Have we ever opened our Bible, read a verse we've seen a hundred times before—and suddenly it felt like it was written just for us?
Like, in that exact moment, God knew the ache on our heart and sent a Word straight to our soul.
In Episode 99 of Nourished to Bloom, we slow down to reflect on those holy, personal moments when Scripture meets us exactly where we are. Rooted in Hebrews 4:12—"The word of God is living and effective, able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart"—this episode explores how God's Word continues to speak, heal, and guide us through seasons of waiting, wrestling, and becoming.
Together, we reflect on what it looks like to sit with the same heartache longer than we expected—and how Scripture gently reminds us that healing isn't about "moving on" faster, but about allowing God to meet us more deeply right where we are.
This episode is an invitation to pause, listen, and notice what God may already be revealing to us about our identity and purpose in this season.
In this episode, we explore:
🌿 Why Scripture can suddenly feel so personal and timely 🙏 How God's Word speaks to who we are, not just what we should do 🕊️ What it means to heal mind, body, and soul by turning to God instead of coping mechanisms 📓 A reflective pause to help us discern what God may be whispering right now 🪴 Why discernment comes before direction—and identity before action ✨ A gentle invitation to root our goals in prayer, not pressure
If we've ever felt "behind," stuck, or unsure why something hasn't resolved yet, this episode reminds us that God's Word is alive, patient, and perfectly timed.
A gentle challenge for the week:
What piece of Scripture feels like a love letter from God to us right now? Let's sit with it. Journal with it. Ask: Who are we becoming in this season, and what is God inviting us to step into?
Register for the Goal Setting Retreat And if this episode stirred something deeper—if we're craving clarity, peace, and Christ-centered direction—we're invited to take the next step together at the Goal Setting with God Retreat on February 3 at 11am Central (Zoom). This retreat is a sacred space to discern our next steps through identity, prayer, and intentional reflection. Click Here to Register
We are worthy of the time and space it takes to grow. Let's allow the living Word to nourish us—right where we are.
🌸 Beauty held is the seed. Beauty shared is the flower. It's your time to bloom.
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Do you have those moments where you read a piece of scripture and
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you feel like it was written just for you? Like
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somehow in this exact moment of your life, God
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knew exactly what you needed to hear? Maybe it's something
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that popped up in a Bible study, or maybe it's one that
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you've spent some time with before and analyzed over and over
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again, but now it just speaks to you completely different.
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It's like this piece of scripture has just met you
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right where you are today. I want to spend
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some time talking about why I think the Word of God does that
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and what it might be revealing to you and to me about who we
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are and who are becoming in this season.
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Welcome to the Nourish to Bloom podcast where your faith meets your
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health. I'm your host, Kara Trachta, a registered dietitian and
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certified Catholic coach, and I'm here to help you cultivate a deep, deeper connection
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with your body, your spirit, and the nourishment that sustains them
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both. In a world filled with noise and.
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Confusion about food, health and body image, this podcast
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offers truth and healing from a Christ centered perspective.
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Together, we'll untangle the deep roots of diet culture and discover
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what it means. To truly care for ourselves through joyful.
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Nourishment of mind, body and soul. We're here to dive into
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the transformative power of intuitive eating coupled with the rich teachings of
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our Christian faith. With every episode, I'll be cheering you
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on, offering insights, inspiration and practical tools to
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help you heal your relationship with. Food and embrace the
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beauty of your. Body as a temple of the Holy Spirit with
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confidence and courage that can only be found in Christ.
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Join me as we journey together towards a more holistic approach to wellness,
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one that honors the wisdom of your body as God's creation,
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the teachings of our faith, and the unique purpose you're called to
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fulfill. You were made to bloom,
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to come into full beauty and health in order to bear good fruit
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for the Lord with your life. So if you're ready to nourish your body,
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feed your soul and bloom into the best version of yourself, then
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you're in the right place. And I'm so happy you're here.
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Welcome to Nourish to Bloom, where every. Day is a sacred
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invitation to thrive.
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Hey there. Welcome back to the Nourish to Bloom podcast. So
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happy to be spending some time here with you this week. I hope
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that your week is off to something beautiful
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and blessed and that, gosh, you're
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just taking some moments to pause and see the beauty of of God
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Moving in your life of the little God winks.
