You may have noticed a second week in a row with no What Happens When Woman Walk in Faith bible study.

If you know me, you know that I’m an on-time-kind-of-girl, and it pains me not to follow up with what I say I will do. But I hope you will extend grace, friends, because for the past few days I’ve been trusting God. Living exactly what I’ve been sharing about.

I’ll share more later, but for now I want you to know that I am simply trusting God with a huge part of my heart. All good things. Don’t worry! But definitely a ”growing roots” stage. A hard and wonderful place, but in the long run exactly where God is leading.

What Happens When Women Walk in Faith will be back. Soon! Very soon. Hopefully next week, but if not read the book. Share your thoughts with me as you read. Invite God’s presence in. It’s a powerful and transforming book as Lysa shows each of us what relevant life-transforming faith looks like.

I appreciate you! 

Suz

I’m in Heaven.  I’m surrounded by women running after their dream. Who get me. Who listen, and who I love to listen to…

We all need that, don’t we?

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This past weekend was amazing. The scenery was incredible. High in the Rockies, snow swirling. A quaint skiing community with pine trees caked in white powder, snug against the highest mountain peaks.

But there are others pictures in my heart. Like the 20-something woman wrapped in an older woman’s arms, sitting against the wall lost in God as they prayed together. Or the women who clustered together, laughing and having a blast. Or the women who pulled me aside after, sharing their heart and their stories. Their friendship. Their faith.

I love it when God shows up. I love it when I know that a pivotal moment has taken place, that transformation or a new perspective will take a woman in an entirely different direction.

I love it when I’m at a retreat and God ministers to me through incredible worship, or new friends. I left exhausted (Oklahoma sea level lungs were working to adjust!), but exhilarated.

I love what I do, but without God’s presence it would be just another event. I love that He showed up.

Thank you, Aurora women, for allowing me to be a small part of such an amazing weekend. I hope I see you again, real soon.

Suzie

Packing up for a 9.5 hour drive to Normal, Illinois, to speak at Hearts at Home. I’m so excited. This is one of the best mom parties of the year. Great speakers. Amazing music. Encouragement. And lots of chocolate!

My good friend and Proverbs 31 Ministries team sister will also be there, which just makes it better.

I don’t normally drive, but I look forward to a time of just hanging out and praying and talking to God about the women I will meet.

The guy I love is climbing on a jet plane the day after I get home. He’s working on addtl. training for his job as a counselor with youth who struggle with addictions. It’s rare that I go very long without seeing him, and I know I’ll miss him like crazy, but I’m excited that he’s doing something he absolutely loves.

When I get home I plan to play in the dirt for three or four days and plant some bulbs. Sometimes we just need to take time to do nothing but enjoy the small things around us. I can’t remember the last time that happened, which can only mean it’s past due.

I hope you will pray with me as I connect with these beautiful moms, and new friends as I talk about the things I love most — faith and family.

I saw them!

Green shoots pushing through the ground. Little buds of yellow peeking through. After one of the coldest winters Oklahoma has experienced in a while, it appears spring just might show up after all!

Some girls like diamonds. Others like shoes. I love flowers.

Not the kind that show up in a vase, but the ones that crop up in gardens, along the highway, and if I’m lucky in my own front yard.

I’m missing the feeling of dirt running through my fingers.

I’m missing sitting in the gentle spring sun and planting Impatiens and Gerber Daisies and a myriad of other species. I drove by an Atwoods today and saw naked trees in green pots, and I’m already thinking about where to place one.

For me, spring is life. It’s warmth. It’s joy.

It makes me happy.

God has been speaking to my heart for several months. I hear Him. I know what He is saying. But am I willing to do it?

The answer is yes, of course, but…

And that’s the part I’ve got to put down.

Because on the other side of that but is God.

Not my dreams. Not my relationships. Not my marriage. Not my goals. Not my five year plan. Not my desire to write another book. Not my speaking.

Just God.