bloom finally opens — and it will — it won’t be forced. It won’t be fragile. It will be the kind of beauty that only comes from a woman who trusted the process, stayed planted, and let God do what only God can do. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. () 🙏 on Pray.com () 🎥 on YouTube () 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶 () ✍️ Instagram Twitter Facebook Cover Art by Photo by Music by - Overcomer Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publ. (ASCAP) D Soul Music (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission. /episode/index/show/createyournow/id/43215943

4214 Put the Mask Down 10/13/2026

4214 Put the Mask Down Pretending takes so much more energy than people realize. It’s not just one lie — it’s a thousand tiny adjustments every single day. You’ve been carrying it for a while now, haven’t you? That careful smile. That practiced answer — I’m good, I’m fine, everything’s great. And maybe you’ve gotten so good at wearing it that even you’ve started to believe it. But it’s time to put the mask down because you’re finally ready to be whole. Otherwise, you find youself adjusting your voice and your posture. You rearrange your face before you walk into the room. You swallow the hard thing and smile over the top of it, and then you wonder why you’re so tired by noon. That is the weight of carrying something you were never meant to hold. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #Inspiration #CreateYourNow #DailyMotivation And here’s something you must remember about the mask: it doesn’t just hide your pain from other people. It hides you from God’s work. Because it's harder to heal what we refuse to uncover. God is not going to force His way past the walls we build with our bright smiles and our “I’ve got this” speeches. He waits. He’s patient like that. But He’s also persistent — and every time that mask slips, even just a little, grace is already rushing in. Paul understood this. He had been given a thorn — something painful, something he begged God to take away. Three times he asked. And instead of removing the struggle, God whispered something that changed everything: My grace is enough for you. My power shows up best when you stop pretending you’ve got it all together. (2 Corinthians 12:9, NIV.) God is telling you to stop performing strength, and let Him be strong through you. The very thing you’re trying to hide is the exact place where His power wants to be. Be present. Think about that for a moment. You’ve been exhausting yourself trying to prove you’re unbreakable — and all along, the broken places were the entry points for something far greater than anything you could manufacture on your own. There’s a line that says, “She was powerful not because she wasn’t scared, but because she went on so strongly, despite the fear.” Atticus wrote that, and it lands differently when you read it in this light. Because when you put the mask down, it doesn't mean you stop being brave. It means you redefine what brave looks like. Brave isn’t the woman who never struggles. Brave is the woman who says, I’m struggling — and I’m still here. I’m still showing up. I’m still trusting God with the parts of me that don’t look polished enough for public display. That’s real strength. Not the manufactured kind that crumbles in private, but the kind that’s rooted in truth — the kind that can hold weight because it’s honest about what it’s carrying. The K.I.S.S. ~ Put the mask down! When you set the mask on the table and let people see you, you might be surprised. The world doesn’t end. The people who love you don’t walk away. And the ones who do walk away? They were loving the mask, not you. But the people who stay — and more importantly, the God who has always stayed — they meet you in a place that pretending could never reach. You start breathing again, not the shallow ones, but the deep, full, honest breaths. The kind that comes when you stop holding everything in. The kind that sounds a lot like surrender — and feels a lot like freedom. You don’t have to have it all figured out this week. You don’t have to stand on a stage and announce your mess. But you can start small. You can answer honestly the next time someone asks how you’re doing. You can sit in prayer without performing for God — just showing up, raw, real, and open-handed. You can let one tear fall without immediately wiping it away and apologizing for it. Because every time you choose truth over performance, you make room. Room for healing. Room for grace. Room to become the woman you already are underneath all the pretending. And that's the woman God has been speaking to this whole time, even when you couldn’t hear Him over the noise of keeping it all together. Put the mask down, my sweet friend. You don’t need it anymore. What’s underneath it is more beautiful, more powerful, and more loved than anything you could ever pretend to be. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. () 🙏 on Pray.com () 🎥 on YouTube () 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶 () ✍️ Instagram Twitter Facebook Cover Art by Photo by Music by - Overcomer Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publ. (ASCAP) D Soul Music (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission. /episode/index/show/createyournow/id/43215928

4213 The Weight of What-If 10/12/2026

4213 The Weight of What-If You've done it before: lying awake at night replaying a conversation that hasn't happened yet, mapping out every worst-case scenario before getting out of bed. You've carried the weight of what-if, and you didn't even realize how heavy it was until you couldn't stand up straight anymore. Fear-based thinking doesn't always look like panic. Sometimes it looks like planning. What a concept! Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #MindsetMonday #CreateYourNow #PersonalDevelopment It's the mental rehearsal of everything that could go wrong — the "what if" spiral that quietly hijacks your peace and steals the present moment right out of your hands. And it's time to set it down. "If everything is lived in what is not, how can you be present with what you've got?" ~ Kristianne Wargo That's the danger of "what-if." It sabotages the present, only leaving the past and the future to deal with — both of which you have zero control over. You can't undo yesterday. You can't micromanage tomorrow. But you can lose today trying. And that's what worry does. It doesn't protect you. It doesn't prepare you. It robs you. Corrie ten Boom once said, "Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength." Every ounce of energy you're spending on "what if" is an ounce you don't have for "what is." You are draining yourself of the very strength you need for the moment you're actually standing in. And God's Word is clear about this. 2 Timothy 1:7 tells us, "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind" (KJV). Listen up! God hath not given you the spirit of fear. He gave you power. Love. A sound mind. That means every time you spiral into "what if," you're picking up something He never handed you. You're carrying a weight He never placed on your shoulders. Jesus Himself addressed this head-on: "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?" — Matthew 6:25–26 (NIV). If God feeds the birds, how much more will He take care of you - the one who calls His own? Don't get caught up in the what-if. Think about what happens after trusting in faith. W.H.A.T.-I.F.! The K.I.S.S. ~ W.H.A.T.-I.F.! What happens after trusting in faith? So let's get honest for a second. What is too heavy for you to carry alone? What keeps you up at night? What do you need to let go of in order to be fully present — right here, right now? Because those "what-ifs" are not just thoughts. They are weights. And if you want to drop the weight, you start with the what-ifs. WRITE down every "what-if" running through your mind right now. Get it out of your head and onto paper. When worry lives only in your thoughts, it grows in the dark. Naming it brings it into the light — and light is where God does His best work. HAND each one to God in prayer. Literally say it out loud: "I can't carry this. It's Yours." Don't just think it — speak it. There is power in surrender that is spoken, because the same mouth that spirals into fear can declare faith. ANCHOR yourself in one truth today. Choose one scripture — maybe 2 Timothy 1:7, maybe Matthew 6:25–26 — and come back to it every single time the "what-if" tries to pull you away. Truth is your tether. Let it hold you. Here's what I want you to walk away with today. "What-if" is not discernment. It is not wisdom. It is worry dressed up in productivity's clothing. And you were never meant to carry it. God didn't design you to live in a future that doesn't exist yet. He designed you for now — create your now — this breath, this moment, this day. So flip the script. Instead of asking, "What if everything falls apart?" — ask, "What happens after I trust God with it?" That's the real W.H.A.T. I.F.: What Happens After Trusting In Faith. You know the answer: freedom, peace, and presence. The ability to actually live instead of just bracing for impact. Drop the weight. Pick up the truth. And create your now. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. () 🙏 on Pray.com () 🎥 on YouTube () 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶 () ✍️ Instagram Twitter Facebook Cover Art by Photo by Music by - Overcomer Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publ. (ASCAP) D Soul Music (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission. /episode/index/show/createyournow/id/43215913

4212 Before You Say A Word 10/11/2026

4212 Before You Say A Word You know that moment right before the words leave your mouth — your pulse is up, your thoughts are racing, and everything in you wants to say the thing. To set the record straight. To be heard. To fire back. But before you say a word, what if the most powerful thing you could do in that moment is nothing at all? What if the gap between the feeling and the speaking is actually one of the wisest places God has given you to stand? Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #SweetSpirit #CreateYourNow #SoulfulSunday We live in a world that celebrates the quick comeback. The sharp reply. The person who always has something to say and says it loudly. "Wisdom has never been about being the loudest voice in the room. Wisdom is about being the most anchored one." ~ Kristianne Wargo Scroll through any comment section and you’ll see it — everyone rushing to speak, and very few stopping to listen. James 1:19–20 puts it plainly: “My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.” Quick to listen. Slow to speak. Slow to become angry. Notice the order. It’s intentional. God doesn’t start with what comes out of your mouth. He starts with what you let into your heart. Listening comes first — listening to Him, listening to others, listening to what’s really happening beneath the surface of a situation — before a single word is formed. And here’s the thing about listening: it’s not passive. Real listening, the kind that wisdom requires, takes more strength than speaking ever will. It means setting your own agenda aside. It means not rehearsing your response while someone else is still talking. It means trusting that God can handle the silence while you sit in it long enough to hear what He’s actually saying. Think about the people in your life who have spoken the most life into you. Chances are, they weren’t the ones who talked the most. They listened deeply and then offered words that carried weight. That’s not an accident. Proverbs 17:28 tells us, “Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they hold their tongues.” There is a credibility, a gravity, that comes with restraint. When you don’t react to everything, when you choose your words carefully, people lean in. They trust what you say because you don’t waste it. "Words carry wisdom. And wisdom carries weight. Walk in wisdom." ~ Kristianne Wargo The K.I.S.S. ~ Before you say a word! Now, let’s be honest. This is hard. Especially when someone has hurt you. Especially when you know you’re right. Especially when the situation feels urgent and your emotions are telling you that if you don’t speak now, the moment will pass. But wisdom is not afraid of the moment passing. Wisdom knows that the right word at the wrong time can do just as much damage as the wrong word altogether. Proverbs 15:1 reminds us, “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” Gentle doesn’t mean weak. Gentle means measured. Intentional. Held in the hands of God before it’s released into the world. Before you say a word might look like: It looks like pausing before you send that text. It looks like taking a breath before you respond to your teenager, your spouse, your coworker, your friend. It looks like asking God, “What do You want me to say here?” — and being genuinely willing to hear the answer, even when that answer is “Nothing right now.” It looks like valuing the relationship more than being right and valuing God’s righteousness more than your own vindication. Walking in wisdom means understanding that your words carry weight. Every single one of them. And the woman who walks with God doesn’t throw her words around carelessly. She holds them. She weighs them. She offers them when they will build and withholds them when they will break. That is not silence born from fear. That is silence born from faith — faith that God sees, God hears, and God will make all things right in His timing. Today, before you say a word, give yourself permission to pause. You don’t have to have the last word. You don’t have to respond in the heat of the moment. You don’t have to prove anything to anyone. The God who created the universe with His words is the same God who invites you to steward yours. Listen first. Breathe. Pray. And when you do speak, let it be life. Let it be truth wrapped in grace. Let it be wisdom made audible. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. () 🙏 on Pray.com () 🎥 on YouTube () 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶 () ✍️ Instagram Twitter Facebook Cover Art by Photo by Music by - Overcomer Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publ. (ASCAP) D Soul Music (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission. /episode/index/show/createyournow/id/43215893

4211 The Power of "I See You" 10/10/2026

4211 The Power of "I See You" Something powerful happens in a marriage when one person turns to the other and says, with quiet, deliberate presence — I see you. The power of “I see you” is not about fixing anything, solving a problem, or checking something off a list. It is about pausing long enough to notice the human being standing right in front of you. The one who shows up day after day, doing the things no one claps for. The one who carries burdens they have not fully named. When was the last time you looked at your spouse and let them know that who they are matters to you? Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #RelationshipBuilders #CreateYourNow #LoveAndMarriage We live in a world that is loud and fast. Between work and kids and bills and schedules and the sheer weight of just keeping life together, it is easy to fall into the rhythm of coexisting. You are both in the same house, sitting on the same couch, sleeping in the same bed — and still somehow missing each other. Not because you do not care. But because exhaustion has a way of pulling your eyes to everything except the person beside you. And over time, when someone does not feel seen, they start to disappear. Not physically — but emotionally. They pull back. They stop sharing. They stop hoping that you will notice. That is why this matters so much. Genesis 16:13 tells us, “She gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: ‘You are the God who sees me.’” Hagar — alone, afraid, cast out — was met by a God who did not look away. And the very thing that changed everything for her was not that He rescued her from her circumstance in that moment. It was that He saw her. He saw the real her. The struggling, scared, overlooked her. And she was never the same. Your spouse needs that from you. Not perfection. Not performance. Just presence. Think about it — When was the last time you acknowledged the things your spouse does that nobody else sees? The way they check the locks before bed. The way they push through their own exhaustion to make sure the kids are cared for. The small, steady, unspectacular acts of love that hold your household together. These things are easy to overlook because they are consistent. But consistent does not mean unimportant. Consistent means faithful. And faithfulness deserves to be honored. Proverbs 20:5 says, “The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters, but one who has insight draws them out.” That is what seeing your spouse is all about. It is not just watching — it is drawing out. It is going beneath the surface of “I’m fine” and “It was a long day” and pressing in with curiosity and care. It is choosing to know them at a level that no one else gets to reach. Lao Tzu once said, “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” Seeing your spouse deeply—and letting them know — is one of the humble, kindest things you can do in your marriage. Because it requires vulnerability. It requires slowing down. It requires letting go of your own agenda long enough to be fully present with someone else’s heart. Notice what matters. The K.I.S.S. ~ Notice what matters! So how do you actually do this in real life? How do you move from intention to action? 1. Acknowledge What Goes Unnoticed. Maybe it is the way they always lock the door at night, how they make sure the kids have what they need, or the quiet sacrifices they make when no one is watching. Do not let it stay silent. Say it out loud: “I see what you do, and it matters.” Those words land differently than “thanks.” They say, I am paying attention. You are not invisible to me. 2. Eyes Up, Heart Open. Put your phone down for one full conversation this week. No multitasking. No half-listening. No scrolling while they are mid-sentence. Give them the gift of your undivided attention. Eye contact is powerful — it tells the other person, right now, you are the most important thing in my world. One real conversation will do more for your connection than a dozen distracted ones. 3. Ask a Deeper Question. Go beyond “How was your day?” Try something that actually opens the door: “What is on your heart right now?” or “What is one thing I can do to make this week easier for you?” or “What can I do to serve you?” You might be surprised at what they share when they realize you genuinely want to hear the answer. TRUTH — Your spouse is not asking you to be perfect. They are asking you to be present. They are asking you to look up from the noise and see them standing there. Not the version of them that shows up at work or at church or at the family dinner. The real one. The one who is tired and hopeful and doing their best and wondering if anyone notices. You get to be the one who notices. Marriage is not built on the big moments alone. It is built on the Tuesday nights when you turn to each other and say, “I see you. I am glad it is you.” It is built in the ordinary, unremarkable, sacred space of choosing each other — over and over again. So this week, slow down. Look closer. Speak life into the person who shares your life. Because when your spouse feels seen, they feel safe. And safety helps love grow deeper. Just keep falling in love all over again. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. 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4210 The Myth of the Empty Vessel 10/09/2026

