15 Thursday Oct 2026
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04 Sunday Oct 2026
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Girl, I’m so proud of you. I know it’s been the hardest season of your life and you’re still standing. Trusting. Praying. Believing.
I know you never imagined you’d still be here. Needing. Hurting. Exhausted. Wondering.
I’ve learned that nothing last forever so keep holding on! Keep looking up to where your help comes from. God has not left you.
The Lord wants you to know that he’s heard every cry and seen every tear. He knows you’re exhausted. Don’t mistake the silence for absence. He’s closer than the air you breathe. There has been a shift and things are coming together. Be expectant.
I promise when this season ends {and it will} you’re going to look back and say “Look at what the Lord has done!”
13 Friday Mar 2026
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The Bible says that the truth will set you free. Not our truth, but the Lord’s.
I have gone back and forth with Jesus about my story and how parts of it were so very hard to accept. I asked all the why’s. I cried all the tears. Let me tell you, the Lord is patient. Lol.
I’ve learned this: my story is mine to tell. It’s what I know is true. The Lord’s truth is what set me free from how I perceived my life. My story. The lies I believed that kept me quiet, passive, and ashamed stopped being louder than his voice to me.
It’s only because of Jesus that I am able to tell of what He has done for me, and not only what others have done to me.
I am not a victim. I am not a problem. I am not anyone’s dark secret that holds me hostage.
I am healed. I am loved. I am strong. I am full of purpose. I am a light in the darkness and so are you!!
Don’t be ashamed of where God has brought you from. Your story. Your life is a living testimony to what God can do with your brokenness.
No one will ever be able to tell your story the way you can. You lived it. You survived it. It’s time to shine His light in dark places so others have a way out. A way through.
What are you waiting for?
❤️ Em
05 Wednesday Nov 2025
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I need to have an honest moment, friend. I’ve been feeling so overwhelmed lately. It’s like I’m fighting every urge to not feel like a failure, as a woman, a wife, a mom, a friend.
I know I’m probably not the only one with thoughts that keep me up at night.
Or the only one who wrestles with anxiety as my mind spins with worst-case scenarios.
Or the only one who has fears buried deep down that somehow find their way to the surface when I’m alone.
But here’s what I’ve been learning, it’s okay to celebrate the wins even when you’re still struggling in other areas.
And it’s okay to admit that life can be cruel, unpredictable, even traumatic… yet still good, peaceful, and full of purpose.
So, friend, take a breath. We’re going to be okay not because we’ve got it all figured out, or because everything’s in our control, but because we have a good Father who takes good care of His children.
So friend, I’ll be here tonight, praying and hoping right along with you.
Love,
Em
02 Thursday Jan 2025
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If you’re wondering how, we can’t know that yet. If you’re wondering when, we can’t know that either. If you’re wondering who, it’s Jesus.
There is nothing more that you can do but be obedient in the waiting. He’s the only one who knows the end from the beginning.
We are 2 days in and I already feel like there is a weight of fatigue. A lack of hope that leaves you motionless. Numb.
The wait has been long and hard and painful, but he’s not done. Believe me when I say I want to see the purpose in all of this just like you do. I want an end to the wondering and wandering.
Friend, if there is one thing I know it’s that Jesus has never not once lied to or quit on me or you. No matter the doubts that my heart has grappled with there is still hope. Hope that when he said he would finish what he started, he would.
Today, I am holding onto hope and hopefully you can, too.
Em ❤️
02 Saturday Sep 2023
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I love the feeling of the old season fading and the new springing up. The new colors. New smells. New feelings. New desires.
Look around and what do you see?
Is it the new school year? Babies leaving to college? New opportunities? New surroundings? That feeling in your heart of anticipation? Unexpected plans?
Whatever it is that has you feeling change or has your eyes wet with tears of joy or sorrow…God is with you.
You don’t walk in this new season alone. He has gone before you and has been where you’re going. His faithfulness to you has no end. This season will reveal another side of Jesus you haven’t seen. He will not be hidden, but be found by you.
Change can be overwhelming and steal our breath away. Transition is messy. Don’t be discouraged by all of the moving parts, they are necessary. The clearing is meant for our good.
The Lord is asking for our participation. For us to link arms with the One who never fails us. For our trust to be solely on him and in his perfect love for us. He is not done with us, yet. There is so much more to the story. Are you ok with beautiful? Will we let him finish it? 🍁
16 Tuesday May 2017
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So, the other day my hubby and I were having a heart to heart. Love those with him. He is usually very quiet, so the conversationalist in me rejoices in these moments. Since the cancer diagnosis {9 months ago} a lot has changed, mostly our perspective. How we live and why. Trauma does this. It rearranges, subtracts, and adds to life. We don’t get to choose the unexpected, but we can choose how we respond to it.
It’s easy to become cynical. Angry. Bitter. That’s the path of least resistance. Looking for the good and purpose requires more thought, time, and effort. People usually quit before they find it. Fatigue sets in. Hopelessness drains hearts. Lies steal futures and then our choices destroy us.
We make excuses for inexcusable things just because of what has happened to us. Life. Family. Struggle. We give it all to much credit for all the wrong reasons. I am guilty of glorifying the pain and the ones responsible for it. A huge part of my life was lived being hurt by those hurting from others hurting them. It’s a vicious cycle that needs to end now!
Cancer is not an excuse, neither is abuse, rape, poverty, violence, or any other horrible thing the enemy throws at us to become one who victimizes others and ourselves with our poor choices and thoughtless actions.
