Regular Girl

On today's episode: "Was it just another Mom talk? Perhaps. However, things have felt different over the last three days. Their attitudes seem more open, compassionate, welcoming, and patient. It starts at home, friends. It started with me as I grew aware and humble enough of the log in my own eye to allow the Lord to convict me and then open the question to call them into being more like...

On today's episode: "We can feel like our lives don’t really matter to Him or we shouldn’t take up His time with our pesky prayers over minor upsets. But y’all? He’s not limited like that. He’s not sitting with list in hand marking off the number of “silly prayers” we’ve uttered. Just like I adore when my boys excitedly tell me about the little details of their day because THEY ARE TALKIN...

On today's episode: "I think we do the same thing with God, or are tempted at least. At passing glance, we can be so focused on our bigness next to our struggles. We feel isolated and alone in our struggle. We hyper focus on our inadequacies and failures. God, at a passing glance, might just be this comfortable “thing” that’s always been there, so we approach Him in prayer with a limited...

On today's episode: "Not many see the effort put into cleaning the floors that always immediately seem to get dirtier than they were before you cleaned them. No one is standing behind you applauding the clean out of the outgrown closets you had a spare 10 minutes to tackle, so you did. There’s no telling the number of times you sacrificed your sleep and your health, your body and your men...

On today's episode: "Do not forget your humanity. You’re a broken person and so am I. Don’t think for one second that you’re not capable of some of the very same awful things that you’ve judged other people over. If you haven’t yet, just wait. Live long enough and you will. This is where humility comes in. The moment we elevate ourselves to a place where we’re better than someone else, we...

On today's episode: "If we considered the tremendous gift of salvation, what it means to be saved, to step into the identity of a child of God, what would change? The bothers and annoyances of the world suddenly become less so when we posture ourselves with this setting the tone. It’s impossible to do on our own, but pursuing Him daily sure does help."

On today's episode: "If I learned anything from that season, it’s that we have every reason to trust the Lord and while the circumstances can often seem grim, what He’s cultivating as a byproduct of that circumstance is something you’d never obtain otherwise. Jeremiah 29:11 has never been more real to me than from where I stand today."

On today's episode: "In front of him is all his fear and all of his desire that the suffering would be fixed. All he can see is the present circumstance, which just feels so overwhelming. He’s so consumed with it that he can’t see the solution standing right in front of him. After a gentle reminder of who he’s speaking to, we see this desperate prayer from the father to please help his un...

On today's episode: "Life is funny like that. We get so consumed with “our” plan for our lives, that we can’t at all see it another way. (Hands up if you’re a Type A Planner!) There have been so many struggles we’ve walked through, but we’re still standing. We’re better for it. The wisdom we’ve gained from walking those difficult steps and catching our breath when we thought we’d never br...

On today's episode: "My spirit is growing so weary of tying little bow ties and cleaning white button downs to prepare 3 precious boys for another burial. My arms can never quite reach around all of them to comfort all that need comfort. I still believe that God is good and that He has a plan for everyone’s lives."

On today's episode: "As my birthday nears, I am reminded of a truth in life. The mess you see in front of you. The toys that you step over. The noise of the chaos. All of that comes with this very beautiful package of the people who cause it. Sometimes we need a little shift in perspective because as we’re frustrated with the “stuff” we “have” to do for everyone, we must never forget that...

On today's episode: "They turned off the lights and began to sing to me. As the melody of that old, familiar tune floated into the air and my ears, I gazed at the flames and my soul lit up at the same intensity. One candle on that cake and lit into the darkness doesn’t produce near the flame of 37. With each additional candle, the brightness of the light intensifies so that the sum collec...

On today's episode: "Please hear me. He knows every single hair on your head and your thoughts before you think them. He already knows who you really are and He still wouldn’t change His mind about you. He chooses you. He knew exactly what He was and is doing. There’s nothing you could do to shock Him. You don’t have to continue proving your case and “good workings” it till you have nothi...

On today's episode: "One thing follows another, and the hits keep coming. Change. The painful and sobering changes we have felt in such a condensed time have shown me that there is one constant in life, which is nothing in this life is constant. Things continuously change. Ecclesiastes 3 has never been more real to me. “There is an occasion for everything, and a time for every activity un...

On today's episode: "I had a knowledge of God. I prayed to Him, but on this side of things, I realize that the god I was talking to was more like an extension of myself. Prayers were heartfelt and genuine, but limited. I know what I am able to do, or what I hope I will be able to do, but I am not God. So, when I prayed it was like I knew of the bigness of God, but how could a God of that...

On today's episode: "This is eternity at stake and as hard as it is to see with a new perspective, there is a greater good on the line. Your life can serve for His glory. Your circumstances are part of this plan. And perhaps, like Esther, you have been elevated to this place for such a time as this. (Esther 4:14)"

On today's episode: "My hands started to lift and the tears came like a flood. It didn’t matter how anyone looked at me or what they must have thought. I’m sure I looked a wreck to my peers, but to my God, I was a broken and needy child that just wanted all of my Lord. I needed Him. Every part of me aching and longing for something I couldn’t articulate. Every cell in my body cried out fo...

On today's episode: "When we’re living out our faith, it’s easy to see how others are living out their calling and think if we aren’t doing that, we must not be called or we’re doing something wrong because we don’t feel led to do those things. But just as we see in this example, some are called to go, while others are called to stay. You aren’t doing something wrong if you haven’t felt t...

On today's episode: "I don’t at all mean to diminish what you went or are going through. Believe me. I’ve been through some things too. But, on the other side, I can tell you the outcome when I chose to worship God throughout my struggle versus turning my back on Him. Scripture tells us exactly what satan’s end goal is. “…steal and kill and destroy…” (John 10:10) That same verse also tell...

On today's episode: "Sin is too crafty and the noise of the world too loud. We’re too weak and easily distracted to stand in strength on our own. Spending time with Him daily not only strengthens our reliance on Him, but it builds our understanding of the slippery slope our independence can create. We should be so dependent on Him that before we make any decisions, we mistrust our instinc...

On today's episode: "Here’s the thing. You can’t pick and choose what parts of the Gospel you want to believe. It’s a package deal. You can’t believe that God is who He says He is and not believe you are who He says you are. Because if you are created in His image, then how could you be anything less than everything He says you are? If you received a new identity when you accepted His gif...

On today's episode: "We don’t live lives in service to our King because of what we get out of it. We live our lives in service to God because He deserves our undying and restless affection. When I think of my own children and my love for them, it makes me want to do everything I can for them. How much more does our Father in Heaven love us? Exponentially more."

On today's episode: "That was me for a long time, until I started pursuing Him in a way I never had before. And that’s when everything changed. The miracle of the rescue came into focus and I finally saw myself as He’d always seen me. I had known Him by name, but then I really got to know Him. My goodness, it is beautiful. To be loved like that, it changes you."

On today's episode: "We know God is for us, but what if this plan includes a fair amount of failure in the lesson. We’re cool with others taking a step of faith and living in boldness because we can safely watch from the sidelines. But when it’s us, maybe we didn’t hear God clearly."

On today's episode: "In one line, God totally drops the mic on the shortsighted perspective we have of our lives. “Where were you when I established the Earth?” He could honestly end it there, but he continues for 129 verses, hitting Job (and the reader) with concepts and truths that we’ve likely never even considered. "Does the rain have a father? Who fathered drops of dew?” And on and on and on,...