4210 The Myth of the Empty Vessel Somewhere along the way, somebody decided that the holiest version of motherhood looks like a woman who has nothing left. Pour out. Give more. Skip the meal. Skip the rest. Run yourself completely dry and call it faithfulness. And if you've ever whispered a prayer through clenched teeth because you had nothing left to give — then you've already bumped into the myth of the empty vessel. But today, you're dismantling it — because that myth was never God's design for you. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #ConfessionsOfAnUpsetMama #CreateYourNow #TodaysParent Think about this: Jesus had a world to save. Literally. And yet, in the middle of pressing crowds and desperate needs, He told His disciples, "Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest" (Mark 6:31). He didn't push through until He collapsed. He didn't wear exhaustion like a badge of honor. He withdrew. He rested. He refilled. If the Savior of the world needed replenishment, why on earth are we pretending we don't? Let's be real! The culture says an empty mama is a sacrificial mama. But God says something different. He says, "Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint" (Isaiah 40:31). He didn't say, "Those who grind themselves into dust will finally earn My approval." He said those who hope — those who pause long enough to turn back to Him — those are the ones who soar. You were never meant to be a vessel that only empties. God created you to overflow. But overflow requires something inside first. When the tank is bone-dry, what comes out isn't patience — it's survival. It's white-knuckle parenting. It's going through the motions of bedtime and breakfast with nothing behind your eyes but exhaustion. And somewhere in the back of your mind, a quiet voice says, *This is all there is.* But that voice is a liar. So here's the truth that got lost somewhere between the first positive pregnancy test and the thousandth packed lunch and the millionth text message: replenishment is not a reward you earn after you've given enough. It's the design. It's how God built you to function. A tree doesn't apologize for drawing water from the soil before it bears fruit — it *has* to. And you are no different. The life that flows from you to your family has to come from somewhere. If the roots are dry, the fruit will be too. You gotta stop running dry! The K.I.S.S. ~ Stop running D.R.Y.! So what does it look like to stop running dry? D — DETECT Your Empty Indicator. What's the first sign that you're running on fumes? Snapping at the kids over something small? Crying in the car before you pull into the driveway? Dreading the morning before your head even hits the pillow? Every woman has a signal — that early warning light on the dashboard of her soul. Name yours. Write it down. When you can recognize it early, you can respond before you hit empty. R — REFILL with One Sustainable Practice. This isn't about booking a spa weekend. It's about building one real, repeatable refill into your week. A 20-minute walk while the kids are at practice. A chapter of a book before bed. Coffee alone on a Saturday morning before anyone else wakes up. Schedule it like you would a pediatrician appointment—because it is that important. You wouldn't skip your child's checkup. Don't skip your own replenishment either. Y — YIELD to Truth Over the Lie. Every time the thought "a good mom gives everything" surfaces — and it will — replace it. Say it out loud if you have to: "A whole mom gives from a place of fullness, not obligation." The enemy wants you to believe that emptiness equals devotion. But God's Word says renewal equals strength. Yield to what's true, not to what the world has told you to carry. You were not designed to run on empty. Rest is not retreat — it's how you keep going. — Kristianne Wargo It's how you show up for bedtime stories without resentment. It's how you hold the crying baby and still have something left for the conversation with your husband. It's how you teach your children — not just with your words but with your life — that wholeness matters; raising them well by living whole. Your kids don't need a mama who's running on fumes and calling it love. They need a mama who's full enough to overflow. And that overflow starts with one brave, holy decision: to stop glorifying empty and start honoring the way God made you. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. 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4209 Release What You Buried 10/08/2026

4209 Release What You Buried There comes a point in every season where you have to stop and take an honest look at what you've been carrying. Not everything that weighed you down was meant to travel this far with you. And today, right here, right now — it's time to release what buried you. But some of what pressed you into the ground was soil. God placed it there with purpose. It was the covering you needed, so the seed inside you could crack open, stretch its roots, and begin to grow into something only He could design. Yet some of it was never soil at all. It was just weight. Dead weight. And you've been dragging it along as if letting it go means letting go of who you are. You are not letting go of who you are! Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #Inspiration #CreateYourNow #DailyMotivation Think about the things you carry into every new morning. The guilt from a chapter you've already repented for but keep rereading. The expectations someone else wrote for your life — expectations that never had your name on them to begin with. The grief you hold so tightly because releasing it feels like forgetting. None of that is fuel, friend. It's friction. And friction will wear you down long before it ever moves you forward. God never asked you to run this race with your arms full of yesterday. Hebrews 12:1 says it plain: "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us." Throw it off. Don't set it down gently or tuck it in your back pocket just in case. Throw it off — like something that has no right to be on you anymore. Because it doesn't. So how do you know the difference between what God is using and what you've been carrying that was never yours to hold? Start here: what God uses grows you. It challenges you, yes. It stretches you past comfort, absolutely. But there's fruit in it. There's movement. There's a stirring in your spirit that whispers, "This is hard, but I'm becoming something." What was never yours to hold just exhausts you. It replays the same scenes. It keeps you circling the same guilt, the same fear, the same narrative that says you'll never be enough. That's not the voice of your Father. That's the echo of a lie you were never supposed to memorize. The K.I.S.S. ~ Release what you buried! Old guilt tells you that who you were disqualifies who you're becoming. But God already handled that. He doesn't bring up what He's already buried in grace — so why do you keep exhuming it? Someone else's expectations tell you that unless you look a certain way, achieve a certain thing, or follow a certain path, you've failed. But their blueprint was never your calling. And grief — grief is sacred, and no one is asking you to stop loving what you've lost. But there is a difference between honoring what was and refusing to live in what is. You can carry love forward without carrying pain as your identity. Lysa TerKeurst put it this way: "You can't hold on to what God is asking you to lay down and still receive what He has for you next." God has something for you next. But your hands have to be open to receive it. And they can't be open if they're still gripping what should have been released two seasons ago. This is your permission — not that you need it, but sometimes it helps to hear it — to put it down. The shame. The striving. The grief that has overstayed its welcome. The version of yourself that someone else demanded you be. Lay it down. Not because it didn't matter, but because it doesn't get to define what comes next. You are not the sum of what buried you. You are the life that pushed through it. And that push? That's God. That's His hand beneath the soil, guiding the root, directing the reach, whispering over you, "Keep going. I'm not done with you yet." So release what buried you — and watch what He grows in its place. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. () 🙏 on Pray.com () 🎥 on YouTube () 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶 () ✍️ Instagram Twitter Facebook Cover Art by Photo by Music by - Overcomer Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publ. (ASCAP) D Soul Music (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission. /episode/index/show/createyournow/id/43202108

4208 Tending What's Tender 10/07/2026

4208 Tending What's Tender In every garden, the gardeners watch carefully for the first buds to appear. Not the full bloom. Not the sturdy stem. But the bud. It's the plant's most vulnerable part because it hasn't hardened yet. It's new and exposed, full of potential, yet not strong enough to withstand a late frost or a careless hand. And if you've been doing the interior work lately — pulling up old roots, tilling hard ground, planting seeds of faith in places that used to grow nothing but fear — then you may be approaching a season of tending what's tender. Because what's beginning to emerge in you right now is holy. And it's fragile. And it needs your fierce, unapologetic protection. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #WellspringWednesday #CreateYourNow #HealthAndWellness Here's what most people won't tell you about growth: the most dangerous season isn't the waiting. It's the almost. It's when the green starts to push through, and you can finally see something changing — but it hasn't taken full shape yet. That's when the voices get loudest. Not just the ones outside of you, though those come too. The ones inside. The whisper that says, Who do you think you are? The comparison that sneaks in through a screen and steals your peace before you've even finished your morning coffee. The well-meaning comment from someone who only knows the old version of you and can't quite make sense of what's different. You feel it, don't you? That strange tension between excitement and exposure. Between finally and what if I can't sustain this? That tension is normal. It doesn't mean you're doing it wrong. It means you're doing it all. Scripture tells us God begins a good work—and He is faithful to complete it (Philippians 1:6). But notice the language. He begins it. Which means there is a beginning stage. A budding stage. A season where what He's building in you is real but not yet finished. And in that season, you are not called to perform your growth for an audience. You're called to guard it. The K.I.S.S. ~ Guard the new growth! Think about how a gardener handles a new bud. She doesn't yank it open to prove it's going to bloom. She doesn't invite the whole neighborhood over to watch it unfold in real time. She adjusts the conditions. She watches for threats. She keeps the soil moist and the stakes in place. She tends. That's your assignment right now. Not every space you've been occupying deserves access to what God is growing in you. Not every voice that has spoken into your life up to this point has earned the right to speak into this next chapter. And that's not bitterness — it's wisdom. Proverbs 4:23 says, "Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it." Guarding isn't hiding. It isn't shrinking back. It's recognizing that some things are too sacred to leave unprotected, and some seasons require a smaller circle and a quieter rhythm. You don't owe anyone a front-row seat to your transformation. You don't have to explain the shift before you've even fully lived it. And you certainly don't need to defend what God is doing in you to people who haven't been invited into the process. Let them wonder. Let it unfold. Let the bud become what it was always meant to become — in its own time, under the care of the One who planted it. So where does that leave you this week? What would it look like to stop exposing the tender things to harsh conditions — and start treating your own growth with the same gentleness you'd give a garden? What does it look like in real life? 1. LIMIT Your Exposure this week to one voice, space, or habit that consistently makes you doubt what God is doing in you. You already know what it is. Maybe it's the social media account that always leaves you feeling behind. Maybe it's the group text that drains more than it fills. Maybe it's the internal habit of replaying old criticism every time you try something new. You don't have to make a dramatic exit or burn anything down. You just have to create a little distance — enough breathing room for the new thing to keep growing without something toxic pressing against it. Mute the account. Step back from the conversation. Set a boundary with your own thought life. One intentional limit this week can change the atmosphere around your becoming. 2. NURTURE the New Thing by spending time with someone who sees and speaks to who you're becoming, not just who you've been. New growth needs the right environment, and part of that environment is the people around you. This week, reach out to someone who calls out the woman you're growing into — not the one you used to be. Someone who doesn't try to pull you back into old patterns because that version was more comfortable for them. You need voices around you who water what God is doing, not people who keep you small because your growth makes them uneasy. One phone call. One coffee. One honest conversation with someone who makes you feel more like yourself, not less. 3. ASK God to Show You what needs protecting right now — and then protect it fiercely and without apology. This one takes courage, because protection often looks like saying no. No to overexplaining. No to performing. No to letting everyone in on something that's still forming. Sit with God this week and ask Him plainly: What are You growing in me that I need to guard right now? And when He shows you — a dream, a shift, a healing, a conviction, a calling — treat it like the tender bud it is. Don't pluck it open for someone else's timeline. Don't shrink it down to fit a room that was never meant to hold it. Guard it. Fiercely. Without apology. You were not meant to bloom under pressure from everyone else's opinions. You were meant to bloom under the faithful hand of a God who started something beautiful in you and has every intention of finishing it. So tend what's tender. Protect what's forming. And trust that what He's doing doesn't need your defense — it just needs your devotion. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. () 🙏 on Pray.com () 🎥 on YouTube () 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶 () ✍️ Instagram Twitter Facebook Cover Art by Photo by Music by - Overcomer Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publ. 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4207 Refuse the Verdict 10/06/2026

4207 Refuse the Verdict You woke up this morning, and before your feet even hit the floor, there was already noise. Not the alarm. Not the kids. Something deeper, quieter, meaner — a thought that slid in before you had the chance to decide what kind of day this was going to be. And if you're not careful, that thought will try to run the whole show. But you don't have to let it. Today is your invitation to refuse the verdict, because you were named before the noise ever began. WOW!! Sit with that for a minute. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #Inspiration #CreateYourNow #DailyMotivation Every single one of us has a thought life. And if we're being real, some of what lives in that thought life is not pretty. There are thoughts that accuse. Thoughts that shame. Thoughts that drag up the worst version of yesterday and try to convince you that's who you are today. You're not doing enough. You're falling behind. Everyone else has it figured out and you're just faking it. Sound too familiar? THINK NOW: A thought that passes through your mind is not a truth that was spoken over your life. Those two things could not be more different. One is noise. The other is a name. And you need to know the difference, because the enemy will work overtime to blur the line between them. He wants you to hear an accusation and call it an identity. He wants you to feel shame and call it a fact. He wants you to mistake his whisper for God's verdict. But he doesn't get that power. He never did. Imagine you're standing in a courtroom and someone is reading off a list of charges against you. Every mistake, every failure, every moment you wish you could take back — it's all right there, spoken out loud. And just when the weight of it feels like it might crush you, the Judge stands up and says, Case dismissed. No condemnation. Not now. Not ever. Romans 8:1 — "Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." It's not about less condemnation on your good days or even a lighter sentence when you've been trying really hard. It's NO condemnation. Case closed. The gavel came down. And it came down in your favor — not because of anything you did, but because of everything He already did. The K.I.S.S. ~ Refuse the verdict! So what does that mean for you today? Right now? Well, that thought that tried to define you this morning doesn't get the last word. The shame that keeps circling back around doesn't get to sit at your table. You get to choose how you show up in your own life — and you get to show up as who God says you are, not as who the enemy tries to convince you that you've become. You are chosen. You are loved. You are called. Before the foundation of the world, God knew your name — and it was not failure. It wasn't not enough. It wasn't too far gone. It was beloved. It was daughter. It was mine. That's the name that was spoken over you before the noise ever started. And that name doesn't change based on what crossed your mind at two o'clock in the morning. So the next time a dark thought shows up and tries to hand you a verdict you were never meant to carry, stand in the truth of who you are. Open your mouth and say it out loud if you have to: I am not what passed through my mind. I am what my Father declared over my life. And His word doesn't return void. Because you get to choose. Every morning, every evening, every moment, every breath — you get to choose whose voice you agree with. The noise will always be there. The accusations will knock on the door. But you are not obligated to answer. You are not required to let them in. And you are certainly not defined by them. You were named before any of it. And the One who named you is not taking it back. Rise with truth today. Refuse the verdict that was never yours. And walk forward knowing truly that the only voice with the authority to define you already spoke. And what He said was enough. That's how you create your now. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. () 🙏 on Pray.com () 🎥 on YouTube () 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶 () ✍️ Instagram Twitter Facebook Cover Art by Photo by Music by - Overcomer Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publ. (ASCAP) D Soul Music (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission. /episode/index/show/createyournow/id/43169763

