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 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
- 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
- Jul 24
- 2 min
You Choose
Death and life are in the power of the tongue. That's what the author of Proverbs tells us, and the Message translation makes it very...
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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
- Jan 16
- 2 min
What We Choose
Why do I choose other peoples words and allow them to speak over me more than I choose God’s words?
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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
- Dec 9, 2022
- 3 min
What Are We Waiting For?
The season of advent is all about waiting because advent itself means arrival. We are all waiting on the arrival of something from God,...
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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 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
- 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
- Jul 29, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Lauren Mitchell
- Jun 14, 2022
- 2 min
In the Making
Caleb and I made muffins yesterday. The simple act of having him help me reminded me of something I am quick to forget. God doesn't need...
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Lauren Mitchell
- May 15, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Lauren Mitchell
- May 11, 2022
- 2 min
Less and More
Less thinking and more thanking. I wrote this on my bathroom mirror. It's a safeguard for my mind this week.
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Lauren Mitchell
- Mar 18, 2022
- 3 min
Fan the Flame
This face says it all! Apparently when I’m teaching I’m a little expressive (read dramatic). I got the privilege of speaking to a group...
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Lauren Mitchell
- Jan 23, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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