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Lauren Mitchell
Jan 16, 20232 min read
What We Choose
Why do I choose other peoples words and allow them to speak over me more than I choose God’s words?
Lauren Mitchell
Dec 19, 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 9, 20223 min read
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,...
Lauren Mitchell
Nov 30, 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 4, 20222 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
Sep 19, 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
Jul 29, 20221 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
Jun 14, 20222 min read
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...
Lauren Mitchell
May 15, 20223 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 11, 20222 min read
Less and More
Less thinking and more thanking. I wrote this on my bathroom mirror. It's a safeguard for my mind this week.
Lauren Mitchell
Mar 18, 20223 min read
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...
Lauren Mitchell
Jan 23, 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 3, 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
Dec 15, 20212 min read
She Believed
Mary was chosen by God because of her belief. She believed even when she didn't have all the details.
Lauren Mitchell
Nov 29, 20212 min read
Flowing
Abundance isn’t about my provision. It’s a shift from a mindset of earning or deserving to a mindset of believing and receiving.
Lauren Mitchell
Nov 12, 20212 min read
Blurry
The times I seem to need this most are the ones I don’t stop to do it. I just put my head down and try to fight through the blurry.
Why??
Lauren Mitchell
Oct 29, 20212 min read
Hold the Pumpkin; I'm just spicy.
What are you doing because it's expected? How are you letting culture push you around and tell you that valuable means loud and obvious?
Lauren Mitchell
Oct 11, 20212 min read
Monday Thoughts...
It’s not the pandemic; it’s the dishes. I don’t mean in any way to minimalize the suffering the pandemic has caused. Stick with me. In...
Lauren Mitchell
Sep 24, 20213 min read
P is for Pumpkin...and prayer...and a couple other things
Pray helps when desperately need perspective. I can get severe tunnel vision. When I start to fixate on things, prayer moves me forward.
Lauren Mitchell
Jul 16, 20212 min read
Are we hearing what He's saying?
When we expect an outcome, we sometimes hear what we want to hear. The disciples had an entirely different end in mind.
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