4206 The Lies That Feel Like Home 10/05/2026

4206 The Lies That Feel Like Home Some lies announce themselves. They crash into your day with a voice so sharp you know immediately something is wrong. But the most dangerous lies aren't shouted out loud. They whisper. They've been whispering so long you stopped recognizing them as anything other than your own voice — and that is exactly what makes the lies that feel like home so hard to leave behind. You know the ones. I'm not enough. It's too late for me. Everyone else has it figured out. They don't feel like attacks. They feel like facts. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #MindsetMonday #CreateYourNow #PersonalDevelopment They've lived in you for so long — through rejection, through loss, through seasons that knocked the wind out of you — that they've settled in like furniture. You don't even bump into them anymore. You just walk around them. But here's what I need you to hear today: just because a thought has been with you for years doesn't mean it belongs to you. As Jennie Allen reminds us in Get Out of Your Head, the most dangerous lies aren't the ones we fight — they're the ones we never think to question. And she's right. When a lie has lived in you long enough, it stops sounding like an intruder. It sounds like you. It wears your voice, carries your memories, and uses your worst moments as evidence. Think about it. Nobody sat you down one day and said, "Here — believe this about yourself." It happened slowly. A rejection in middle school. A careless comment from someone you trusted. A failure that confirmed what you were already afraid of. And then one day, without ever making a conscious decision, you accepted it. You stopped questioning it. You started building your life around it. That's how lies become home. Not because they're true, but because they're familiar. But God never called you to live in a house built on lies. John 8:32 says, "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." Free. Not managed. Not coped with. Free. The truth doesn't just challenge the lie — it dismantles it. But you have to be willing to name what you've been carrying before you can set it down. And here's where it gets beautifully personal. The truth God speaks over you isn't generic. It's specific. It's intimate. 1 John 3:1 says, "See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!" That's not a suggestion. That's a declaration. You are not what the lie says. You are what your Father says. And He says you are His. So let it go, and name it to break it. The K.I.S.S. ~ Name it to break it! So let me ask you this: if someone handed you a script right now — every negative thing you believe about yourself, written in black and white — would you hand it to your daughter? Would you read it over your best friend? Then why are you still reading it over yourself? It's time to call the lies out. Not next month. Not when you feel ready. Right now. Here's your 1. Tell the Truth about the Lies. Grab a journal or even the back of an envelope — whatever's close. Write down the three statements you most often say about yourself when no one is listening. Not the polished version. Not the one you'd share in a small group. The raw, unfiltered script that runs on repeat when you're alone in the car or staring at the ceiling at 2 a.m. Be honest — don't soften them. You can't evict a lie you won't name. Seeing it in your own handwriting is the first act of courage. 2. Let God Talk Back. Next to each lie, write what God says about you instead — and use Scripture as your source, not your feelings. Feelings shift; His Word doesn't. If the lie is "I'm not enough," counter it with Ephesians 2:10: "For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works." If it's "It's too late," try Jeremiah 29:11 or Isaiah 43:19. If it's "Nobody really sees me," anchor into 1 John 3:1: "See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!" Don't rush this step. Let the contrast sit on the page — lies on the left, truth on the right — and notice how different they sound when they're side by side. 3. Replace One Lie — Out Loud. You don't have to conquer all three this week. Pick the one that has the deepest grip — the lie that shows up most often or hurts the most — and commit to actively replacing it. Every single time it surfaces, speak the truth out loud. In your kitchen. In the car. In the mirror. Your ears need to hear your mouth agree with God, even if your voice shakes while you say it. Repetition isn't weakness — it's retraining. You didn't learn the lie overnight, and you won't unlearn it overnight either. But every time you speak truth over that lie, you loosen its hold. The lies you've been living with don't deserve the space they've been taking up. They moved in uninvited, and they've overstayed their welcome. You have the authority — through Christ — to show them the door. Not because you're strong enough on your own, but because the One who lives in you is stronger than the voice that's been lying to you. You don't have to have it all figured out by Friday. You just have to start. One lie. One truth. One brave, shaky declaration spoken out loud in your kitchen while the coffee brews. You are enough! "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. 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4205 The Company You Keep 10/04/2026

4205 The Company You Keep There's an old saying that you become like the five people you spend the most time with. And while that might sound like something from a self-help book on a clearance rack, there's actually deep, biblical truth tucked inside it. The company you keep matters more than most of us are willing to admit. And it's not because the people around us define us, but because they shape the atmosphere we breathe, the thoughts we entertain, and the steps we're willing to take. And if we're serious about walking in wisdom, we have to be honest about who's walking beside us. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #SweetSpirit #CreateYourNow #SoulfulSunday Proverbs 13:20 puts it plainly: "Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm." There's no gray area there. No wiggle room. The company you keep doesn't just affect your mood on a Tuesday afternoon — it affects the trajectory of your life. Wisdom isn't only something we read or study. Wisdom is something we absorb through proximity. We catch it the way we catch courage — by being close to someone who carries it. And then Paul echoes this truth centuries later in his letter to the Corinthians: "Do not be misled: bad company corrupts good character." He wasn't writing to people living recklessly. He was writing to believers — people who loved God but were being slowly pulled off course by the voices around them. That's the part that should make us pause. You don't have to abandon your faith to drift from it. Sometimes you just have to surround yourself with people who quietly make it easier not to grow. Now let's talk about Ruth — because her story is one of the most beautiful pictures of what it looks like to choose your company wisely. When Naomi told her daughters-in-law to go back to their families, it would've been perfectly reasonable for Ruth to leave. She had every right. Every logical reason. Orpah kissed Naomi goodbye and turned around, and nobody blamed her. But Ruth? Ruth held on tighter. She said, "Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God." That wasn't just loyalty. That was wisdom wrapped in love. Ruth looked at Naomi — a grieving widow with empty hands and a broken heart — and she didn't see a liability. She saw a woman whose faith had weathered the storm. She saw someone worth walking with. And that decision, that one holy choice to stay close to a wise woman, changed the entire course of Ruth's life. It led her to Bethlehem. It led her to Boaz. It led her to the lineage of Jesus Christ. Think about that for a moment. Ruth didn't end up in the genealogy of our Savior because she had a five-year plan. She ended up there because she chose the right company. She attached herself to someone whose life pointed toward God — and God honored that. The K.I.S.S. ~ The company you keep! So here's the question that deserves more than a quick answer: Who are you walking with? Not who's in your contact list. Not who you wave to at church or laugh with at brunch. Who are the people shaping your inner world? Who do you call when the bottom falls out? Whose voice plays on repeat in your head when you're making a hard decision? Those are the people who matter — because those are the ones influencing the direction you're actually walking in. Some of us have been pouring into friendships that quietly pull us away from the woman God is calling us to become. Not because those people are bad, but because they're comfortable. And comfort, when it replaces growth, becomes its own kind of cage. Wisdom asks us to be brave enough to evaluate — with grace, not judgment — whether the people closest to us are sharpening our faith or dulling it. This isn't about cutting people off coldly or ranking your relationships like a corporate org chart. It's about being intentional. It's about recognizing that who you walk with will determine where you end up. And if you want to end up somewhere that honors the calling on your life, you need people around you who remind you of that calling — even when you're tempted to forget it. Ruth didn't just tag along with Naomi for the company. She committed to a journey that required sacrifice, humility, and faith she couldn't yet see the fruit of. But she trusted that walking with a woman of God would lead her somewhere good. And it did. Beyond anything she could have imagined. The wisdom here isn't complicated, but it is convicting. Walk with the wise, and you will become wise. Walk with those who take their faith seriously, and you'll find your own faith deepening in ways you didn't plan. Walk with people who speak life, who point you to Scripture when you're spiraling, who love you enough to tell you the truth — and watch how your path straightens. You were never meant to walk this journey alone, and you were never meant to walk it with just anyone. The company you keep is one of the most important decisions you'll make — not once, but every single day. Choose wisely. Choose people who make you want to be more of who God created you to be. And then be that person for someone else. Because wisdom doesn't just sit on a shelf. It walks. And it walks best when it walks together. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. () 🙏 on Pray.com () 🎥 on YouTube () 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶 () ✍️ Instagram Twitter Facebook Cover Art by Photo by Music by - Overcomer Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publ. (ASCAP) D Soul Music (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission. /episode/index/show/createyournow/id/43155718

4204 Speak Your Spouse's Language 10/03/2026

4204 Speak Your Spouse's Language You can love your spouse deeply, consistently, and sincerely, yet they still feel unloved. This has nothing to do with doing it right or wrong; it's about speaking your love language instead of theirs. How you express love matters, especially when nobody is keeping score. So speak your spouse's language. Most of us default to loving people the way we want to be loved. It makes sense. If words of encouragement fill your cup, you naturally pour words into your spouse. If you feel most connected through quality time, you assume sitting together on the couch is the ultimate act of devotion. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #RelationshipBuilders #CreateYourNow #LoveAndMarriage But what if your spouse's cup has a completely different shape? What if the love you are pouring is spilling right over the edges because the container does not match? This is not about doing more. It is about doing it differently. Think about it this way. Imagine someone speaking to you passionately, urgently, with everything in them — but in a language you have never heard. You can see the effort. You can feel the emotion. But you cannot understand a single word. That is what happens in a marriage when two people are expressing love fluently — but in two completely different love languages. Whether it is words of affirmation, quality time, acts of service, receiving gifts, or physical touch — every person has a primary way they receive love. And your spouse's way may look nothing like yours. Here is where it gets uncomfortable. It is not your spouse's job to translate your love into something they can feel. It is your job to learn how they hear it — and then love them that way on purpose. That does not mean your way of loving is wrong. It means it is yours. And marriage is not about loving for yourself. It is about loving for the person standing next to you. Philippians 2:3–4 puts it plainly: "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others." That is the posture of a marriage that lasts. Not "here is what I need from you," but "tell me what love sounds like in your world, and I will learn to speak it." Now, does that mean your needs do not matter? Absolutely not. This goes both ways. But someone has to go first. Someone has to be the one who stops assuming and starts asking. Why not let that someone be you? And honestly? Most couples have never even had the conversation. You have been married for years — maybe decades — and you have never sat across from each other and said, "What makes you feel most loved by me?" We plan vacations. We talk about finances. We negotiate bedtimes and grocery lists. But we skip the one conversation that could change the temperature of our entire home. "Love spoken in the wrong language still sounds like silence." ~ Kristianne Wargo And silence in a marriage — especially an unintentional one — creates distance that nobody meant to build. So how do we close that gap? The K.I.S.S. ~ Learn to love fluently What do you do fluently now? What is working and what is not? If you are willing to experiment with how to love your spouse, it will strengthen your marriage from the bottom up. 1. CONVERSE with your spouse. Ask your spouse directly: "What makes you feel most loved by me?" Do not assume you already know. Their answer might surprise you — and it will certainly guide you. Sit with it. Write it down if you need to. This is not a quiz. It is an invitation to know them more deeply than you did yesterday. 2. IDENTIFY your own love language and share it. Marriage is a two-way street. Let your spouse know what fills your cup so they are not guessing either. When you both have the words for what you need, you stop playing a guessing game that nobody wins. 3. PRACTICE one deliberate act in your spouse's love language every day this week. If their language is acts of service, handle something on their list without being asked. If it is words of affirmation, leave a note where they will find it. If it is physical touch, reach for their hand before they reach for yours. Small and consistent beats grand and occasional every time. Fluency does not happen overnight. You are going to fumble. You are going to default back to your own language because it is comfortable and it is what you know. That is okay. Love is patient, love is kind — and love is also a practice. 1 Corinthians 13 reminds us that love does not insist on its own way. It does not keep a record of who did what first or who got it right. It just keeps showing up. And that is all this is. Showing up — not with what is easy for you, but with what matters to your spouse. Rainer Maria Rilke once wrote, "The highest form of love is to be the protector of another person's solitude." Think about that for a moment. The highest form of love is not filling every silence or fixing every problem. Sometimes it is simply knowing your person well enough to give them exactly what their soul needs — even when it looks nothing like what yours would ask for. That is fluency. That is what it means to speak your spouse's language. QUESTION: What language has your spouse been speaking that you might have been missing? And what would it look like to answer them back in the one they actually hear? You do not need a perfect plan. You need a willing heart and an open mouth. Willing to ask Willing to listen Willing to love differently than you have been loved before Until next time — keep falling in love all over again. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. () 🙏 on Pray.com () 🎥 on YouTube () 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶 () ✍️ Instagram Twitter Facebook Cover Art by Photo by Music by - Overcomer Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publ. (ASCAP) D Soul Music (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission. /episode/index/show/createyournow/id/43126598

