It is D.O.N.E!

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I’m excited to converse with you all more on our theme RISE UP!: a generation of young women RISING UP and making Jesus famous in their life. BUT…I couldn’t help but share my news.

 

There’s some irony going on in my life the past six months. I’ve stressed out over my book titled Stress Point. I’ve worried, fretted, thrown major tantrums, cried, and come up dry. But, the best — and hardest part — was that I came to the very end of myself. Back in September I had a killer month of stress and finally ended up at a point where I could no longer depend on talent and writing skills, for there was no talent and writing skills to speak of. I was at the very end of myself and ready for God to step in and take over this project in a big way.

 

This was a VERY good thing. My ego set aside, I can no longer take credit for the words He’s poured into this book. I can no longer say that I did it, that I affected changed via the words of this book into the lives of potential readers. Jesus did it all. Period. It is an infinitely better project because I released my stress — my book — to Him.

 

So as I typed the final paragraph and prepared to send the enormous word file to my editor, I sat in pure shock. He did it through me and it was a FUN ride, after I relented. I’m so very excited for my 20-something girlfriends who stress out over things like money, dating, family, friends, career, love to see that Jesus is King of Kings over every single area of life. I just can’t wait for my sweet girlfriends to see how they can LIVE OUT the Kingship of Christ and live a life of godly success, purpose and well being. God has something unique to speak over my 20-something girlfriends and I’ve got the privilege of joining Him in this movement.

 

 

There is so much to do to finish off this book, this wonderful journey, before the release date of June 2012. My awesome editor will get her hands on it, twisting and turning my words to make them even more effective. While I don’t love the editing process, I’m excited to learn from her writing talent and make this the best book it can be.

 

Thank you for indulging me with this post…I’m just too excited, I can’t hold it in! Stay tuned for more info…

 

 

In Preparation to RISE UP! Part 1

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**This is a life movement that I hope you will join me and other young adult women in RISING UP! and making Jesus famous in our life — in 2012. Here is the string of posts on this topic.

In 2012 what would happen if we…

~RISE UP! with integrity at our jobs and work as if our boss is Jesus.

~RISE UP! with our money and give until it hurts.

 

~RISE UP! with our relationships and love even when that love isn’t returned.

~RISE UP! with our words and speak the fame and glory of Jesus even if people think we are weird.

~RISE UP! with our actions and follow the leading of the Holy Spirit even if that leading takes us to uncomfortable places.

Let this movement of our life, of our soul not be just about words and motivational phrases that look nice on paper. Let us actually do this RISING UP thing, making it real and practical in our lives. Continue Reading »»

Thoughts on Journaling

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I love sharing my “pages” of my journal. After my last post on this subject, I had a few readers and friends pose these questions…

~How often do I journal?

~Do I have a specific format that I use?

 

Great questions. To be honest, I don’t LOVE to journal. I don’t sit and record my daily happenings and pour out my emotions onto  the pages of my little, cute spiral notebook. Oh how I wish I did given that I’m an author and I should love to scribble and work through my feelings on paper. I use journaling to keep me focused during my Bible study time with the Lord.

 

A pen in hand engages me with the Lord.

Writing out Scripture keeps me focused.

Journaling helps me dive deeper into how I process my daily Bible reading so I don’t end up checking the box for the day and moving on with my business unchanged.

 

I thought I would show you a literal peek into my journal.

Yesterday I felt the need to write out characteristics of Jesus — words that I would personally use to describe what He means to me. I love studying the names of God in the Greek and Hebrew. Yesterday I wanted to make my journaling a worship-full time where I reminded myself of how God has shown up in my life with very personal words and phrases.

For those of you feeling stuck and disengaged from the Lord, I challenge you to get out a pen and paper and start writing out a verse. Write it out several times if you feel like that would burn it into you heart. Then, pray through this verse. Tell God what it means to you. Tell Him how you need this verse to change your heart. I encourage you to get real and raw with this pen and pad — He can handle your candid scribbles.

I would love for you to join me in my journaling that I started with the picture above. Take sometime to write out you own personal list of how you would describe Jesus. Then, come back here and leave a comment with a few words or phrases to share.