Lauren Mitchell
Looking With Your Heart
Holding life with open hands takes practice. I'll be practicing it until my last breath
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Lauren Mitchell
- Nov 17
- 1 min
Thanksgiving Hopes
I don't know where Thanksgiving is landing you, full of anticipation or anxiety...or a little of both.
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Lauren Mitchell
- Nov 2
- 2 min
Day Lilies Don’t Bloom in November
God knows you, He wants you to see Him. He desires to reveal Himself to you progressively and personally.
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Lauren Mitchell
- Oct 20
- 2 min
The Other Possibility
What happens when we pray and things don’t go the way we planned? When the unexpected creeps in, I have a choice. I can humble my heart...
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Lauren Mitchell
- Oct 16
- 2 min
How to Get Your Prayers Answered
Do you ever feel like your prayers aren't heard? Or that praying is a waste of time? Ever wonder if there is a better way to approach...
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Lauren Mitchell
- Sep 15
- 2 min
Holding On
Dear God, sometimes I can't let things go. I want to hold onto Your gifts, like You aren't going to give again. Forgive me ...
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Lauren Mitchell
- Sep 8
- 2 min
What Are You Writing?
What are you writing on your heart? What do you repeat to yourself until it's engraved there? Is it guilt or shame?
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Lauren Mitchell
- Aug 18
- 2 min
Put Your Pencils Down
God isn’t like me. He doesn’t have tunnel vision for what I get wrong. He can assess not focus solely on what needs improvement.
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Lauren Mitchell
- Aug 4
- 2 min
Comparing Apples to Oranges
God measures differently than we do. He isn't limited by time and sees the product while I'm still looking at the tiny seed.
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Lauren Mitchell
- Jun 30
- 2 min
What Eleanor Knew
Eleanor Roosevelt prayed this prayer nightly. I love it. I am going to steal it for the next ten days and I'm inviting you to join me....
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Lauren Mitchell
- Jun 14
- 1 min
Bring on the Rain
Planting seeds inevitably changes my feelings about rain.
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Lauren Mitchell
- May 24
- 2 min
Looking Forward
Looking forward from 45 is not as fun as it was when I was looking forward from 18. There are less events on the horizon that seem...
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Lauren Mitchell
- Dec 29, 2022
- 2 min
Be Kind to Yourself
Give yourself a minute. Process Christmas because it's always a mixture of beautiful and hard, lovely and hustle. We don't let ourselves...
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Lauren Mitchell
- Dec 19, 2022
- 2 min
Enlarged in the Waiting
Waiting creates space. It creates stillness. Outside things stop, lesser things are pushed aside. We can either fill this space in our...
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Lauren Mitchell
- Nov 30, 2022
- 2 min
Don't Get Your Hopes UP!
We may not have said this, but we have thought it at some point. As we age, we have been disappointed enough that we want to guard...
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Lauren Mitchell
- Nov 28, 2022
- 1 min
Peace...Illusive???
I have to choose belief to feel peace. I have to choose belief to feel grace. Then I have to choose to stand up in it. “Therefore, since...
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Lauren Mitchell
- Nov 4, 2022
- 2 min
Who Am I Disappointing?
Who do we most fear disappointing? How do we make our decisions? How much time do we spend thinking about what others think of us? How...
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Lauren Mitchell
- Oct 21, 2022
- 2 min
Dancing or Crying??
Jesus, you can take the wheel. Also, can you help me let go of it? Thanks.
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Lauren Mitchell
- Sep 19, 2022
- 2 min
Time is Not On Our Side
We have twenty-four hours in a day... that’s it. We never get twenty-five. Sixty minutes in every hour of our lives. No matter how hard...
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Lauren Mitchell
- Aug 8, 2022
- 2 min
With All My Heart
I always feel like I need to figure things out. My brain rarely stops calculating and planning. I waste so much energy trying to...
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