4203 When Did I Disappear? 10/02/2026

4203 When Did I Disappear? It happened so slowly you didn't even notice—one day you were the woman with dreams of her own, opinions spoken out loud, hobbies that didn't need justifying. And then somewhere between the dinner, dishes, and dogs, she quietly left the room. Not dramatically. Not with a slamming door. She just… faded. And nobody noticed. Not even you. So when did I disappear? If that question hits you somewhere deep, you're not alone. And you're not broken. You are a woman who loved so hard, so completely, that she forgot to save a seat for herself at her own table. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #ConfessionsOfAnUpsetMama #CreateYourNow #TodaysParent Here's what no one tells you when you become a mother: the world hands you a baby and quietly takes your name. From that moment forward, your worth gets measured in lunches packed, fevers managed, schedules kept, and tears wiped — everyone's tears but your own. And then comes the guilt. Oh, the guilt. Mom guilt is a heavy, uninvited companion. It shows up the moment you sit down for five minutes. It whispers that rest is laziness. That wanting something for yourself means you're selfish. That a good mom doesn't have needs — she meets them. And if you're not completely exhausted by the end of the day? You must not be doing enough. But can I tell you something? You didn't fail. You didn't become less. You loved so fiercely, so fully, that you forgot to leave room for you. You gave and gave and gave until the woman you used to be became a stranger. And the saddest part? You didn't even get to say goodbye to her. You know who else got caught up in the doing? Martha. In Luke 10, Jesus is at Martha's home. And while her sister Mary sits at His feet, Martha is running around the kitchen, managing the meal, making sure everything is just right for everyone else. She's serving. She's giving. She's doing what good women do — right? And she's doing it so hard that she finally breaks. She goes to Jesus and says, essentially, Don't You even care that I'm doing all of this alone? And what does Jesus say? He doesn't scold her. He doesn't tell her she's a bad host. He speaks her name — twice. "Martha, Martha, you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed — or indeed only one." He called her by name. Not "the hostess." Not "the one in the kitchen." Martha. Because He saw what she had forgotten — that she was more than what she was doing. That her identity didn't live in the serving. It lived in the being. And somewhere between the bread and the worry, she had stopped being and started just surviving. Mama, how many of us are Martha right now? Busy. Stretched thin. Exhausted. Wondering why nobody sees how much we're carrying — and not realizing that we stopped seeing ourselves first. That's what the disappearance looks like. It's not one dramatic exit. It's a thousand tiny surrenders — the hobby you stopped making time for, the friend you haven't called in months, the dream you tucked away "for later" that quietly turned into "never." It's ordering for everyone else at the table and forgetting to order for yourself. Literally and figuratively. But here's the truth that guilt doesn't want you to hear: recognizing the disappearance is the first brave step toward finding yourself again. The fact that you feel something missing? That's not weakness. That is your soul waving her hand from the back of the room saying, I'm still here. Come find me. And Scripture backs that up. Psalm 139:14 says, "I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well." That verse wasn't written only for the version of you that existed before kids. It's for this you — the tired you, the stretched-thin you, the one who can't remember the last time she did something just because it made her happy. You are still fearfully and wonderfully made. That didn't expire when motherhood began. And 1 Peter 3:4 reminds us that true beauty is "the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight." Unfading. Not earned by how well you perform. Not measured by how many things you checked off the list today. Your worth in God's eyes has never been about your output. It's about your heart. And that heart — your heart — deserves to be tended to, not just poured out. So what do you do now? You start small. You start with seeing. The K.I.S.S. ~ See yourself again! Think about what you do now. Are you one who just puts your feelings in your pocket and moves on to the next person who needs you? Where is that getting you? Or maybe you are one who knows that something needs to change, and you've tried a few things, but nothing has stuck. You can see yourself again, and call yourself by name. 1. ASK the mirror question. Stand in front of the mirror for 60 seconds. You're not there to fix anything — just to see yourself. Say your name. Not "Mom." Your name. Remind yourself she's still here. You are beautiful! 2. REFLECT on this sentence. "Something I used to love that I haven't done in a long time is __________." Don't act on it yet. Just let yourself remember. 3. APOLOGIZE NO MORE for having needs. The next time you need something — rest, space, a moment alone — state it without saying sorry. Your needs are not an inconvenience, and neither are you. Mama, I need you to hear this and hear it clearly: you didn't disappear because you weren't enough. You disappeared because you gave too much of yourself without anyone — including you — making sure there was something left. You can't pour into others what you've already poured out of yourself. And you've been pouring for a long, long time. But the woman you were before the title of "Mom" landed on your shoulders? She's not gone. She's buried under the to-do lists and the carpool schedules and the guilt that told her she didn't deserve to take up space. She's still in there. And she is worth looking for. Jesus didn't look at Martha and see a problem. He saw a woman who had forgotten her own name. And He spoke it back to her — gently, lovingly — because that's what He does. He calls us back to ourselves. Not to the version of us that performs well enough to feel worthy, but to the version of us that was already worthy before we did a single thing. So today, take one step. Just one. Look in the mirror. Say your name. Remember what you love. And let the journey back to yourself begin — not with guilt, but with grace. Because one step at a time leads to miles of greatness. You are more than mama. And she — you — are worth every step it takes to find her again. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. () 🙏 on Pray.com () 🎥 on YouTube () 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶 () ✍️ Instagram Twitter Facebook Cover Art by Photo by Music by - Overcomer Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publ. (ASCAP) D Soul Music (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission. /episode/index/show/createyournow/id/43098253

4202 Breathe Where You Are 10/01/2026

4202 Breathe Where You Are There's something inside most of us that kicks in the moment life starts pressing down. When the weight shows up — the uncertainty, the waiting, the silence that feels too long — our first instinct is to push. To claw. To hustle our way back into motion because at least movement feels like progress. But what if the bravest thing you could do right now is simply breathe where you are? What if this season isn't asking you to perform your way out — but to be present right where you've been planted? Now, that may sound counterintuitive. We live in a world that celebrates output. The grind. The glow-up. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #Inspiration #CreateYourNow #DailyMotivation And while there's nothing wrong with working hard and reaching for more, there are moments — sacred, holy, often uncomfortable moments — when God whispers something we don't want to hear: Stay. Not because He's forgotten you. Not because the dream is dead. But because He's doing something in the stillness that striving could never accomplish. Think about a seed for a moment. When it's buried beneath the soil, it doesn't thrash. It doesn't fight its way to the surface on the first day. It breathes. It absorbs. It lets the darkness do what the darkness was designed to do — break open the shell so something new can begin to grow. The seed doesn't perform for the soil. It simply surrenders to the process. And that's what this season is asking of you. Maybe you're in a place right now where nothing seems to be moving. The prayers feel like they're hitting the ceiling. The breakthrough you were so sure was coming hasn't shown up yet. And every day you wonder if you should be doing more, trying harder, pushing further. But here's what I want you to hear today: stillness in the soil isn't defeat. It's obedience. Psalm 46:10 says, "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." Notice it doesn't say be still after you've figured it out. It doesn't say be still once everything makes sense. It says be still — period. And then know. Know that He is God. Know that He hasn't lost control of your story just because you can't see the next chapter. The K.I.S.S. ~ Breathe where you are! Being still doesn't mean being passive. It means being present. It means letting your mind and your heart come into agreement instead of letting anxiety drive you into action that God never asked you to take. Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is stop producing. Sometimes the deepest growth happens when your hands are open, not clenched. As Priscilla Shirer so beautifully put it, "Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is stop striving and let God hold you." Let that sink in for a second. Allow yourself to be connected back in the arms of a God who has never once been in a hurry about your becoming. So breathe. Create your now. Not because there's nothing left to do — but because this pause is part of the plan. The stillness isn't stealing your momentum. It's anchoring it. It's connecting your mind and your heart so that when the time comes to move, you move from wholeness, not from panic. You move because you're led, not because you're afraid of falling behind. You don't have to perform for God. You don't have to prove to Him that you're worthy of the next season. You just have to be — fully, honestly, imperfectly present — and trust that He is doing the rest beneath the surface where your eyes can't reach. This is your permission slip today. Stop clawing. Stop striving. Stop measuring your worth by how fast you're moving. Breathe where you are and let the God who planted you tend to what's growing. The bloom is coming. But right now, the roots need room to stretch. And roots only grow deep when you stop pulling yourself up to check on them. You're not stuck. You're not forgotten. You're being held. And that, sweet friend, is exactly where you need to be. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. () 🙏 on Pray.com () 🎥 on YouTube () 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶 () ✍️ Instagram Twitter Facebook Cover Art by Photo by Music by - Overcomer Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publ. (ASCAP) D Soul Music (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission. /episode/index/show/createyournow/id/43009853

4201 Growing Pains That Still Grow 09/30/2026

4201 Growing Pains That Still Grow Why does growing have to hurt? I mean, we talk about growth like it's this beautiful, sun-drenched thing — butterflies emerging, flowers blooming, all of it wrapped in soft lighting and your favorite song playing in the background. And sure, sometimes it is that. But other times? Other times it feels like you've been turned inside out. Like the life you built — the one that fit so perfectly last year — is suddenly two sizes too small, and you can't breathe in it anymore. That's the part no one puts on the vision board: growing pains that still grow. You know the feeling. Something in your life starts to shift — maybe it's your perspective, maybe it's your priorities, maybe it's your prayer life — and suddenly the relationships that once felt like home start to feel a little… off. Not because those people did anything wrong. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #WellspringWednesday #CreateYourNow #HealthAndWellness But because you're not the same person who walked into those rooms. And that's a strange kind of grief, isn't it? Grieving something that isn't gone — it just doesn't fit the way it used to. Or maybe for you it's not a relationship. Maybe it's a role. The title you carried proudly for years — the one that used to define you — and now it feels like a borrowed coat. Too heavy. Too stiff. You keep wearing it because you don't know who you are without it, but every morning it gets a little harder to button up and pretend it's still yours. Here's what I want you to know: that ache? It's not a warning sign. It's not God telling you something went wrong. It's the exact opposite. It's the stretch marks of the soul, and they only show up when something inside you is expanding faster than the space you've been living in. Think about it this way. When a child has growing pains — those middle-of-the-night, throbbing-leg, "Mama, it hurts" moments — no parent panics and says, "Quick, make her stop growing!" You rub their legs. You tell them it's going to be okay. You remind them that what hurts right now is actually proof that their body is doing exactly what it was made to do. So why don't we extend ourselves the same grace? I think it's because we've been quietly taught that discomfort means disobedience. That if we were really walking in God's will, the path would be smoother. But Scripture tells a very different story. Romans 8:28 says, "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." All things. Not just the beautiful things. Not just the comfortable things. The aching, awkward, "I don't even recognize myself anymore" things — He's working in those too. And sometimes, honestly? The discomfort is the work. I remember a season — and maybe you've had one like it — where I had to let go of something I loved. Not because it was bad. It was good. It was familiar. But it had become a hiding place, and God doesn't grow us in hiding places. He grows us in open fields where the wind can reach us. Where we're exposed, yes — but also where we can finally spread out. That letting go didn't feel like freedom at first. It felt like loss. But on the other side of it? That's where the bloom was waiting. C.S. Lewis once wrote, "It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg." I love that. Because it captures the absurdity of what we sometimes try to do — we want the wings without the cracking. We want the new life without the death of the old shape. But that's not how becoming works. Becoming is a series of holy interruptions. It's God saying, I love you too much to let you stay comfortable when I created you for something bigger. And if that makes your chest tight and your eyes sting a little — good. That means you're paying attention. Grow through the ache. The K.I.S.S. ~ Grow through the ache! So what do we do with the ache? How do we keep walking when every step stretches us past what feels safe? 1. NAME ONE AREA where growth is causing discomfort, and resist the urge to shrink back to a more comfortable size. This takes more courage than it sounds like. Because shrinking is so subtle. It doesn't announce itself. It shows up as "maybe I was being too ambitious," or "I should just be grateful for what I have," or "who am I to think I could do that?" And gratitude is beautiful, and humility is necessary. But there's a difference between being humble and being hidden. Isaiah 54:2 says, "Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes." God isn't asking you to be comfortable. He's asking you to make room. Maybe right now that means staying in the hard conversation instead of backing away from it. Maybe it means keeping your hand raised for that opportunity even though your voice shook when you said yes. Maybe it means simply admitting out loud, "I'm growing, and it doesn't feel good yet, but I'm not going to stop." Name the place. Stay in it. And remind yourself that the ache isn't a stop sign — it's a growth marker. 2. GIVE yourself PERMISSION to grieve what you're outgrowing (a habit, a role, a version of yourself — without guilt). This one is so important, and it's the one most of us skip. We jump straight from "old season" to "new season" like there's no hallway in between. But there is a hallway, and it's called grief, and it's holy ground. You're allowed to miss who you were. You're allowed to mourn the friendships that shifted, the routines that no longer serve you, the version of yourself who had it all figured out — even if "figured out" really just meant "under control." Ecclesiastes 3:1 reminds us, "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens." A time to plant and a time to uproot. A time to hold on and a time to let go. Grieving isn't weakness. It's wisdom. It's your heart's way of honoring what was real before making space for what's next. So if you need to cry about it — cry. If you need to journal three ugly pages about how unfair it feels — do it. And then get up, wash your face, and keep becoming. The tears don't disqualify you. They water the soil. 3. ANCHOR yourself in one scripture that reminds you that stretching is part of God's design for your life. When the ache hits — and it will — you need something to grab onto that isn't your feelings. Feelings are real, but they aren't always reliable narrators. Scripture is. Find one verse that speaks directly to where you are and plant your feet on it. Maybe it's Philippians 1:6: "Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." He started this. He's not going to leave it half-done. Or maybe it's James 1:2-4: "Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." Perseverance is finishing its work in you right now — even when it feels like falling apart. Write your verse on a sticky note. Put it on your mirror. Say it out loud in the car when that familiar ache creeps in. Let it be your anchor when the stretching makes you want to snap back to who you were. Please remember this: the discomfort you're feeling is not a sign that you're failing. It's a sign that you're outgrowing. And the only thing worse than the pain of growing is the pain of staying the same when God has called you to more. You're not falling apart, my friend. You're being reshaped. And the woman on the other side of this ache will look back and realize every stretch mark was a story—and every story pointed to a God who loved her enough to never leave her where she was. Let it go and keep growing, especially when it hurts. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. () 🙏 on Pray.com () 🎥 on YouTube () 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶 () ✍️ Instagram Twitter Facebook Cover Art by Photo by Music by - Overcomer Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publ. (ASCAP) D Soul Music (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission. /episode/index/show/createyournow/id/43009833

