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What if slowing down with Jesus is the very thing you’ve been missing? 🤎

Soul care can feel terrifying when you’re used to doing, serving, and figuring out what’s next. But sometimes, Jesus invites us to stop striving long enough to receive the love He’s been offering us all along.

You don’t have to earn His love. But you might discover a deeper understanding of it when you make space to sit with Him.

🎧 Listen to the latest episode of Not Just Waiting for more of my conversation with @jnobles about soul care, slowing down, and learning to delight in Jesus. Available wherever you listen to podcasts!

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I got the honor of gathering with some of my favorite women in ministry @bravecharleston this past weekend.

When @jessaconnolly writes a book on being brave, it’s not just a moment, she starts a movement! And we got a front row seat at seeing her be brave and she called us to be brave, along with 550 women from all over America.

Why? Because courage is contagious. We walked in feeling scared, but we left brave. 🙌🏽

Happy book launch day @jessaconnolly 🤎

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“It is brave to rely on God’s power, not yours” @hosanna.wong

“What do you do when the God you trust, doesn’t do what you want Him to do?” @debhopper

“Power-Perspectives-Posessions…Be aware how we use these.”
@pricelispd

“Am I trying to shape shift so that I will be accepted” & “What do we miss out on if we decide not to try again?”
@jessaconnolly

We know that God is with us everywhere, but we take notice when God is filling a room because He was called upon by over 550 amazing women all at once! That was @bravecharleston

It was not a women’s conference…but a holy sacred space where the LORD showed up and showed off! There was praise and worship that literally shifted the atmosphere. There were words of both Truth & Conviction being boldly spoken by hearts on fire for women to take their righteous place in the kingdom for God!

Love • Truth • Grace • Freedom • Breakthrough • Release • COMMUNITY

Words cannot express the holy and sacred work God was able to do, because one Woman said YES to being brave and Hundreds of us followed.

Love you @jessaconnolly & @goandtellgals

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You know when you see those Instagram stories that tempt you to feel left out? All these women, smiling and laughing, looking cute, oozing belonging, when you can feel only lonely?

Can I share a truth with you? Okay, a few. First of all, it is never as perfect as it looks. Someone’s feet hurt from their cute shoes. Someone has a stomachache from lunch. Someone didn’t sleep well last night. You know. Next, these women might be long friends or maybe they just met. A fun moment captured is just that-a fun moment.

What you don’t see is the brave moment it took to buy a ticket, and then the thousands more it took to book a flight or take time off or hire a sitter or find a hotel or coordinate a house or build an itinerary or all of the rest of it.

Then all the brave moments it took to walk in the door alone, or to reunite with acquaintances you hope are now friends. The deep breath after making awkward eye contact, then saying hello and asking a question.

And who can see the years that follow the fun moment you saw - of brave text messages and coffee dates and walks and celebrations and hard conversations and sacred grief and holy moments.

Friendship is more than a moment, we remind ourselves. And our twinge of emptiness is not evidence of anything except that you might be one brave moment away from beginning something for yourself.

You don’t need a big conference like Brave to remember these things, to make friends, to belong. But it sure doesn’t hurt. If you have been waiting to be invited, here I am. You are wanted here, needed here, and you can also just decide to be brave without an invitation.

If a conference isn’t your thing, keep looking. Keep trying. Most of the worthwhile things in my life began with one brave moment. What could be on the other side of your next one?

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Leaving BRAVE reminded that courage doesn’t mean the fear is gone.

Sometimes brave is being afraid and going anyway.

Fear and great joy. Both can come with you. ❤️

Still processing all God did this weekend—and deeply grateful for it… and an absolute unreasonable number of tissues.

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For years, I documented my Sundays on social media. A video from every pre-service prayer circle, sharing my notes after the service - anyone remember those days?

I didn’t stop because the Lord stopped moving, but because leading the local church has become such a sacred and safe space for me: it often feels hard to share online.

But this was one of those weekends I have to just bear witness to what He’s done. It started Friday, hearing my dear @hosanna.wong bring a word I personally needed on Friday night at @freedomchurchmc. (Ps - she is speaking at @bravecharleston: get your ticket!) Saturday, I attended the funeral of a friend’s father: a beautiful testament to how he has changed countless lives through genuine and quiet sacrifice - inside and outside the church.

Plus my friend @jnobles was in town, with her husband, Mike. Janelle has grown from a friend to a mentor to a spiritual guide for me, and both Nick and I felt so seen by God and blessed by time with them.

