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I Believe You
I’m putting belief over top of my anxieties until belief is what I see and anxieties fade out of focus. I’m reminding myself out loud,...
Lauren Mitchell
Apr 26, 20242 min read


Creating Margin
Do you remember when we wrote on actual paper. You know with blue lines and a pink lined margin? The purpose of the margin was in case...
Lauren Mitchell
Apr 19, 20242 min read


We Get Lost and Need to Turn Around
I think sometimes we get confused about what repentances is for. We turn back to God because going our way doesn’t work. Repentance is...
Lauren Mitchell
Mar 8, 20241 min read


Civil War in my Heart
There is a civil war in my heart. I want more of God, and I also want my own way. I struggle to reconcile the two opposing forces. This...
Lauren Mitchell
Mar 1, 20241 min read


Ask Again.
Repetition. It works. That is what every personal trainer on the planet will tell you. It's not about how much weight it's about how many...
Lauren Mitchell
Feb 2, 20242 min read


Run Like a Naked Two Year Old
Yep, you read that correctly. That's how I want to run my race till I get to heaven. I wrote this years ago, but I needed it today....
Lauren Mitchell
Jan 10, 20244 min read


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...
Lauren Mitchell
Oct 20, 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


In the Weeds
Lately my thoughts have been "in the weeds". There is too much going on in there, and it isn't just anxiety or agendas.
Lauren Mitchell
Aug 9, 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


He said Practice, Not Perfect
We read too much condemnation over ourselves in scripture,
and we miss keywords like “practice”.
God never asks us to be perfect.
Lauren Mitchell
Jun 22, 20232 min read


Create and Renew
God doesn't just forgive our sin, He can use our repentance to bring us closer and renew us.
Lauren Mitchell
Mar 29, 20233 min read


Sacrifice of Time
Today is the beginning of Lent, which means Easter is right around the bend. Easter is my favorite holiday hands-down! I have a challenge...
Lauren Mitchell
Feb 22, 20231 min read


Why pick a word for the year?
More than just a resolution, when I pick a word for the year it helps me focus. It streamlines my goals. We take in so much information...
Lauren Mitchell
Jan 2, 20232 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


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


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


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
May 11, 20222 min read
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