4200 Speak Truth to Yourself 09/29/2026

4200 Speak Truth to Yourself There's a version of you that shows up every morning with a smile already rehearsed. She knows the right words — I'm fine, I'm blessed, I'm good — and she delivers them so well that most people never think to ask a follow-up question. She's pleasant. She's put together. And she is exhausted from the performance. But today, let's get a little I uncomfortable; speak truth to yourself. It's not truth aimed at someone else or spoken from a stage or typed out in a text. It is the kind of truth that happens when you close the door, sit with God, and finally stop narrating the version of your life you wish were real. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #Inspiration #CreateYourNow #DailyMotivation Honesty is not weakness. It's not failure. It's not proof that your faith isn't working. Honesty is the very foundation every real, lasting change is built on. You cannot transform what you refuse to name. You cannot heal what you keep hiding — not from others, but from yourself. Think about what plays on repeat in your mind when no one else is listening. The worry you've dressed up as planning. The resentment you've renamed "boundaries." The sadness you've buried under busyness so deep you barely recognize it anymore. Those thoughts aren't your enemy. They're your starting point. And God already knows every single one of them. The psalmist David understood this. In one of his rawest, most unguarded moments, he wrote, "Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb; you taught me wisdom in that secret place" (Psalm 51:6). God desires truth in the inward parts. Not the public parts. Not the Sunday morning parts. It's the secret place; the place where your real thoughts live. The place you've been afraid to let anyone — including Him — fully into. The K.I.S.S. ~ Speak truth to yourself! God isn't standing at the door of that secret place with a clipboard and a disappointed look. He's standing there with an invitation. He already knows what's inside. He's not shocked by your doubt, your frustration, your grief, your anger, or the prayer you can't bring yourself to pray out loud. He knew it before you thought it. And He's not asking you to clean it up before you bring it to Him. He's asking you to bring it — messy, unedited, and real — because that's where intimacy begins. We spend so much energy performing "fine" that we forget what it feels like to simply be. To sit in the truth of where we actually are without rushing to fix it, spiritualize it, or slap a scripture on it like a Band-Aid. Scripture was never meant to be a Band-Aid. It was meant to be a mirror, a lamp, a sword — something that goes deep enough to do real work. But it can only reach the places we're willing to expose. Thomas Jefferson once said, "Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom." The first chapter. Not the last. Not the climax. The beginning. That means you don't have to have it all figured out. You just have to be willing to start with what's true. And from that one honest breath — Lord, here's where I really am — wisdom begins to build. So today, I'm not asking you to confess anything to anyone. I'm not asking you to post it, share it, or turn it into a testimony. I'm asking you to be still long enough to hear your own voice — the real one — and then let God meet you there. Tell Him the thing you've been editing. Pray the prayer you've been too afraid to say. Write the sentence in your journal that starts with "The truth is…" and then let your pen keep moving. You are not too much for Him. Your honesty will not break His love. In fact, it's the very thing that opens the door for His love to reach the rooms you've been locking everyone out of — including yourself. Real change doesn't start with a new strategy. It doesn't start with a new habit tracker or a five-step plan. It starts the moment you stop pretending and start breathing. It starts with truth. And truth, sweet friend, is not the end of the story — it's the bravest, most beautiful beginning you'll ever choose. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. () 🙏 on Pray.com () 🎥 on YouTube () 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶 () ✍️ Instagram Twitter Facebook Cover Art by Photo by Music by - Overcomer Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publ. (ASCAP) D Soul Music (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission. /episode/index/show/createyournow/id/43009818

4199 Running On Noise 09/28/2026

4199 Running On Noise You haven't even gotten out of bed yet, and already, the world is talking to you. Notifications are lighting up the nightstand. Headlines are waiting behind the lock screen. Opinions, arguments, comparisons are all lined up before your feet hit the floor. You're running on noise, and you don't even realize it. Yesterday, in Guard Your Heart, Guard Your Path, we talked about why guarding your heart matters — because everything you do flows from it. Today, I want us to go a step deeper. If your heart is the wellspring, then your mind is the gate. And every single day, that gate is being flooded. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #MindsetMonday #CreateYourNow #PersonalDevelopment Here's the thing we don't often stop to think about: the noise of the world doesn't just pass through you. It moves in. It takes up space. It starts shaping your thoughts, your emotions, your responses — and it does it so quietly that you don't even notice until you're reacting to life out of anxiety instead of peace, out of comparison instead of calling. Proverbs 4:23 tells us, "Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it." But guarding your heart requires guarding what gets in. And in a culture that never stops broadcasting, that takes real intentionality. Think about your morning. Before you pray, before you open your Bible, before you sit with God for even one quiet minute — how many voices have already spoken? The news anchor. The social media algorithm. The group chat. The email from your boss. And here's what we don't always see: those first few minutes of scrolling aren't neutral. They're formational. When the first thing you do each morning is absorb the world's headlines, the world's outrage, the world's measuring stick — you are being quietly discipled by a voice that was never meant to lead you. This is just what happens when the first voice you hear every day isn't His. And it's not that any one of those things is bad. It's that the accumulation of it — the sheer volume and relentlessness of it — starts to drown out the still, small voice you were designed to live by. You're not choosing to let the noise rule your mind. You just never chose not to. That's what makes this so sneaky. We don't sit down and consciously decide, "I'm going to let the world set the tone for my thinking today." It just happens. It happens in the scroll before coffee. It happens in the podcast on the commute. It happens in the background noise we've stopped noticing because it's always there. And slowly, without permission, the noise begins to form us. But here's where it turns: you get to choose what forms you. You are not powerless. You are not stuck. You have the authority — and the invitation — to set a different rhythm. To decide that the first voice you hear will be the One who calls you beloved. To build a gate around your mind that doesn't slam shut on the world but opens first to God. The K.I.S.S. ~ Guard the gate! Put some conscious thought into it. Know what you are thinking and what you want to think about. So here's the question: What would change in your thinking if the first thing you gave your attention to every morning wasn't the noise — but the truth? 1. START your day in silence with God first. Before you pick up your phone tomorrow morning, spend five minutes in quiet. Let God's voice be the first one you hear. Not the headlines. Not the notifications. Not the group chat. Just Him. 2. IDENTIFY one source of noise this week. Maybe it's a social media feed, a show, a habit that consistently leaves you feeling less peaceful. You know the one. Set a boundary around it, even if it's temporary. You're not canceling it forever. You're just making room. 3. REPLACE that noise with one intentional input: Maybe a worship playlist, a scripture audio plan, or five minutes of quiet prayer during a time you'd normally scroll. Don't just remove the noise — fill the space with something that feeds your soul. Guarding the gate isn't about shutting the world out entirely. It's about choosing what gets the first word — and the last word — in your day. When you let God speak first, everything else falls into its proper place. The noise doesn't disappear, but it stops running the show and your day. You were never meant to be formed by the scroll. You were meant to be formed by the Spirit. So this week, take back the gate. One morning at a time. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. () 🙏 on Pray.com () 🎥 on YouTube () 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶 () ✍️ Instagram Twitter Facebook Cover Art by Photo by Music by - Overcomer Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publ. (ASCAP) D Soul Music (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission. /episode/index/show/createyournow/id/43009813

4198 Guard Your Heart, Guard Your Path 09/27/2026

4198 Guard Your Heart, Guard Your Path There is a quiet war happening in every life, and most of us barely notice it. It doesn't announce itself with sirens or alarms. It creeps in through the glow of a screen, the scroll of a feed, the weight of words we never asked to carry. And before we know it, we've wandered. Not dramatically. Not all at once. But step by slow step, we've drifted from the path God laid out for us — because somewhere along the way, we stopped guarding what matters most. If wisdom has taught us anything, it's this: guard your heart, guard your path. Solomon understood this. In Proverbs 4:23, he writes, "Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it." Above all else. Not "when it's convenient." Not "if you remember." Above. All. Else. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #SweetSpirit #CreateYourNow #SoulfulSunday That language is urgent because the stakes are urgent. Everything we do — every decision, every reaction, every relationship, every step forward or backward — flows from the heart. It is the wellspring. It is the source. And if the source is polluted, the path will show it. Think about that for a moment. What flows from your heart right now? Is it peace or anxiety? Is it faith or fear? Is it clarity or confusion? The answer will likely tell you what you've been allowing in. Because the heart doesn't guard itself. It absorbs. It takes in whatever we give it — the voices, the images, the opinions, the noise — and it shapes our steps accordingly. We live in an age of unfiltered access. Technology has handed us the entire world in the palm of our hands, and with it has come an avalanche of distraction. News cycles designed to stir outrage. Social media platforms built to hook our attention and hold it hostage. Conversations that pull us into comparison, into self-doubt, into places God never intended for us to dwell. None of it is accidental. Every notification, every algorithm, every autoplay video is designed to capture your focus — and focus is a resource of the heart. Solomon goes on in Proverbs 4:25–27 to say, "Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you. Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways. Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil." There's an intentionality in those words that we can't afford to miss. He's not describing a passive walk. He's describing a deliberate one. Eyes forward. Feet steady. No wandering. That kind of focus doesn't happen by accident. It happens by choice — daily, sometimes hourly, sometimes minute by minute. Guarding your heart means becoming a gatekeeper of your own life. It means asking, "Does this belong here?" before you let something in. That podcast you listen to on your morning commute — is it building your faith or eroding it? That group text, that conversation at the office, that late-night scroll through social media — is it drawing you closer to who God created you to be, or pulling you further from it? These aren't dramatic questions. They're practical ones. And wisdom lives in the practical. The Psalmist knew this, too. In Psalm 119:105, we read, "Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path." Notice the imagery. A lamp for my feet — not a floodlight for the entire highway. God's Word gives us just enough light for the next step. And that next step requires a heart that's clear enough to see it. When we flood our hearts with noise and distraction, we dim that lamp. We make it harder to hear the voice that actually matters. We trade the light of truth for the glow of a screen, and then we wonder why the path feels uncertain. The K.I.S.S. ~ Guard your heart, guard your path! But here's the beautiful part of all of this — guarding your heart isn't about building walls. It's about building wisdom. It's not about living in fear of the world. It's about living with such intention that the world doesn't get to dictate your direction. "When your heart is rooted in God's Word, when it's fed by truth and watered by prayer, it becomes steady ground. And from steady ground, you walk a steady path." ~ Kristianne Wargo At some point, our wisdom must meet our walk. It's not enough to know what's right. It's not enough to underline verses and nod along on Sunday morning. Wisdom asks us to live it. To put the phone down when it's stealing our peace. To step away from conversations that plant seeds of doubt. To turn off the noise long enough to hear God whisper, "This is the way — walk in it." That's where the guarding happens. Not in some grand, once-and-for-all decision, but in the small, daily choices that add up to a life of purpose. So today, take inventory. What have you been letting in? What voices are shaping the way you see yourself, your family, your future? And are those voices aligned with the One who created you for something beautiful? Because the path ahead of you is good. God has already laid it out. But to walk it well, you have to protect the place it all begins. Guard your heart, and you will guard your path. "One step at a time leads to miles of greatness! — that's where wisdom meets the walk." ~ Kristianne Wargo And with God lighting the way, not a single step is wasted. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. 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4197 Remember When? 09/26/2026

4197 Remember When? Every love story has a moment tucked inside that changes everything. Maybe it was the way he looked at you from across the room. Maybe it was a conversation that went three hours longer than it should have because neither of you wanted it to end. Maybe it was nothing dramatic at all — just a quiet knowing that settled into your bones and whispered, this one. Whatever your moment was, it marked the beginning of something God had been writing long before you ever knew his name. Remember when? Because the best way to move your marriage forward is going back to the beginning. Now, I know what you might be thinking. Kristianne, we are not the same people we were back then. And you are right. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #RelationshipBuilders #CreateYourNow #LoveAndMarriage Life has done what life does. It has layered on responsibilities and routines, sleepless seasons and silent frustrations, moments of deep joy and stretches of deep exhaustion. The couple who once stayed up until two in the morning talking about everything and nothing now falls asleep mid-sentence on the couch by nine. And that is okay. Growth looks different than it feels. Going back to the beginning isn't about pretending those layers don't exist. It is about remembering what is underneath all of them. Because underneath the bills, the carpools, the calendar that never seems to have enough room — there is a foundation. And that foundation was not built by accident. It was built by God. Jeremiah 29:11 tells us, "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." It's easy to think that verse is just about your individual life and what you are going to be when you grow up. But we forget that it's about your whole life, which makes it about your marriage too. God had a plan when He brought the two of you together. He saw the beginning, and He already knew every chapter that would follow. When you go back to the start of your story, you are not escaping the present. You are reconnecting with the purpose that has been holding you together all along. Think about it this way. When a tree is struggling — when its leaves are dry and its branches look tired — a gardener does not just look at the surface. She checks the roots. She makes sure the foundation is still being nourished, still being watered, still connected to what gives it life. Your marriage is the same. The fruit you see on the outside — the way you communicate, the way you serve each other, the way you show up day after day — all of it is connected to the roots. And your roots live in the beginning. Song of Solomon 2:10–13 paints a picture so vivid you can almost feel the warmth on your skin: "My beloved spoke and said to me, 'Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with me. See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.'" Do you feel that? There is an invitation in those words. An invitation to come out of whatever cold season you have been standing in and step back into the warmth of what love was always meant to be. Not a love that ignores the hard things. A love that remembers it was built to outlast them. Maybe your beginning was full of butterflies and big romantic gestures. Or maybe it was quieter than that — a steady friendship that slowly turned into something you could not walk away from. Either way, there was something real there. Something true. And the beautiful thing about truth is that it does not expire. It does not lose its power just because time has passed. It simply waits for you to come back and draw from it again. Thomas Merton once wrote, "The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves." When you first fell in love with your husband, you were not trying to change him. You were captivated by who he already was — the way he laughed, the things he cared about, the way he made you feel seen. Somewhere along the way, it is easy to trade that captivation for correction. To start seeing what needs fixing instead of what first made your heart skip. Going back to the beginning is an invitation to see him again — really see him — the way you did before the world got loud. The K.I.S.S. ~ Revisit your roots! So here is the question I want to sit with you today. What if the key to falling in love all over again is not learning something new — but remembering something you already knew? 1. Pull out a photo or memento from your early days together. Open up that wedding album that has been sitting on the shelf untouched since your last anniversary. Dig out the box of old letters, ticket stubs, or that silly souvenir from the trip where everything went wrong and you laughed until you cried anyway. Find something tangible — something you can hold in your hands — and spend ten minutes looking at it together this week. You do not have to plan a deep conversation around it. Just sit next to each other and let the memories do the talking. You might be surprised how quickly a faded photograph can make the present feel a little brighter. One couple I know found their old wedding guest book in the back of a closet and spent an entire evening reading the messages people had written to them. By the time they closed it, she said it felt like their vows had been renewed without either of them saying a word. 2. Ask your spouse one simple question — "What is your favorite memory of us?" This one requires something that does not always come naturally in a long marriage — genuine curiosity. Do not assume you know the answer. Do not fill in the blanks for him. Just ask, and then do the most loving thing you can do in that moment — listen. Listen without planning your response. Listen without correcting the details. Listen the way you used to listen when everything he said mattered to you because you were still learning who he was. Here is the truth — you are still learning who he is. People are not static. The memory he holds dearest might not be the one you expect. Maybe it is not the grand vacation or the wedding day. Maybe it is a Tuesday night when you brought him coffee without being asked, or the way you held his hand in the hospital waiting room and did not let go. When you hear what he treasures, you learn what love looks like through his eyes. And that changes everything. 3. Recreate one small thing from your dating season. This is not about booking a five-star dinner or planning an elaborate date night — although if that is your thing, go for it. This is about intention. Think about the little things that made your early days feel alive. Was there a restaurant where you always split the same meal? A song that played every time you were together? A drive you used to take just because being in the car together felt like enough? Pick one of those things and do it again. If that restaurant closed years ago, find a similar one and order something that reminds you of what you used to share. If the song is buried somewhere in a playlist you forgot existed, pull it up and play it in the kitchen while you make dinner. It does not have to be perfect. It just has to be purposeful. One woman told me she and her husband used to get gas station coffee and drive the back roads on Sunday mornings when they were dating. They had not done it in over a decade. So one Sunday she woke up early, filled two styrofoam cups, and told him to get in the car. She said he smiled in a way she had not seen in years. That is what revisiting your roots looks like — small, deliberate, and full of love. One thing you must understand: the enemy of a good marriage is not conflict. It is not even distance. It is forgetfulness. When we forget where love began, we start to believe it has nowhere left to go. But when we remember — when we go back to the well of what God started and draw from it again — something shifts. We stop measuring our marriage by what it lacks and start marveling at what it has survived. Your love story is still being written, friend. Every single day. And the Author who began it is faithful to continue it. So this week, take a step back — not away from your marriage, but into its beginning. Let yourself remember. Let yourself feel. And let God remind you that what He started in love, He has every intention of finishing in love. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. () 🙏 on Pray.com () 🎥 on YouTube () 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶 () ✍️ Instagram Twitter Facebook Cover Art by Photo by Music by - Overcomer Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publ. (ASCAP) D Soul Music (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission. /episode/index/show/createyournow/id/43009778

