🦋“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” (Isaiah 43:19)🦋
The duality of a complicated gal learning to live simply is fun to negotiate, but I wouldn’t trade the journey for anything. In the midst of it, God is teaching me to rely on Him in moments where I long to rely on myself; to slow me down when I get tightly wound. He is preparing me for who I am and for who I will be, and I couldn’t be more thankful. He is such a good Father. Reminding myself and perhaps you as well: The daily bread is for today. He will indeed provide tomorrows💌
Have you ever had a limiting belief? You know the ones I mean. Those deep-seated beliefs that you’re not enough or too much. Not worth it or less than. The kind of beliefs that stick with you. Almost to the point where you no longer realize you carry them. You’re so used to carrying the weight of it that it becomes normal. I like to joke whenever I discover a seemingly new insecurity that I “happened upon it in the town square.” When, in reality, I’ve had it on my back like a backpack full of boulders for years. So, I’ll tell you like I’m telling myself. RELEASE IT. It’s not who you are. It’s not who God made you to be, it’s what you’ve become accustomed to believing.
If we’re going to run, we have to throw off the extra weights. I don’t know about you, but I’m sick of mine ✨
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.”
Hebrews 12:1
“Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it”🎼
A few months ago, I got my cats a new water fountain that at first they were scared of and then obsessed with. Recently it’s been on the fritz and I can’t quite figure out how to fix it. In response to this, I’ve been giving them water in normal bowls to make sure they aren’t thirsty. Almost daily since, one of my little gals stands at the old bowl and cries. At first, it frustrated me. I couldn’t understand why she completely overlooked the fact that exactly what she needed was right in front of her. Then it struck me. How often am I the same way with the Lord? God is so good. I never go without and yet sometimes my heart yearns for something else. Most times it’s intangible, but sometimes it’s the past. In my humanity I can literally be in the promised land and still wonder if there’s more.
My prayer in this season is not to dwell too much on the former things. Or even to push too far into what’s coming. I want to have my eyes opened to all God is doing NOW amongst us. Because it’s a lot & I don’t want to miss it, crying over my old bowl.
“The Lord is my shepherd; I have all that I need.”
Psalms 23:1 NLT
Breath is something I’ve admittedly taken for granted. In the midst of a season where my health has been under attack, I’ve just been fighting through and not really fully acknowledging the weight of it. Like somehow if I admitted it and stopped moving even for a second that I would be declaring defeat. Now, for the first time in a long time, I sit still. In the stillness, it’s okay to admit that you’re weak. After all, that’s when He does His best work.
I don’t know what I’m supposed to be learning right now, but I want all of it. Not a moment is wasted❤️🔥
☕️I’m usually careful about what I say going into the new year. Partially because I believe that words have power, but also because I don’t want to come off foolish when the things I was so sure of don’t happen the way I thought they would. In years past, God would give me a word to carry into the year ahead. Sometimes it would be challenging, other times encouragement to continue walking when times were tough. In 2025 though, I went in completely blind. I had no clue what God was going to do, and I’m so thankful I didn’t. It’s been a crazy ride, but He’s been faithful the whole time. Faithful to remind me that He has not forgotten me or what He’s spoken over me. To tie a bow on a year that’s changed me for the better, I’d like to give it a word at its ending rather than at the start: FAITHFULNESS✨
“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
Lamentations 3:22-23
Soooo…I’m going to do the taboo thing. Something I’ve never done. I’m going to say it: 2026 is my year❤️🔥 Can’t wait to see how the Lord moves.