Choice. It’s a beautiful, fragile, powerful thing, yet we don’t always handle it with care. I’ve learned that not making a choice, is a choice. When we choose to sit back and do nothing with the life we’ve been given it’s a waste of the potential we have inside of us.
You see, our life doesn’t end at the end of the struggle if we still have breath. Purpose can be born out of the struggle if we don’t grow weary and trust that God is faithful to complete what he started in us.
This was the heart to heart we had. What are we gonna do about where we’ve been? The good. The bad. The ugly. It all matters. Can we become people who allow God to use our struggle, pain, and past to be expamples of what hope and victory look like? I pray we can.
I want to blaze a trail of hope for my children and generations to come. I want and need my life, all of it, to count. I won’t accept it was all for nothing. When God said, all things work together for the good of them who love him and are called according to his purpose, I believed him!! And now I have to partner with him to see that purpose revealed and lived out.
No more excuses. No more causing pain because we hurt too. Enough is enough. We have lives waiting on us to be who we are meant to be. You are someone’s example, blessing, and trailblazer. Don’t quit now! Be the someone you needed and I promise you you’ll find your purpose.
There’s no going back to the way things were. Honestly, I don’t want it to. Why? I’ve learned what it is to be strengthened in difficulty. To rely on God with every fiber of my being. I’ve seen miracles happen. Hearts transformed. Cancer won’t become our excuse. No, it’ll be our launching pad that propels us closer to our purpose!!
Em ❤️
24 Tuesday Jan 2017
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Imagine a child on the edge of a pool, ready to jump, with their father waiting with open arms to catch them. Now picture 20 minutes later and that same child is still waiting to jump. By now the father has said many times over…I’ve got you, just jump already.
How many times has the Father told you to step out, to jump, because He’s got you?
What would you do if you knew that you’d be ok in the end?
I’ve been that child. Full of fear. Intimated by the water. Afraid I’ll drown. Unsure that I would be caught. We all have those fears that hinder our progress. They scream loudly and echo lies in our ears. Sadly, we believe them and have grown accustom to their voices. We no longer challenge or silence them.
Years ago I was given a dream that I whole heartedly believed. A passion began to stir in me and I walked in the truth that I was someone with a purpose. Along the way life hit me hard. Decisions I made. Other people’s decisions. Situations that came and stayed longer than expected. All of it became more than I could bare and I caved under the weight of it all.
I stopped believing the dream, I stopped believing I had purpose.
Have you been there? Are you there now? Can I whisper some truths to you friend?
That dream, passion, desire, and promise is still alive in you! How do I know? You’re still alive!! All those moments, weeks, and years you feel have been wasted have created depths in you. What the enemy meant to distract and derail you the Lord has used to your benefit. Your God has sown his truths deep in you. He’s changed you. Although you may feel numb, you have transformed through the pain and become strong, beautiful, and a force to be wreckoned with.
So, what are you waiting for? It’s time to move closer to the edge of your destiny and put your foot in. Write that story. Go to the gym. Take a class. One step at a time and soon enough you’ll be all in. It’s not easy to overcome what holds us back, but today we need to take a step closer than we were yesterday. It’s a process. It takes time, but I have faith that with God on our side and a promise in our belly we can accomplish anything!
24 Tuesday May 2016
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So you’re moving along and out of nowhere you have to be rerouted. Ugh! So annoying! It’s never the easy or quickest way. No, you go over the mountains and through the woods only to come back to where you initially wanted to go in the first place. I recall a story where the Lord took his people through a detour because they would have fought an enemy they weren’t prepared for. The people were tired and needed a rest. Have you ever felt that God could have just did it “this” way instead? It would have been easier, right? But look at what they learned. How he protected them. Provided for them. Miracle after miracle. Could he have protected and provided for them another way? Yes, but this way was part of the transformation of them not their surroundings. In other words, character over comfort. Sure, it wasn’t easy and many died never having seen the promise land, BUT think of those who never gave up. They got there. Prepared. Ready. Different. Changed. Whatever your detour is, it’s for your good. Don’t look around you disheartened. You are being led right where you’re supposed to go. March forward. Enjoy the scenery. Take it all in and trust you’re headed in the right direction!!!
25 Wednesday Nov 2015
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Have you ever forgotten something? Got up and walked into a room and all of the sudden you can’t remember why? Ever called for someone and they came and oops can’t remember why you called them? Came back from the store without the one thing you went for?
This happens more times often then not and I’ve noticed a pattern; I’ve gotten distracted or I’m to busy.
Today the Spirit of the Lord has gripped me and has sent me to remind you, whether you’ve been distracted or too busy with cares, remember why you’re here!
Distraction and busyness causes us to forget that which we are called to. We get so tired from the busyness that we have nothing left to pursue with. Distraction lures us away and we forget who we are. Stop what you’re doing and get yourself together! Remember why you are here! Your goals. Your dreams. Your passion. Your calling. Your destiny. The very thing that once consumed you is what you’re supposed to pursue. That thing that has been so easy to shelf because it’s just too hard. The thing that you have allowed your mind to neglect. Pick it back up and get moving. You’ve convinced yourself that it doesn’t matter, you don’t matter, and you’re wrong! The Lord placed “that” inside of you for a reason. It belongs to you and you possess exactly what is needed to see it through!! Go back and retrace your steps and the Lord will cause you to remember and put a fire back inside of you that will recharge your next steps!!
In the name of Jesus I pray a willingness to get back up and go! Lord infuse us with your spirit and move us beyond ourselves into our destiny. Lord forgive us for being complacent and forgetful with what you’ve given us to do. Bring a fresh vision and anointing. In Jesus name Amen!!