4196 The Unseen Hours 09/25/2026

4196 The Unseen Hours Every mother knows the invisible rhythms. The whispered prayers over sleeping children. The mental checklist that never stops running — appointments, groceries, emotions, permission slips, and that look on your kid's face at dinner that told you something was wrong even though they said they were fine. You caught it. You always catch it. And later, after the house goes still, you lie awake turning it over, figuring out how to help, how to hold it, how to fix what you can and surrender what you cannot; oh, the unseen hours. That's not small work. That is love in its most relentless, most faithful form. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #ConfessionsOfAnUpsetMama #CreateYourNow #TodaysParent But here's the quiet ache so many mamas carry and never say out loud — when no one sees what you do, it starts to feel like it doesn't matter. And when what you do doesn't seem to matter, you start to wonder if you do. That's the lie. And we need to call it what it is. Your worth was never tied to someone else's awareness of your effort. Colossians 3:23–24 says, "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward." Your audience was never your family's attention — it was always God's heart. He sees every unseen hour. Every quiet sacrifice. Every moment you chose love when you were running on empty. And He calls it good. That doesn't mean you shouldn't be seen. It doesn't mean you should keep swallowing the exhaustion and smiling through it. "The lack of recognition doesn't reduce the value of what you've done." ~ Kristianne Wargo The world may not hand you a trophy for keeping your household running, for holding your child's heart with care, for showing up again when you had nothing left. But heaven keeps a different record. Galatians 6:9 reminds us, "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." Your harvest is coming. Not because you earned it by burning yourself down, but because faithfulness has a return — and God doesn't miss a single seed you've planted. But let me be honest with you about something. This series isn't here to glorify the grind. It's not here to say, "Keep pouring until there's nothing left and call it love." No. Love was never meant to cost you yourself. You are more than what you produce. You are more than the lunches and the carpools and the bedtime routines and the late-night text messages. Those things matter because you matter — not the other way around. And you must remember, your children are watching. Not just what you do for them, but how you treat yourself while doing it. They are learning what a woman looks like when she's whole — or when she's disappearing. You get to choose which lesson they carry. Give yourself a gift; honor the unseen. The K.I.S.S. ~ Honor the unseen! And that goes for everything you whisper under your breath, "If you only knew." You matter and the work you do matters. So here's the question — what would it look like to honor the unseen, starting with how you see yourself? 1. Name it. Write down three things you did this week that no one noticed or thanked you for. Look at that list. That's love in action — and it deserves to be seen, even if only by you. 2. Release the scorecard. Stop measuring your worth by whether someone acknowledged what you did. Your labor is not less because it was quiet. Let go of needing the thank-you to feel valuable. 3. Speak over yourself. Before bed tonight, say this out loud: "What I carry matters. What I do matters. And I matter — not because of what I produce, but because of who I am." Mama, the hours are long. There are days when you feel like you're invisible in your own home, running on fumes and faith and not much else. But you are not invisible. Not to God. And not to the woman looking back at you in the mirror who deserves to be told, "You're doing a really beautiful thing." The unseen hours don't make you less. They reveal how deeply you love. And that love is building something you can't even see yet. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. () 🙏 on Pray.com () 🎥 on YouTube () 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶 () ✍️ Instagram Twitter Facebook Cover Art by Photo by Music by - Overcomer Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publ. 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4195 Trust the Ground Beneath You 09/24/2026

4195 Trust the Ground Beneath You You've been doing the work. Maybe it hasn't looked glamorous — maybe nobody handed you a trophy for holding it together on a Tuesday afternoon or choosing faith over fear at two in the morning — but you've been showing up. And now? Something is different. Something is shifting. You can feel it in the way you breathe a little easier, the way hope doesn't feel so far away anymore. That first sign of growth is peeking through, and it's real, and it's yours. So trust the ground beneath you — the ground you are standing on right now. Because that ground has already proven it can hold you. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #Inspiration #CreateYourNow #DailyMotivation You've been through the waiting. You weathered the uncertainty. Some days you weren't sure the next step would hold your weight—but it did. Every single time. And now that things are starting to shift, now that you can actually see movement in your life, you get to stand a little taller and acknowledge something important: you are standing on ground that has been tested, and it didn't give way. That's not luck. That's faithfulness — His and yours. David understood this feeling. He wrote, "Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken" (Psalm 62:1–2, NIV). There's something so settled about those words. This isn't a man gritting his teeth and hoping for the best. This is a man who has experienced the holding — who looked down and realized the rock beneath him hadn't moved an inch, even when everything around him did. And now he's resting in it. Not striving. Resting. That's available to you today. The K.I.S.S. ~ Trust the ground beneath you! You don't have to white-knuckle your way into the next season. You don't have to earn the right to exhale. The ground is steady. God made it steady. And the beautiful thing about standing on something solid is that it frees you up to stop looking down and start looking ahead. When you're not constantly worried about falling, you can finally pay attention to where you're going — and friend, where you're going is something worth getting excited about. Here's what I love about this moment you're in. You already have evidence. You're not starting from scratch and hoping for the best. You've walked through something real, and you came out of it with more strength, more clarity, and more faith than you had going in. That's not nothing — that's everything. That is the kind of foundation people spend their whole lives looking for, and you're already standing on it. Corrie ten Boom once said, "Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God." And right now, you are in the most beautiful position to live that out — because the God you're trusting isn't a stranger. He's the same one who met you in the hard days. He's the same one who kept every promise when you couldn't see how any of them would come together. You know Him. You've experienced Him. And that knowing is the very thing that makes the next step feel less like a leap and more like a walk with someone you trust completely. So let your shoulders drop. Let the smile come. You have done the hard work of holding on, and now it's time to enjoy the view from where you're standing. The ground beneath you is good ground — not because life is suddenly perfect, but because the One who placed you here has never once let you down. Trust it. Trust Him. And walk forward with your head high, because this season you're stepping into? You were made for it. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. () 🙏 on Pray.com () 🎥 on YouTube () 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶 () ✍️ Instagram Twitter Facebook Cover Art by Photo by Music by - Overcomer Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publ. (ASCAP) D Soul Music (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission. /episode/index/show/createyournow/id/42997678

4194 Notice the New 09/23/2026

4194 Notice the New Have you ever caught yourself mid-sentence and realized — that's not what I would have said before? Maybe it happened so quietly you almost missed it. A pause where there used to be a reaction. A prayer where there used to be panic. A steadiness in your voice that wasn't there six months ago. If you've been doing the deeper work, from the inside out, of growing, tending, and trusting God through the uncomfortable middle, then it's time to notice the new — because something in you has already shifted. Growth doesn't always announce itself. It doesn't always arrive with fireworks or a finish line. Sometimes it shows up as the absence of something — the worry you didn't spiral into, the comparison you scrolled past without flinching, the boundary you held without apologizing five times afterward. And sometimes it shows up as the presence of something — a gentleness with yourself that feels foreign, a confidence in your calling that you can't quite explain, a prayer life that sounds less like begging and more like trust. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #WellspringWednesday #CreateYourNow #HealthAndWellness Either way, it's there. And you need to see it. Because here's the truth most of us forget when we're in the middle of becoming: you are not the same woman you were. The ground has shifted beneath your feet. The roots have been doing their work in the dark, and now — right now — something green and tender is breaking through the surface of your life. It may not be towering yet. It may not look like much to anyone standing on the outside. But you feel it, don't you? That quiet knowing that God has been rearranging you from the inside out? "See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?" (Isaiah 43:19, NIV). That word — perceive — is God asking you to see and pay attention to what He's already doing. He's asking you to look down and notice the shoot pushing through the soil. He's asking you to stop measuring your progress by the fruit and start celebrating the first sign of green. This is a holy moment in every season of becoming — the moment you stop focusing on how far you still have to go and let yourself marvel at how far you've already come. But I want to be honest with you, because I think this part matters: noticing the new can feel vulnerable. When you name your growth out loud — even just to yourself — it can feel like you're tempting the universe to take it back. Like the moment you acknowledge progress, something will come along and prove you haven't really changed at all. That's not faith talking. That's fear. And it has no business speaking over what God is cultivating in your life. The enemy loves to convince you that your growth isn't real. That the moment of grace was a fluke. That the peace you felt this morning won't last until Tuesday. But Romans 8:28 reminds us that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him. All things. The messy middle. The quiet mornings. The small, almost invisible shifts. He wastes nothing, and He certainly isn't going to let your becoming be undone by a bad day or a bout of doubt. The K.I.S.S. ~ Notice the new! So what do you do when you notice the new? You name it. You protect it. And you refuse to let the old narrative trample what's just breaking through. Think of it like a garden. You wouldn't plant a seed, watch it finally push through the dirt, and then walk across it in heavy boots. You'd kneel down. You'd clear the space around it. You'd water it and speak life over it. Your growth deserves the same tenderness. So here's the question: What has shifted in you that you haven't given yourself permission to celebrate yet? 1. Pay attention this week to one moment where you respond differently than you would have six months ago — and name it as growth. Maybe it's the way you paused before reacting to a critical comment instead of firing back. Maybe it's how you chose worship music over worry at 2 a.m. Maybe you caught yourself saying "no" without guilt or "yes" without resentment. Whatever it is, don't let it pass unnoticed. Write it down. Say it out loud. Tell God, "I see what You did there." Growth that goes unnamed is growth that goes uncelebrated — and you deserve to celebrate. 2. Share it with someone you trust — what you're noticing in yourself, even if it feels small. Text your sister. Call your prayer partner. Sit across from a friend over coffee and say, "I think something in me is changing." Growth was never meant to stay hidden. When you speak it out loud to someone who loves you, it becomes more real — and harder for the enemy to talk you out of. You don't need their permission to grow, but you do need a witness who will remind you of this moment when doubt comes knocking. 3. Protect that tender new growth by guarding your thought life — don't let old narratives trample what's just breaking through. When the old voice whispers, "You haven't really changed — just wait," replace it with truth: "He who began a good work in me will carry it on to completion" (Philippians 1:6). Unfollow the account that triggers comparison. Step back from conversations that always leave you questioning yourself. Treat your growth the way you'd treat a seedling — clear the weeds, water it with the Word, and give it room to reach toward the light. Naming your growth isn't pride. It's praise. It's looking at what God has done in the quiet, hidden places and saying, I see it. I receive it. And I'm not going to pretend it didn't happen just because it's small. You are becoming, my friend. Right here, right now, in this season — something new is alive in you. Don't miss it. Don't minimize it. And whatever you do, don't let anyone convince you it doesn't count because it isn't finished yet. The fresh sign of green; the shoot is through the soil. That matters. You matter. And the God who started this good work in you is still at work in you. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. 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4193 Dare to Look 09/22/2026

