My business name Found in You came from a song lyric “I’ve never been more found, then when I’m lost in you.” To know God more intimately means spending time with Him, seeking His thoughts and His ways above mine. It has required me to release and surrender my plans, my ideas. I’ve had to redefine so much of what I believed about God’s character and what He says about me. In getting to know Him and understand His goodness it has given me the courage to say and,yet and allow Him to renew my mind and continue to transform my life. When I decided to believe that He created me the way He did because He loves me as I am, I have begun to be excited to be the work of His hands, even when it is painful and hard. Being known by God is such a privilege.
I’m beginning to recognize as I mature, as I learn to listen, as I challenge myself to take time to seek and dig deep, the bible stories I grew up hearing and being told; come at me, come to life, and come apart in ways only the Bible, the LIVING and ACTIVE Word of God,…
Picture this. Walking fast, with purpose, heels clicking, boots stomping, arms swinging, confident this is the way until, wham! Smack dab into a glass door. Surprised, head hurting I wonder “Where’d that come from?” Or maybe this. Walking fast, with purpose, heels clicking, boots stomping, arms swinging, confident there is no other way, but…
I’ve climbed staircases in my life, literal ones. The one in my childhood home that stopped on a landing at the front door of our bi-level and then up to the living room. The one in our farmhouse apartment, curved and with gaps in the wooden steps where crickets would get stuck in the summertime…
Listen. Everyday, during every conversation, because of a misunderstanding and in almost every relationship, we can find ourselves at the mercy of another’s words, another person’s thoughts and perceptions, or misconceptions. That reality makes me want to crawl in a hole and hide. Being misunderstood is probably one of my biggest fears. Recently I…
Many times I’ve heard the exasperated phrases “God only knows what she was thinking when she did that.” or “God knows what’s going on.” Some kind of offhand remarks for questions like What is going on? Or what was she thinking? While doing a little self reflection, I must consider how many times I’ve thought…
I’ve got a new favorite song. It’s powerful and maybe it’s just me and where I find myself right now, but it can bring me to my knees almost every time I listen to it. This song has been constantly on my mind these last few weeks. I’m struck by the idea of what so…
“’Til He appeared and the soul felt it’s worth” Every year when I’m decorating for Christmas at my home, I usually decorate with a chalkboard. I try to come up with a verse, chorus, or line from a Christmas carol or the Bible and display it for the season. Ever want to get a carol…
By nature I’m a talker, energetic, excited- an extrovert. I love to talk, to problem solve, to help, to fix. I thrive because of relationships. Wanna talk deep, laugh loud, cry- I’m your girl. Because of this I am often vulnerable, emotional, usually stretched too emotionally thin. I take on responsibility that isn’t mine,…