The banner over you is freedom.
Galatians 5:1 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
Galatians 5:1 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
Friend, I’m so honored you’re here!
It’s fall of 2017 and I was held captive to fear and striving— both of which left me crippled and exhausted. Can you relate? I was hurrying through life, a continual anxiety in my throat if I sat still for too long, not trusting the Lord, and on the unending hampster wheel of trying to “keep up” + “prove myself.” Oof. I wanted to do things for God, I had good intentions, but what I really needed was the living God Himself.
During that year, a few months into marriage, we shockingly found out that the good Lord blessed us with a sweet miracle baby boy. It was then, that He started a 3-year process of stripping down to rebuild back up as I battled crippling fear during the pregnancy and depression for over a year to follow my son’s birth. I remember the Lord asking me when I found out I was pregnant, “Do you trust Me?” And at that time my answer was no. It was His kindness to show me that reality about my heart. (More on that in this podcast episode!)
By God’s grace, through the study/meditation of His Word, Him bringing a deeper understanding of the gospel (Thank you, Lord!), the local church, community, and counseling, by the spring of 2020 the Lord delivered me from my captors— reminding me that the banner over me is freedom. Freedom from my bondage to fear, (most importantly) freedom from my bondage sin, freedom from guilt and shame, freedom from striving, freedom from myself, freedom from trying to be a “good Christian.” I am free and made to enjoy the living God. I am free and made to rest in Him and who He says I am in His Word. I am free and made to boldly proclaim the gospel. I am free to now obey His commands. I can cease striving. I can rest, He is my rest! I can now walk in victory and abundance because of my faith in Jesus’ birth, life, death, and resurrection. I can trust the Author of Life with my story, and as I abide in the living God, He bears fruit in my life and uses me for His glory. As my mind is stayed on Him, I can experience His perfect peace. (Isaiah 26:3) My life is now wholly His, and I live to know, enjoy, and bring Him glory. That is what I was created to do, and so were you.
I now am obsessed with seeing other women live in abundance and freedom in Jesus’ name. I’m obsessed with seeing women use their God-given gifts for His glory and the good/sanctification of others.
I refuse to go back to Egypt. There are days the enemy tries to convince me to, but by the grace of God as I imperfectly abide and remain under His wing— abundance and freedom mark my life as I walk in obedience. I simply want more of Jesus. He is all I want. The more I experience Him, the more I long for more. You and I can have as much of Him as we would like. And I intend to spend the rest of my life taking up my cross and chasing after Him for more. Join me, friend!
Random facts about me:
+ I am married to my best friend and college sweetheart, Alexander. A month into dating he said to me, something along the lines of, “We will definitely live in Omaha and raise our family here.” To which I quickly and confidently (the Lord has had to sanctify me in both of those) responded, “I will never live here.” And, well, you know what God does with our confident “nevers.” Here I am, 7 years post-college, absolutely obsessed with Omaha. And feels important to note, still obsessed with my dearest Alexander.
+ I am a stay-at-home mama to 3 precious children, it is my joy! (It wasn’t always my joy, the Lord entirely changed my desires but that’s a story for another day.) The ministry happening in the walls of my own home is the one that is most important to me. Getting to intentionally disciple and steward these little minds is my favorite responsibility! Lord, help! I hybrid homeschool my oldest. (Another confident never! God is funny!) God has used my kids to slow down and quiet my heart (Psalm 131 stuff!!). I am forever grateful for the ways He has used them to draw me to a deeper dependence and contentment in Himself. Sigh. And gosh, they’re really stinking fun!
+ I have been described as emphatic about the things that I love. Namely and mostly, Jesus. But also about my favorite Amazon summer tank, a bomb book, podcast episode or thrift find. You can count on me to share all of the above.
+ I live an ordinary life serving an extraordinary God. (FULL DISCLAIMER THOUGH: When you’re following Jesus with your life, it is anything but ordinary!) God had to change my heart to love the ordinary and remind me that He is always working in the mundane. He freed me up to love and desire the hidden and unseen spaces. (It was painful to get there, let me tell you, and a fight to stay there, but I’m so grateful!) And He wants to free you up, too! Most of my life (and yours) is unseen. Most of my days are spent in the four walls of this home fighting my sin and reminding myself of the gospel, they’re spent relying on God to help me raise my kiddos/serve my family, they’re spent imperfectly loving and serving our church + the people that God has put right in front of us. I know this internet world makes it hard sometimes, but the last thing I would want this website to do is make you think you’d want anything other than the living God. He is the one who brings radical joy, peace, freedom, and contentment. And He is the one that allows us to absolutely delight in the most ordinary of things. Friend, He wants to continually free you and I up to live an “ordinary” life of going to the secret place, obeying Him, and serving Him right where He has us. And again, saying yes to Him in all things is a far-from-ordinary life! Let’s do it together. (Here is a video I shared in 2020 about this, praying it is encouraging!)
Right this moment I’m probably thinking about…
Jesus, the funny things my kids did/said today, the 1000th new rhythm I want to establish in our family to change our lives (my poor husband), how long till said husband will be home from work, the current book that’s changing my life + the next book I want to read, a new rhythm that just might keep my house clean for the first time, another dream for the kingdom I have, an encouraging word from scripture I want to share with someone, my d-group gals, how I don’t drink enough water, the podcast episode I haven’t edited yet, how I haven’t found (or sought) the babysitter I need for tomorrow, and how much freedom, joy, and peace I have access to because of Jesus’ death on the cross on my behalf.
What’s the big God dream?
To be fully satisfied in God, alone. To know Him, enjoy Him, and glorify Him. That’s the dream.
Dream big with me.
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