4193 Dare to Look You know the story — a little girl in a red hood walks through the woods carrying something precious, and somewhere along the way, she realizes that what she's looking at isn't what it seems. The eyes are too big. The teeth are too sharp. The voice is close, but it isn't safe. And yet the part of that story we often overlook isn't the wolf. It's the girl. She looked. She noticed. She didn't just accept what was sitting in front of her — she questioned it. Dare to look. And that is exactly where your courage begins. If you've been walking through this week asking yourself what thoughts you've never questioned, welcome to Rise With Truth — because today, you are daring to look, and you're already braver than you think. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #Inspiration #CreateYourNow #DailyMotivation Most of us grew up hearing the tale of Little Red Riding Hood as a warning — be careful, stay on the path, don't talk to strangers. But there's something deeper in that story when you hold it up to the light. There was a moment when Little Red Riding Hood stood in that room and could have accepted the disguise. She could have ignored the feeling in her gut. She could have smiled and gone along with what she was being told. But instead, she looked closer. What big eyes you have. What big ears you have. What big teeth you have. Question by question, she pulled back the cover on something that had been pretending to be safe. That's what it looks like to examine your thought life. Some of the thoughts you've been living with have been dressed up in familiar voices — comfortable, well-worn, almost believable. They sound like home. They sound like truth. But when you lean in and really look, something doesn't add up. The thought that says you'll never be enough? It's wearing a disguise. The belief that tells you it's too late to change? Its teeth are too sharp to be anything that loves you. The voice that whispers you should just keep quiet and stop hoping for more? That voice is not your grandmother, my friend. That voice is the wolf. And here's the part of the story no one talks about enough — it takes extraordinary courage to question what's familiar. Little Red Riding Hood didn't run at first. She looked. She asked. She let herself see what was really in front of her. That is not small. Mary Anne Radmacher put it this way: "Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.'" The bravest thing you may do this week isn't to make a grand declaration. It may be pulling back the covers on a thought you've accepted your whole life and finally asking, But is this true? Bravery doesn't begin with the breakthrough. It begins with honesty. It begins the moment you admit, I've been carrying something that doesn't belong to me. Maybe it's a thought about your worth that someone else planted. Maybe it's a belief about what you deserve that was handed to you so long ago you forgot it wasn't yours. Whatever it is, the moment you dare to look at it — really look, the way that girl in the red hood looked — is the moment it starts to lose its power. The K.I.S.S. ~ Dare to look! And unlike Little Red Riding Hood, you don't face the wolf alone. Joshua 1:9 says, "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go." Wherever you go — that includes the deep woods of your own thought life. That includes the room where something has been pretending to comfort you while it slowly devours your peace. God doesn't send you in unprotected. He commands courage and then stands right beside you while you pull back every disguise. He's not waiting on the other side of the hard thing. He's with you in the middle of it. So if you woke up today wondering whether you have what it takes to do this — to really begin the work of examining your mind and making it new — I need you to hear me clearly. You've already started. You started the moment you chose to pay attention. You started the moment you stopped accepting every thought at face value and said, What big lies you have. That is not weakness. That is one of the strongest things a woman can do. This journey isn't about tearing yourself apart. It's about opening yourself up — gently, bravely, honestly — and inviting God into the spaces you've been managing on your own. The wolf only has power in the dark. The wolf only wins when no one looks. But you're looking. And the God who walks with you wherever you go has already written how this story ends — not with the wolf, but with the girl who dared to see the truth. So rise, my sweet friend. Rise with the truth that you are held, you are not alone, and the courage you need has already been given to you. One honest look at a time, one surrendered thought at a time, one quiet "I will try again tomorrow" at a time — you are becoming the woman God already sees when He looks at you. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. 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4192 The Thoughts You Don't Question 09/21/2026

4192 The Thoughts You Don't Question You woke up this morning, and before your feet touched the floor, your mind was already running. Maybe it started with the to-do list — the one that never quite finishes. Maybe it started with a replay of something you said yesterday that you wish you hadn't. Maybe it was that low hum of not-enough that meets you before the coffee does. And yet, you didn't stop to question any of it. You just let it play. We all do. But here's where it gets tricky — because the thoughts you don't question are the ones running your life. Think about that for a moment. Not the loud, dramatic fears — those get your attention. It's the quiet ones. The familiar ones. The thoughts so constant and so close that they don't even register as thoughts anymore. They just feel like you. "I should be further along by now." "Everyone else seems to have it together." "I'll never be the woman I want to be." Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #MindsetMonday #CreateYourNow #PersonalDevelopment These aren't things you'd say out loud to your best friend, but you've said them to yourself so many times they've moved in, rearranged the furniture, and started paying rent. And that's exactly the problem! "The most dangerous thoughts in your head aren't the ones you argue with — they're the ones you never challenge at all." ~ Kristianne Wargo David understood this. In Psalm 139:23–24, he prayed one of the bravest prayers in all of Scripture. "Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." ~ Psalm 139:23-24 David didn't ask God to fix his behavior first. He didn't start with his actions or his habits. He went straight to the root — his thoughts. His anxious thoughts. The ones that sat underneath everything else. David was essentially saying, "God, I need You to go where I can't go on my own. I need You to see what I've stopped seeing." That takes courage. Because asking God to search your thought life means you're admitting you don't have it all sorted out. It means acknowledging that somewhere in the constant hum of your inner dialogue, there might be things that aren't true — things that feel true, things that have been there for years, things you inherited from your childhood or absorbed from the world — but they aren't from Him. And if they aren't from God, they don't belong. Here's what you need to understand today: your thoughts are not neutral. They are not harmless background noise. Every thought you entertain is shaping the woman you are becoming. Proverbs 23:7 says it plainly — "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he." What you think about yourself, what you think about God, what you think about your future — those thoughts are building something. The question is whether they're building the life God designed you for, or a cage you were never meant to live in. You can think of your thoughts like all those Legos lying around waiting to "become" something. And the more they are there, the more likely they will be a part of who you are and who you are becoming. Most of us have never been taught to audit our own minds. We diet. We exercise. We organize our closets and set goals for the new year. But very few women sit down and ask, "What have I been thinking — really thinking — and is it true?" We treat our thought life like the weather: something that just happens to us. But Scripture tells us a different story. Scripture tells us our thought life is a garden — and we get to choose what grows. Joyce Meyer wrote, "You may not be able to control every thought that comes into your mind, but you can refuse to let it stay." That's the distinction. You can't stop a thought from arriving — a worry, a comparison, a whisper of doubt — but you absolutely get to decide whether it gets a seat at the table. And the first step in that decision is noticing it's there in the first place. That's what this week is about. Not fixing your thought life yet. Not replacing every negative pattern overnight. Just seeing. Becoming aware. Because you can't hand something to God that you haven't first been honest about carrying. So question your thoughts! The K.I.S.S. ~ Question your thoughts! What have you stopped seeing? If someone could read the transcript of your mind for the last seven days — unedited, unfiltered — what would they find on repeat? Let's start there and see what you discover. 1. PAUSE AND NOTICE — three times a day, write what you're thinking. Set a reminder on your phone for three times a day — morning, midday, and evening. When it goes off, stop what you're doing and write down the thought that was just playing in your head. Don't edit it. Don't clean it up. Don't make it sound better than it is. If it was "I'll never get ahead," write that. If it was "Nobody notices what I do," write that. If it was "I don't know what I'm doing and everyone's going to figure it out" — write it down word for word. This isn't journaling for beauty. This is an honest inventory. You need to see what's actually playing on the loop before you can change the station. By the end of the week, you'll have roughly twenty-one raw snapshots of your unfiltered thought life. That's powerful information. That's the starting line. 2. At the end of the week, CIRCLE THE REPEATS and ask: "Is this mine, or did I pick it up somewhere?" When Friday or Saturday comes, sit down with your notes and look for the patterns. Some thoughts will appear once — just passing clouds. But others will show up again and again and again. Those are the ones to circle. Those are the tenants. Now, next to each repeated thought, ask yourself this question: Where did this come from? Did it come from something someone said to you as a child? From a failure that you never fully processed? From the world's definition of success, beauty, or worth? From the endless scroll of someone else's highlight reel? Because here's the truth many of us miss: not every thought in your head started with you. Some were handed to you — by culture, by hurt, by comparison, by fear — and you simply never handed them back. Identifying the source isn't about placing blame. It's about reclaiming authority over what gets to stay. 3. PRAY Psalm 139:23–24 every single day this week — out loud. This is the bravest step, and it's the most important one. Before you try to fix a single thought pattern, invite God in first. Every morning this week, pray David's words out loud — not silently, not in your head, out loud: "Search me, God, and know my heart. Test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." When you pray this out loud, you're giving God permission to show you what you haven't been willing to look at on your own. You're telling Him, "I trust You more than I trust my own narrative." And you're setting the tone — a mind made new doesn't start with a strategy; it starts with a surrender. This week is about paying attention, being aware. Don't fix it yet. Don't pressure yourself to change everything by Monday. Just notice. Become the woman who is aware of what she's been thinking — not the woman who lets her thoughts think for her. The moment you start questioning the thoughts you've never questioned, you create space for God to speak something new. And He will. He always does. He's been waiting for you to make room. A mind made new doesn't happen in a single moment. It happens in a single decision — the decision to stop letting your thoughts run unchecked and start holding them up to the truth of who God says you are. And that decision? You just made it. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. () 🙏 on Pray.com () 🎥 on YouTube () 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶 () ✍️ Instagram Twitter Facebook Cover Art by Photo by Music by - Overcomer Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publ. (ASCAP) D Soul Music (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission. /episode/index/show/createyournow/id/42948063

4191 The First Step is Asking 09/20/2026

4191 The First Step is Asking There are moments in life when you stand at the crossroads, and everything in you wants to know which way to go. You've prayed. You've weighed the options. You've asked the people closest to you what they think. And still, the path ahead feels uncertain. But what if the breakthrough you've been searching for doesn't start with more information, more advice, or more time? What if the first step is asking — not the people around you, but the God above you? That's where wisdom begins. Not with having the answers, but with being brave enough to admit we need them. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #SweetSpirit #CreateYourNow #SoulfulSunday James 1:5–6 tells us, "If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt." God gives generously, without finding fault. He doesn't roll His eyes when we come to Him confused. He doesn't keep a tally of how many times we've asked the same question. He gives — and He gives freely. But here's the part we sometimes rush past. James says we have to ask in faith, without doubting. That doesn't mean we have to be perfect. It means we have to be willing to trust that when God speaks, He means it. Asking without faith is like opening your hands to receive a gift and then pulling them back before it's placed in them. God is extending wisdom to us, but we have to keep our hands open long enough to receive it. Proverbs 2 paints an even fuller picture. Solomon writes, "If you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding." There's urgency in those words. Call out. Cry aloud. Search for it like treasure. Wisdom isn't something that just falls into our laps while we're scrolling through our phones. It takes pursuit. It takes hunger. It takes the kind of seeking that says, "God, I'm not moving until I hear from You." And that might be the most countercultural thing a woman can do today — slow down long enough to seek God before she makes the next move. The K.I.S.S. ~ The first step is asking! We live in a world that celebrates speed. Quick decisions. Fast results. Instant answers at our fingertips. But speed without wisdom is just motion without direction. You can be busy every single day and still be walking in circles. Wisdom is what gives your steps purpose. It's the difference between running hard and running toward something that matters. Think about the women in your life who carry a quiet strength. The ones who don't panic when everything shifts. The ones who seem to know when to speak and when to stay silent, when to move and when to wait. That's not luck. That's not personality. That's the fruit of a woman who has spent time in the presence of God, asking Him for what she cannot manufacture on her own. You don't have to have it all figured out today. You don't have to see every step ahead of you before you take the first one. But you do have to be willing to ask. And not just once — every morning, every decision, every conversation that matters. "God, give me wisdom for this." It's one of the simplest prayers you will ever pray, and it's one He has promised to answer. So wherever you are right now — standing at a crossroads, sitting in uncertainty, or just trying to get through a season that feels heavier than you expected — start here. Ask Him. He's not withholding. He's waiting for you to come to Him with open hands and a willing heart. This is the beginning of something beautiful. Over the coming weeks, we're going to walk through what it looks like to live in wisdom every single day — in our homes, in our relationships, in our decisions, and in our faith. But it all starts right here, right now, with a single, honest prayer: "Lord, give me wisdom." With God, nothing is impossible. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. () 🙏 on Pray.com () 🎥 on YouTube () 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶 () ✍️ Instagram Twitter Facebook Cover Art by Photo by Music by - Overcomer Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publ. (ASCAP) D Soul Music (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission. /episode/index/show/createyournow/id/42948043

4190 Falling In Love All Over Again 09/19/2026

4190 Falling In Love All Over Again There is something about the turn of a season that invites us to look at our lives with fresh eyes. The leaves begin to shift, the air cools just enough to remind us that change is not only natural; it's necessary. And if we are honest with ourselves, sometimes the most important thing that needs a fresh look is not our wardrobe or our schedule. It is our marriage. So what if during this beautiful new season, you commit to falling in love all over again. Now, before you close this page and say, "Kristianne, my marriage is fine," let me stop you right there. This is not about fixing what is broken. This is about choosing — on purpose, with intention — to strengthen what already exists. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #RelationshipBuilders #CreateYourNow #LoveAndMarriage Because here is the truth that nobody tells you at the altar: love is not a feeling you fall into once and ride for the rest of your life. Love is a decision you make every single morning when your feet hit the floor. It is a daily yes. A repeated choosing. And some of us have gotten so busy choosing everything else — the career, the kids, the ministry, the groceries — that we have forgotten to choose each other. Think about it. When was the last time you looked at your spouse — really looked — and remembered why you said yes? Not the version of them that leaves dishes in the sink or forgets to take out the trash. The one who made your heart race. The one who made you laugh until your stomach hurt. The one God handpicked for you. That person is still there. And so is that love. It just needs some tending. Ecclesiastes 3:1 tells us, "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens." This is your season. Right here. Right now. This fall, we are not just watching the leaves change. We are letting God change us — as wives, as partners, as the women who stand beside the men He gave us. Over the next sixteen Saturdays, we are going to walk through this season together, and by the time we ring in the new year, we will not just be surviving our marriages. We will be celebrating them. I heard someone say once, "A great marriage is not when the perfect couple comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences." That is what this journey is about. Not perfection. Not pretending. Just presence. Just purpose. Just two imperfect people deciding that their love story is worth investing in — again. So wherever you are today — whether your marriage is thriving, surviving, or somewhere in between — you belong here. Pull up a chair. Grab your coffee. And let's begin. The K.I.S.S. ~ Fall into love on purpose! What are you currently doing in your marriage now? Are you making your marriage a priority? Are you making your spouse a priority? 1. Set Your Season with a Conversation. Before this week ends, sit down with your spouse and tell them what you are doing. Say it plainly: "I want to spend this fall being more intentional about us." You do not need a speech. You do not need a plan. You just need to open the door. Let them know they are your priority — not because something is wrong, but because they are worth it. 2. Write Down Three Things You Love About Your Spouse — Right Now. Not three things you loved ten years ago. Three things that are true today. Maybe it is the way they handle stress with patience. Maybe it is how they show up for the kids without being asked. Maybe it is that they still make you laugh. Write them down. Put the list somewhere you will see it this week. Let gratitude be the first seed you plant in this season. 3. Pray a Simple Prayer Over Your Marriage Every Day This Week. It does not need to be long. It does not need to be eloquent. Just honest. Try this: "Lord, thank You for my marriage. Open my eyes to see my spouse the way You see them. Give me a heart that chooses love — today and every day. Amen." Seven days. One prayer. Watch what God begins to stir. One step at a time leads to miles of greatness. And that is exactly what we are doing here — one Saturday at a time, one conversation at a time, one prayer at a time. This is not a race. It is a walk. A slow, beautiful, hand-in-hand walk back to each other. I will meet you right here next Saturday. Until then, love well. Love on purpose. And remember — every great love story has chapters. This is the beginning of a brand new one. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. () 🙏 on Pray.com () 🎥 on YouTube () 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶 () ✍️ Instagram Twitter Facebook Cover Art by Photo by Music by - Overcomer Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publ. (ASCAP) D Soul Music (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission. /episode/index/show/createyournow/id/42948028

