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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...
Lauren Mitchell
Oct 15, 20232 min read


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 ...
Lauren Mitchell
Sep 15, 20232 min read


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?
Lauren Mitchell
Sep 8, 20232 min read


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.
Lauren Mitchell
Aug 18, 20232 min read


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.
Lauren Mitchell
Aug 4, 20232 min read


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....
Lauren Mitchell
Jun 30, 20232 min read


Bring on the Rain
Planting seeds inevitably changes my feelings about rain.
Lauren Mitchell
Jun 14, 20231 min read


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...
Lauren Mitchell
May 24, 20232 min read


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...
Lauren Mitchell
Dec 28, 20222 min read


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...
Lauren Mitchell
Dec 19, 20222 min read


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...
Lauren Mitchell
Nov 30, 20222 min read


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...
Lauren Mitchell
Nov 28, 20221 min read


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...
Lauren Mitchell
Nov 4, 20222 min read


Dancing or Crying??
Jesus, you can take the wheel. Also, can you help me let go of it? Thanks.
Lauren Mitchell
Oct 21, 20222 min read


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...
Lauren Mitchell
Sep 19, 20222 min read


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...
Lauren Mitchell
Aug 8, 20222 min read


Fading Fast
Summer is fading and I’m desperate to make her last. My Enneagram one self, even though I try not to show her that much in public, feels...
Lauren Mitchell
Jul 29, 20221 min read


To Be not To Do
I pray that you will make me fit for what you are calling me to do. That's what I wrote, but that's not what the verse said. It actually...
Lauren Mitchell
May 15, 20223 min read


Expectations Anonymous
Expectations, this is the time of year when we start to see that things aren’t panning out the way we hoped! Those New Year’s resolutions...
Lauren Mitchell
Jan 23, 20223 min read


Coffee leading the way
Faithful, it's not flashy or trendy. Faithfulness may seem mundane, but it always adds up. Repetition brings results.
Lauren Mitchell
Jan 3, 20223 min read
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