Regular Girl

"From the beginning of time, this same cycle has replayed over and over. God loves His people. So much so that He gives them instructions for how to live in relationship with Him. He knows that His ways will always point to more life and living outside of that is a path of destruction. When His people screw up, He makes good on His promise for consequence. But then! He makes a way for restoration....

"There were some tremendously dark days during that season of torment. I really began to feel like I would never get better. There were so many days when I closed my eyes begging that I wouldn’t wake on this side of Earth for the pain and burden on my family. I stopped praying for healing. I stopped holding my breath that tomorrow would be any different. That the next doctor would know anything mo...

"Think back over your life and the number of times someone has sinned against you or something horrible happened to you and you thought “Where was God in that?” He was there, but again, He honors the free will He gave us. Perhaps He tried to speak to that person and they ignored Him. Perhaps He tried to get you to listen and you chose to ignore? Sometimes the consequences of our actions or the act...

"You know, you don’t have to listen to God. No, really. You don’t have to. But I can tell you, it’s always better if you do. God will never lead you into a place that isn’t meant to deepen your trust and reliance on Him. He will never lead you away from something when He doesn’t have something else that’s meant to glorify Him in a greater way. He will never block the path that is ultimately leadin...

"Loss is one of the hardest concepts to reconcile as a Believer because it feels like once we came into belief, what happened to all that stuff we were supposed to get? What happened to all of those desires of our heart that God promises? As we mature in faith, we hopefully recognize that was a mix of cultural Christianity and prosperity gospel and not necessarily The Gospel. At least our distorti...

"I’ve spent the better half of the last year attempting to reconcile the trauma my body has been through with the healing that’s finally found me and how different that same body looks. It’s amazing that I even have to remind myself that the miracle of what I’m living should trump any associated negative feelings about my body feeling and looking heavier, lumpier, different. I know better, and yet...

"We want signs and wonders, which I fully believe God is still in the business of doing, but on the average day, I think His movement and His answers to our prayers are much simpler than that. It’s a million little practical things in our everyday that move in just such a way that the outcome happens in His perfect timing and way." Tune in to today's episode by clicking the link below. 

"But then one day, things lighten and you realize your heart simply doesn’t ache as much. Or, you’ll find yourself sleeping better and you’re just not so worried about that thing that used to keep you up at night." We're officially half-way in our journey of 365 devotions! Join me with this timely reminder. Access today's episode by clicking the link below.

"There is rarely a day that goes by a worry doesn’t pop into my mind out of the blue. As a Mom of three children I often catch myself ruminating on their future. Am I doing enough as their Mom? Will this come up in therapy one day? Then there’s work. Bills. An election season. Who do I vote for and do I know enough about enough of the platforms to make an educated decision? Do we choose to live li...

"When did you lose your wonder? When did you lose hope? When did you begin to believe the lies instead of truth? There was a time when you looked through the lens of possibility and proclaimed you were here and nothing could stop you. Now, those are only memories." Today's episode is live! Click below to listen.

"This is the simplest of things because doubt is real and the enemy is always working, but Christianity boils down to one thing. Do you believe it?" Join me in today's episode now. 

"The last year and a half had been a game of holding hope just at the right distance from myself. Believing He worked miracles, but anxious to link them to me. That stuff felt true for other people, but for me? I wasn’t so sure. Daring to hope and believe God would move the mountains in my life felt like I might turn to dust if He didn’t answer." Today's episode is live!

"What’s more, have you been led to believe that in order to be a Believer you have to do x, y, and z to please God? God wants our obedience to His Word. He wants our trust. He wants our whole heart. If actions x, y, and z don’t line up with those, I’m happy to release you and remind you that Pharisees have been doing that since the Old Testament. When Jesus walked, He sure didn’t seem to want much...

"There’s a place for conversation that can produce repentance and reconciliation, but if our only motive is vengeance to make others suffer at our hands, we should take heed. If we are God’s people, we have to come to terms with our own God complex. God’s justice will always be far more fair and just than anything we could do." Today's episode is live! Click below to listen.

"Fear has a way of creeping in when we have a lot riding on an outcome. Fear gives way to doubt and worry. It can cause us to make decisions that reflect how alone we feel. It creates a sense of independence in that if we don’t do it, no one else will. I can look back on my life and see so many times I’ve taken a different path because of fear. Feeling alone when I wasn’t. Forgetting everything th...

"We don’t carry out any number of things because we think we couldn’t possibly carry out the Lord’s work with the rap sheet of sin under our name or the deficiencies of our personality and abilities. We think the work of the Lord is surely designated for a select group of people, but that’s simply not true." Listen to today's episode by clicking the link below.

"At this point, we just seem to be walking in a big circle, wandering in the desert. Every day a reflection of the day before. When you live with anything chronic, it’s really quite remarkable what you can learn to cope with. It’s incredible that anyone can actually live their life with what feels like debilitating symptoms. But you do. You have to. You can’t just give up. You have to find a way t...

"And maybe that’s what we all need to hear. You aren’t entitled to a quicker result than anyone else. You’ve got to walk the road and you’ll get there when you’re supposed to get there." Tune in to today's episode now. 

"Culture tells us that extreme and excessive lifestyle is okay. It’s all “you do you” and “you only live once”. The mantra prevails that life is really short, so we need to soak up every ounce of what this life has to offer. And I don’t think it’s necessarily all that bad when it’s put in check, but left to bloom without boundaries it’s a recipe for disaster." Please click below to listen to today...

"All of a sudden though, I found myself staring at weekend after weekend of torrential rain. So many sessions were cancelled. Time after time after time. In my frustration I prayed questions to the Lord and pretty quickly He reminded me that I’d asked for rest and margin. He sent the rain." Click below for today's episode.

"What’s more, even if God did give us specifics, don’t you know we’d still question Him every step of the way. Where’s your heart today? Do you need to remember that God actually is as faithful as He claims? Do you need to remember that He is sovereign? That He is Holy? That He is just? That He has already forgiven you? That you are His, bought with an incredible price that we could never repay?"...

"Yes, it’s true that only God can judge and the Lord knows our hearts, but if we go on living in intentional sin, we’ve missed an incredible opportunity for basic discipleship. What’s more, if we’ve truly been transformed by the Holy Spirit, shouldn’t something happen so it’s evident to the outside world?" Today's episode is ready! Click below to listen.

"Perhaps all of your flaws are everything to boast in because it shows that it is impossible if the success of it hinges on us. No, it’s our weakness God delights in because it will serve as an example to all that He did it. Not us." Click below to listen!

"Have you ever found yourself in an awkward, even bad situation and felt angry because you didn’t deserve to be there? Perhaps you’ve even taken that anger to God and lashed out because you don’t understand how any good could come from it. We get stuck in a cycle of frustration because we don’t understand why God would allow this." Today's episode is live! Click below to listen.

"What has always struck me as so incredible is the passion people who have encountered God speak with. Truly, there is no denying the power that overcomes every doubt when you have seen Him and there simply is no academic replacement or anything that can explain away the transformation that occurs deep in a person’s guts when they’ve been affected by the Holy Spirit." Click below to listen!