4189 Find Your Calm in the Chaos of Parenting 09/18/2026

4189 Find Your Calm in the Chaos of Parenting Every parent knows that moment when the house is loud, the demands are relentless, someone is crying, and you're not entirely sure it isn't you. Parenting was never meant to be quiet or perfectly composed, but somewhere between the sippy cups and the slammed doors, you can find your calm in the chaos of parenting. Not a calm that pretends everything is fine, but a calm that holds steady because it's rooted in something deeper than the moment. Raising kids takes every ounce of dedication and determination you have. It pulls from reserves you didn't know existed and asks you to pour out again before you've had the chance to be filled back up. And through all of it — the tantrums, the teenage eye rolls, the battles over bedtime — the heartbeat underneath it all is unconditional love. You wouldn't fight this hard for anything that didn't matter this much. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #ConfessionsOfAnUpsetMama #CreateYourNow #TodaysParent But here's where the confession comes in. Love doesn't automatically mean we handle things well. Some of the worst moments in our parenting don't come from a lack of love — they come from being so full of love, so full of wanting to get it right, that our emotions take the wheel before wisdom has a chance to sit down. We yell when we meant to listen. We react when we meant to respond. And then the guilt shows up right on time, whispering that a good mom wouldn't have done that. Can I tell you something? A good mom absolutely does that. A good mom is human. The difference isn't perfection — it's what you do next. It's the willingness to pause, to breathe, to look at your child and remember that this tiny or not-so-tiny human isn't your enemy. They're your assignment. And God doesn't give assignments without equipping you for them. Proverbs 15:1 tells us, "A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger." That verse isn't just about conflict resolution — it's a parenting strategy. Gentleness is not weakness. It is one of the most disciplined, intentional choices a parent can make. It means choosing your words when everything in you wants to let them fly. It means staying grounded when chaos is spinning around you like a tornado with Legos in it. And let's talk about what calm parenting is not. It's not passive. It's not permissive. It's not whispering through gritted teeth while your blood pressure tells a different story. Calm parenting is a posture — an inner steadiness that says, "I will not let this moment define how I lead my family." It's Galatians 5:22-23 in action: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. The fruit of the Spirit isn't just for Sunday morning. It's for Tuesday at 5:47 p.m. when dinner is burning and someone just drew on the wall with a permanent marker. The K.I.S.S. ~ Lead with love, not with volume! So what does it actually look like to parent from a place of peace instead of a place of pressure? 1. Lower your voice instead of raising it. When tension rises, our volume tends to follow. But raising your voice rarely accomplishes what you're hoping for. A calm, steady tone signals safety. It tells your child, "I'm in control of myself, and you can trust me in this moment." You don't have to match their energy — you get to set it. The next time things escalate, try bringing your voice down one notch instead of up. You might be amazed at how quickly the room follows. 2. Separate the behavior from the child. This one changes everything. There is a world of difference between "You are so disrespectful" and "That behavior is not okay." One attacks identity. The other addresses the action. Your child needs to know that your love for who they are is never on the table — even when what they did needs correction. When we speak to the behavior and not the heart, we leave room for growth instead of shame. And isn't that exactly what God does with us? 3. Give yourself grace to try again. You're going to lose your cool. It's going to happen. And when it does, the enemy would love nothing more than for you to sit in that failure and let it convince you that you're not cut out for this. Don't let him. Every single moment is a new opportunity to model the patience and grace you're asking your children to learn. Apologize when you need to. Reset when you need to. And remember — your kids don't need a perfect parent. They need a present one who keeps showing up. You were chosen for these children. Not because you had it all figured out, but because God knew your love would be fierce enough to keep learning, keep growing, and keep surrendering the hard stuff back to Him. The chaos isn't going anywhere. Kids are loud and life is unpredictable and there will always be another mess to clean up. But you — you can stand in the middle of all of it with a peace that doesn't make sense to anyone watching from the outside. Because it's not about getting it right every time. It's about getting back up every time. It's about choosing love over volume, peace over perfection, and grace over guilt. That's not weakness. That's the strongest kind of parenting there is. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. 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4188 Unpack the Old 09/17/2026

4188 Unpack the Old There is something about this time of year that stirs up a sense of possibility. The air shifts, routines reset, and whether you have children heading back to school or not, fall carries with it a quiet invitation to begin again. But you cannot step into something new if your arms are full of everything old; unpack the old and leave it behind. Think about the last time you traveled with too many bags. Every doorway became an obstacle. Every step felt heavier than it needed to. You spent more energy managing your luggage than enjoying the journey. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #Inspiration #CreateYourNow #DailyMotivation That is exactly what happens when we drag every disappointment, every failed attempt, and every "what if" into a brand-new season. We show up somewhere beautiful, but we are too weighed down to notice. Maybe it is a career move that did not pan out. Maybe it is a relationship that ended differently than you imagined. Maybe it is a version of yourself you thought you would be by now — and you are not there yet. Whatever it is, carrying it forward does not honor the experience. It just exhausts you. Ecclesiastes 3:1 tells us, "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens." What you walked through had a purpose, and releasing it has one too. The lesson was the gift. The season itself was never meant to move in with you permanently. When you hold onto what has already served its purpose, you block the very thing that is trying to reach you next. The K.I.S.S. ~ Unpack the old! You have to give yourself permission to put down your baggage and stop replaying moments that didn't work. Not because they do not matter, but because they already taught you what they came to teach. You are not dishonoring your past by choosing to stop living in it. You are honoring the woman you are becoming by making room for her. Also, you must be honest about what you have been carrying out of habit rather than necessity. Some of us have held onto guilt for so long it feels like part of our identity. Some of us replay old conversations not because they are helpful, but because they are familiar. Familiar is not the same as fruitful. Just because something has always traveled with you does not mean it still belongs in your bag. Here is the beautiful thing about a fresh start — it does not require perfection. It requires openness. You don't need every answer or a ten-step plan. You just need to be willing to loosen your grip on what was, so your hands are free to receive what is. As the apostle Paul wrote in Philippians 3:13-14, "Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.." He did not say he erased his past. He said he stopped letting it set the direction for his future. This Fall, give yourself the grace to travel lighter. Celebrate how far you have come without punishing yourself for the roads that led to dead ends. Those roads still got you here. And here is exactly where your next chapter begins — not behind you, buried under what went wrong, but ahead of you, wide open and waiting. You were never meant to carry it all. You were meant to grow through it, gather the wisdom, and keep moving. So set it down, my sweet sister. Step forward with your hands open and your heart expectant. The best of what God has for you is not found in the rearview mirror. It is standing right in front of you, asking you to show up — with grace, light, and readiness. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. () 🙏 on Pray.com () 🎥 on YouTube () 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶 () ✍️ Instagram Twitter Facebook Cover Art by Photo by Music by - Overcomer Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publ. (ASCAP) D Soul Music (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission. /episode/index/show/createyournow/id/42912972

4187 Love the In-Between 09/16/2026

4187 Love the In-Between Have you ever paused in front of a mirror and thought, almost? Almost healed. Almost confident. Almost the woman you know you're meant to be — but not quite there yet. That pause, that space between where you were and where you're going, can feel like the loneliest place in the world. But what if that's actually one of the most sacred places where you need to love the in-between? Because most of us have been taught — by the world, by our own expectations, sometimes even by voices inside the church or community or your job or your family — that we earn the right to love who we see only after we've arrived. After the breakthrough. After the weight loss. After the degree. After we've finally gotten it together. We treat self-acceptance like a finish line, and everything before that line? We dismiss it. Tolerate it. Rush past it on the way to "better." Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . #WellspringWednesday #CreateYourNow #HealthAndWellness But God has never once looked at your unfinished portrait and said, I'll love her when she's done. Not once. Scripture tells us He knew us before we were formed (Jeremiah 1:5). He called us while we were still being knit together in the secret place (Psalm 139:13–14). That means He loved the draft. He loved the sketch. He loved the version of you that hadn't figured anything out yet — and He loves the version standing in the mirror right now who still hasn't figured it all out. The portrait of your life is mid-brushstroke, sweet friend. And the Artist? He isn't panicking. He isn't frustrated with the pace. He isn't comparing your canvas to someone else's. He is tender and intentional and unhurried — and He is asking you to trust the process He's already in the middle of. So why do we keep waiting? Why do we tell ourselves that the woman in the in-between doesn't deserve kindness? That she's "not ready" to be embraced? We wouldn't say that to a friend. We wouldn't look at someone mid-healing and say, Come back when you're finished, and then I'll celebrate you. But somehow we say it to ourselves every single day. This is the part of becoming that no one really talks about — the middle. In this season of learning to love your reflection from root to bloom, the middle matters. The roots are growing, yes. The bloom is coming, yes. But the stem? The reaching? That quiet, unseen stretch between planted and flourishing? That's where most of life actually happens. And it is not wasted space. It is becoming space. 2 Corinthians 3:18 says, "And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, from one degree of glory to another." Did you catch that? From one degree of glory to another. That means right now — right where you are, in this in-between — you are already in a degree of glory. Not waiting for it. Standing in it. "You are not a rough draft God is embarrassed by. You are a living, breathing testimony of transformation in motion. Love the in-between." ~ Kristianne Wargo The K.I.S.S. ~ Love the in-between! So here's the question: What would change if you decided to love the woman you are right now — not as a consolation prize, but as a genuine act of worship? What do you do now? Is it kind and caring? Or are you brutally raw and disrespectful of who you are and who you are becoming? So how can you help yourself love the in-between? 1. LOOK in the mirror this week — actually look — and speak one kind, true thing over the woman you see. This sounds simple, but for many of us, the mirror has become a place of inspection, not connection. We scan for flaws. We catalog what still needs fixing. We look at ourselves without ever really looking into ourselves — into the eyes of the woman God calls beloved. Psalm 139:14 says, "I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well." Notice the tense. It doesn't say "I will be wonderfully made once I finish becoming." It says I am. Present tense. Right now. Mid-process and fully wonderful at the same time. So this week, stand in front of that mirror and say one kind, true thing out loud. Not a wish. Not a goal. A truth. Something like, "You are brave for still showing up" or "God is not finished with you, and that is a beautiful thing." Let your own voice be the one that interrupts the criticism for once. Because what you speak over yourself has power — Proverbs 18:21 tells us that life and death are in the tongue. Choose life, my friend. Even when — especially when — you're talking to yourself. 2. SURRENDER the timeline you've placed on your own becoming and tell God, "I trust Your brushstrokes." If we're honest, most of us aren't struggling to believe that God is working. We're struggling with how long it's taking. We set internal deadlines for our own healing: By this birthday I should be over it. By this season I should have it figured out. By now I should be further along. And every time we pass one of those invisible deadlines, the disappointment doesn't push us forward — it buries us a little deeper. But Ecclesiastes 3:11 says, "He has made everything beautiful in its time." Not in your time. In His time. The Master Artist doesn't work on your schedule, and He never promised He would. What He promised is that the finished work would be beautiful — and that every single brushstroke between here and there has purpose. Surrendering the timeline doesn't mean giving up on growth. It means releasing the pressure you were never meant to carry. It means telling God, "I trust Your brushstrokes — even the ones I don't understand yet." As Proverbs 3:5–6 reminds us, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight." You don't have to see the full picture to trust the Painter. 3. CELEBRATE one area where you are not who you used to be, even if you're not yet who you're becoming. This might be the hardest step of all three — not because celebration is difficult, but because we've trained ourselves to believe that progress only counts when it's complete. We minimize the distance we've already traveled because we can still see how far we have to go. But here's what I want you to understand: the in-between is full of evidence that God has been moving. Think about it. There's something you handle differently now than you did a year ago. A conversation you can have that you couldn't before. A boundary you hold. A prayer you actually believe when you pray it. A reaction that used to control you that doesn't have the same grip anymore. That is worth celebrating. Philippians 1:6 says, "Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." He began a good work. That means the work is already in motion. And if God Himself considers it good while it's still in progress, who are we to dismiss it? Celebration in the middle is not premature. It's prophetic. It declares that you believe God is who He says He is and that He's doing what He said He would do — even before you can see the finished canvas. So name it. Say it out loud. Write it down. Thank God for the version of you that exists right now, because she is living proof that transformation is real, and it is already underway. Please remember that you belong to a God who doesn't make mistakes on His canvas — and He has never once put down the brush. The in-between is not the waiting room. It is the gallery. And what's on your canvas right now — every stroke of healing, every shade of growth, every imperfect, unfinished, God-breathed detail — is already worth seeing. Love her. Love the woman in the mirror who is and who is still becoming. She's not almost something. She is something — right now, today. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!" 🔔 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the . - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. () 🙏 on Pray.com () 🎥 on YouTube () 🎧 Create Your Now on Spotify, Pandora, and Audible. 🎶 () ✍️ Instagram Twitter Facebook Cover Art by Photo by Music by - Overcomer Song ID: 68209 Song Title: Overcomer Writer(s): Ben Glover, Chris Stevens, David Garcia Copyright © 2013 Meaux Mercy (BMI) Moody Producer Music (BMI) One Songs (ASCAP) Ariose Music (ASCAP) Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publ. 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