And then today, at @brightcitychurch, the Lord just showed out. Our friend @jburnsi14 led us in a time of healing prayer and I saw countless people bravely ask God for healing - a moment that left most of us in the room with shaking hands and wildly hopeful hearts. People asked for prayer for addiction, cancer, marriages, physical pain, emotional pain - you name it. And I believe our good Father was moved by every request.

We hosted a fall kickoff to get people in groups and serving on teams, and while the barbecue almost ran out - the joy did not.

Not every weekend in the life of a church girl *looks* fruitful. It’s often sweaty. Sometimes the tears aren’t seemingly Spirit-filled, but grief soaked. In doubt and defeat, we can wonder if He is moving or if we’re in the right spot.

But make no mistake, there’s no waste at the altar. He uses the unseen moments, He redeems the heaviest ones. He uses the sweaty serving that no one sees. He lifts the weary heads of His kids who wonder if there’s anything else they could do.

Church gals: I’m proud of you. God is mighty in you. I genuinely can’t believe we get to do this. Let’s keep going. ❤️

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first half highlights 💫

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I’ve been wanting to sit down and make a SUMMER PLAN! After graduating from seminary and having older kids this year - I keep sensing God wants to give me some fresh vision for this season.

For the past few years I’ve made summer guides for my friends online and I knew I could whip up a little coaching guide for myself, but I decided to just sit with the Lord.

A few days ago I cracked open my friend @jnobles’ 119 Bible Reading Guide based on Psalm 119 and I had the whole plan in a sentence: “seek Him with all my heart summer”.

I’m not sure what the schedule will look like or what my rhythms will be. I don’t have a plan or a guide, but I do have a little margin and Janelle’s book.

And if this is an advertisement for anything, let it be this: I dare you to sit with the Lord for a few minutes and ask, “What do you have for me this summer?”.

He’s a good Father and a good communicator.
And He loves when His daughters seek His face. 🤎

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middle of the week musings
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i’ve been trying to write again. and it’s been hard. not because i don’t have thoughts or time, but because i genuinely have slowed down a lot and have been in the moment.
the simple, every day, wonderful moments that often goes overlooked.
it’s slower. intentional. quiet.
and then i get on these platforms wanting to share what is going on in my little corner, like i have always done, and it’s overwhelming.
these platforms are fast. distracting. loud.
i agree the peers around me when i say tension of wanting to connect on social, but having to wade through the noise is…getting more complex. and it’s getting more complex with each passing week.
if we’re not filled with care in these days, we can easily let fear, anger and shame override our senses because of our algorithm. and we won’t know it until we take a step back from it all.
i know…because i fell into that trap this week.
oh, may we be a people intentional with our days.
and may we be mindful of the media we consume.
may we reclaim connecting with one another, and fight against polarizing each other online.
and may this year be marked by slowing down and enjoying what the good Lord has made. because He has made, and is still making, beautiful things out of dust and i’m afraid we’re missing it.
pictures are from moments from the last few weeks that i found beautiful and silly and wonderful.:)

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The world can wait. 🌅☕
Quiet mornings with Jesus are everything. This is my hallelujah this morning.

Tell me yours 👇

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If someone had told me that I would be sitting in @jessaconnolly ‘s living room in Charleston SC with a group of amazingly gifted and faithful world changing women…I would have laughed out loud.

Who me, the one with all the messes and mistakes, the one with all the baby daddies (keepin it real) the one with the past addictions and a million wrong turns?

YES. That’s the one! That what I think Jesus would answer my response.

He doesn’t need your perfection, he just needs your YES ✨

If this seems impossible to you, I’ll be ready to show you otherwise really soon! In the meanwhile, I strongly encourage you to check out @goandtellgals Amplify course! Your voice & story matter more than you probably know 🙏🏼

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The most GROUNDING and TRANSFORMATIONAL things I do to know the truth about who I am, where I belong, and the HOPE I can have every single moment… #1: Solitude with God seeking, worshipping, pouring out concerns, thanking, and reflecting on His provision in my life #2: Continuous prayer anytime, anywhere #3: Being in Scripture so it can live in my mind and heart. 📖🤍

This last one is so vital that I have to highlight a new resource I have from a new friend who is the real deal—girl, I could absolutely feel your passion for the Word 🙏🏻🫶🏻 @jnobles I can’t wait to start this 119-day plan to read through the Bible. I love your heart and so appreciate this resource to help me stay focused. Anyone want to join me?! 🙋🏼‍♀️ I love to be in it with others! @jeffsarahsee and @jen.allison05 I have copies for you! 🎉
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Christianity • Run your race • Faith • Bible
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