As I wrap up this year, I'm choosing to celebrate growth instead of focusing on what I didn't get done.

Mary walked in obedience to the promise of God even when it didn't match her expectations.

Ever feel like your heart is being pulled in different directions. So many things tug at my heart and demand attention. I give pieces of my heart away to anxious thoughts and lesser things all the time. My heart becomes unintentionally divided. Pulled in different directions, I don't move forward.

What am I willing to die for? What can I daily die to?

This is an invitation to try this theory out. I am going to read Romans 8 for the next 8 days. I challenge you to pray through it with me. Notice I didn't just say read through it. I want you to see for yourself what happens when you meditate on scripture and pray it into action instead of just consume it. Repetition builds connection.

God I believe You and because of that I can trust You so I am going to place all my hope in You.

When we plant God is able to make grace abound to us in all things at all times. He produces the fruit from the seeds we plant and He decides when and where it grows. What are you planting that maybe hasn't grown yet? Can you keep planting and believe God will make it from at the right time?

We devalue prayer a bit like we devalue motherhood. We don’t see prayer as an accomplishment in itself. In the same way that being a Mom isn’t often viewed as a “real job”, prayer isn’t a “real solution”.

Pouring our actually makes space for God to fill me with something better... Him.

"If we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit."

I'm rebranding overwhelmed to overflowing. I'm using recognition and gratitude as my tools.

Trust isn't the absence of anxiety; anxiety is the opportunity to build trust muscles.

I used to think that prayer was for really important things, and then I realized that to God, I am really important things.

Trust is proving to be a hard word for me.

We tend to look at prayer just like we look at exercise to prepare us for swimsuit season. We pray as a reaction more than a mindset.

God wants to lead us daily. He wants our trust and our belief. Those are demonstrations of love. Rest waits for us inside trust.

God is working in places you can't see yet. He is right there beside you. Look up and tell Him you trust Him.

Obedience requires that we release what we currently have before God fills our hands, and for a minute they look empty.

These are the books that once I read them, I can't quite let go so I keep them out like I'm not finished.

God wants to do a new thing, I have to let go of my expectations to receive His plans.