It’s so much easier to take care of everyone, to tend to problems and everything else. It’s easier to be strong and not need or feel.
This is how I’ve lived my life. Fine and functioning.
Surviving.
But, deep inside, where no one knew — where I seldom ventured myself — I was weary.
I longed for rest.
Soul rest.
Sometimes the deeper journey of faith is found by following your heart to rest.
Putting our hearts first — letting Jesus love us — is a deep, intimate journey of resting with him.
Make room for you.
Feed your soul.
Slow down.
Breathe.
As much as I longed for all this, I didn’t know how.
Until Jesus took me on a journey of faith to awaken my heart.
To be real.
To be known.
To rest.
Come. Jesus whispers.
You are loved.
You are cherished.
You are worth it.
Just rest.
As I journeyed through stories long forgotten, God was using all my broken pieces to make something beautiful.
Something new.
God transformed my brokenness into a story of discovery.
A story of rest.
To find the things I somehow lost along the way.
Quiet. Stillness. Intimacy with God.
In that secret place where I dream dreams.
Where I can just be me.
In my search for answers, I made an important discovery:
Whitespace.
It’s the space on a page left unmarked. Untouched.
White space is used in art and design.
It’s not blank – it breathes beauty. It gives the eye a place to rest.
Without it, clutter takes over the page.
We need rest.
God, after all, is an Artist and we are his work of art.
My story is really every woman’s story.
Everyone long to find a place to breathe –
to dream dreams, to slow down, feed her soul, and be free
To feel more deeply connected to God.
And others.
Sometimes the hardest stories to tell are the most beautiful.
Our stories. They are the greatest, most authentic gifts we can offer: ourselves.
Take the risk.
Let’s uncover the stories deep in our souls, to create space in our hearts and in our schedules.
For beauty. For rest. For God.
So we can live a better story. Today.