It’s barely 8:30 a.m. and I’ve already heard from a friend whose husband is stuck in the floods raging in Louisiana and from my daughter who had made the difficult choice to step away from something she loves because she knows it is the best decision. I saw the doctor yesterday and there are a few […]
LISTEN
Learning to Listen
In March I was saying, “If we can just get through April, then we will have some space to breathe.” But May brought with it the chaos of end-of-school and final exams and one more show choir production and cheerleading fittings and graduation and parties … and then it was June. Really? June, already? Wasn’t […]
When What You Really Want Is Space
{a God-sized dreams post}
Holley asked us to answer this question: What do you want more of in your life? Space. I want more margin and room to breathe. Yesterday I had a beautiful conversation with a fellow dreamer, Kris. God has birthed a vision in our hearts, a shared desire to offer encouragement to women. As we chatted […]
A Time of Waiting
As I’m learning to listen this year, the Lord is teaching me something amazing. He slows me so He can show me. That slowing isn’t punishment or discipline, it’s a gift He offers. Sadly though, I think it’s a gift we reject far too often. We’d rather be busy, accomplishing, working, straining, pushing. Oh […]
What We Say
Another great quote I’ve found about listening. I’ve been thinking a lot about how what we say is influenced by what we hear. How do you find your speaking influenced by your listening?