Do you ever feel like you try so hard, but you can't seem to curb your anxiety? Things just keep happening! I tend to focus on the wrong part of this verse. I put all my effort into controlling my anxious thoughts...but then I'm anxious about my thoughts. Which kinda defeats the point. the key word is actually the word instead.

Do you have plans for Lent? I've been working on something. Traditionally people give something up for Lent like social media, sugar, carbs, etc. I am all for fasting, in fact, I am trying to learn more about biblical fasting to incorporate more of it into my life. It's attached to prayer in scripture, and prayer is a passion of mine. I want to caution us though, including me, to be careful in our giving something up for Lent. I don't want us to miss what God really wants

Submission with a dash of stubborn faith is my recipe this Thanksgiving.

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.

We spend so much time comparing with others that we don't take a hard look at our own lives. I know this is true for me. I can feel that emptiness when I start to compare seep in. It feels like what someone else has was stolen from me.

My seasons have been changing. I find that in this shift, I need reminders of who I am. I'm hoping this reminder from David's life speaks...

Planting seeds inevitably changes my feelings about rain.