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Sometimes God does His deep work when we feel hidden away.
Maybe you feel hidden because of grief and loss.
Maybe you feel hidden because of a change in your circumstances.
Maybe you can’t even articulate why you feel hidden.
Though that place may feel hard beloved, and your desire is for rescue…. He is there.
He has good for you right there in that desert place.
Lift up your eyes, turn them back to Him and find the hope that is waiting for you “in His presence.”
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Sometimes, we just need to step away and remind ourselves that our God knows all that is troubling our souls and He has not given us over beloved.

For me that often looks like walking.
After I walked this beautiful farm I sat on top of a hill and witnessed the ever changing sky. Minute by minute the colors changed, chasing each other until even the lavender faded to black.

It reminded me that everyday he goes to great lengths to show us He is present. We can either stop and notice or continue on, overwhelmed by what our feelings are speaking to us.

He is for you beloved!
How do you press pause and remind your soul this is true? ...

I don’t know about you but I often feel like I am going to war every day now.
Why you ask?
Because time is short and the battle is fierce. Just look around you.
I feel a sense of urgency to keep in step with the Spirit. I pray often for Him to tune my ears to hear his voice.
God said that He prepared good works in advance for us to do.
So how are we to walk in those if we don’t keep in step with His Spirit?
Are we doing those things?
Or are we allowing the cares of this world, (even valid ones) to distract us from them?
What are those good works He has prepared for us to do?

Dear friends, until Jesus calls us home we get the honor of co-laboring with Him this side of Heaven.

There is work to be done. There are people to intercede for.
There are human beings to love and stand in the gap for and it shouldn’t require us to strive.
It becomes the overflow of our hearts the more time we spend in His presence.
 
 
‘But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds.”
–Psalm 73:28

For more encouragement listen to Seek and Savor Podcast. Season 7 episode 1- The Sheep Hear His Voice. ...

35 years ago today I married Alan Dickson.
It is strange when the one you would celebrate this milestone with is in Heaven.
It is worth remembering and celebrating.
Though it be both bitter and sweet I make space to grieve the things that are not and give thanks for what is. I am a glass half full person. Not because I was born that way but because I have learned to fight the good fight that way. I have learned to endure and lead my heart back to a place of trusting God .
It doesn’t mean the grief is gone. It means I can feel everything and land in a place of looking up.
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There’s a lot of things grasping for our attention,
Situations and circumstances that would draw our hearts away from the one who brings LIFE.
Proverbs 4 speaks a good word for us beloved. It reminds us to….

Keep your heart with all vigilance,
for from it flow the springs of life.
Let your eyes look directly forward,
and your gaze be straight before you.
Ponder the path of your feet;
then all your ways will be sure.

Setting our gaze on the right thing is the difference between overcoming or being overcome.
In Peter’s situation it was the difference between walking on water and sinking into it.
I know it can feel SO very hard but today, right now, what if you just “lifted your eyes?”
What if you took them off that THING and put them on your great God?
I promise you, Jesus makes everything look smaller.
And He will sit with you in the midst of it all.
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We live in a fallen world, people sin, and hurt abounds.
But God…. It is the place I am learning to live in.
Yes, these things are true.
My leg still hurts from an injury back in February and my car broke down on the way to church. But also, a friend painted my kitchen cabinets cream and my son repaired my deck. I find myself savoring more of God’s word, I read books to my grands in silly voices and I get to have conversations about Jesus everyday.

I am standing in faith waiting on God for many things… You are too right?
But God.
He Still lives and His promises are true. He is not man that He should lie. ❤️
Dear friends, if your heart tends to linger over what has not yet been made whole maybe like me you need the reminder of who God is and what he has done so that gratitude can revive your heart.
Don’t miss today’s new episode of the Seek and Savor podcast on this topic. (Link in bio.)
Many things may be true, the hard and the beautiful but gratitude can revive your heart. ❤️
#givethanksforlife #thehardandbeautifuljourney #graceupongrace #alwaysrejoice ...

Maybe you need this reminder. The sheep hear His voice.
That phrase has been resounding in my heart lately. It made sense that the first episode of the Seek and Savor podcast Season 7 should be this.
So, I made space to lean in and SEEk Him on this. I am so excited to share it with you.

Friends, If Jesus could do nothing by himself, then surely I cannot, we cannot.

When we quiet our hearts to hear His still small voice we can better partner with Him in the work He is already doing around us.

We can feel His peaceful presence even in the midst of many questions.

Join us at the link in my bio for 10 minutes that will calm your soul and bring the light of His presence.

He is the Living Word. ❤️
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