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So to say that he's putting in your path as maybe
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you're enjoying some sunshine outside, or maybe
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if you are in a place where it's pretty cold, just
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something cozy and warm that he's putting in your heart.
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And, you know, I've shared this before, and even last week,
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right, about how just sometimes I feel like the Lord just
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puts scripture in my heart and he just, like, puts this
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message here in my path that he wants me
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to share or to say. And. And I've told you
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all this before, too, and this week is no different, where I wake up and
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it's like, okay, gotta record a podcast, and I have no idea what I'm going
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to say. And yet God speaks to me somehow in
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some way, whether it's something that's happened in life or a piece of scripture that
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he puts in. In my path. And what's funny is for
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a long time, and there's even times that it still happens now, it's like I
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beat myself up for not being able to. To be quote
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unquote, ahead on my podcast. But when I stop and I think about
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what it might mean, it. I think it's just being able to
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be appreciative and have gratitude that the Lord is providing
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a message every week for the podcast. Even when I'm
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panicking, like, Lord, I have no idea what I'm going to say or share.
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And then to just that ability
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to just like, live in that
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moment and recognize when God is speaking
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and recognizing his presence through the
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messages and through the pieces of scripture that he kind of puts
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in my path. And so I had kind of this
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completely different idea of what I wanted to share
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this week on the podcast. And I think I'm going to come back to it
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next week unless God points me in a different direction. But
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I sat down to. To read the daily readings today,
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and this one little piece of
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scripture just really, I don't know, just it
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spoke to me, right? And it was from Hebrews,
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chapter 4, verse 12. And when I read it, it just
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really brought me a lot of comfort because for the
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last week, I've kind of been just,
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like, beating myself up because I was journaling last week
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and I have this kind of same journal. And I don't do this every day,
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though. I wish it was a habit that I had every day. But I was
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journaling last week and I kind of just flipped back in my journal.
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And what hit me was, y', all, for almost
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two full years I have been
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writing the same heartache, the same
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suffering, the same frustration and disappointment in this
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journal to the Lord for two years.
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And it was like, okay, well, does. That mean there's something
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wrong with me. That I've still struggling through this for two
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years, or can I just look at it? Of like, okay, I've
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really been able to share my heart with the Lord for two years.
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And then it led me down some other reflections. And I think that kind of
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leads to what we may be talking about next week. But it's just something
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that I've kind of been beating myself up about over. The last week of like,
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God, Carrot. Like, you can't even get over this, or why are you
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still so focused on this for two years?
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Like, almost like I was trying
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to tell myself, like, the Lord just wants you to get over this, right?
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But then it was. I read this piece of Scripture today, and it would just.
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It brought just so much comfort and so much peace to
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me. And it was like that just gentle reminder from the
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Lord. And so what it says In Hebrews, chapter 4, verse
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12 is, the word of God is living and effective,
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able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart.
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And for me, it was really just this powerful reminder that
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no matter what I'm thinking, no matter what I'm feeling,
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no matter the fact that I've been writing about the same hurt and struggle
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for two years, I can always turn to
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Scripture. And that in doing that,
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it's going to bring me comfort,
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it's going to help with understanding, it's going to bring some
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clarity, and oftentimes it brings
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about a change of mind and a change of heart.
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And I can testify to that, right? Despite the fact that I've had the. Same
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hurt and same struggle that I've been writing about for two, two years, I
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have these moments where Scripture has really continued
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to encourage me and continue to
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cheer me on. Like the Lord is saying, like, I recognize that
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this is what you are going through. I still want you to do this.
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And part of that is having that understanding and that comfort to keep
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moving. Forward despite the fact that the outcome. Is not necessarily what
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I want it to be. But he knows that in the
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depths of my hurt and in the depths of my struggle, he is sending these.
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Me these messages of love and
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mercy, right? And I just. I just. Today it just really
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hit me like this just. It's so mind blowing, right? When we
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think about Scripture. And it's just one of these, like,
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aha moments. And it's like these words
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that have been spoken and recorded and written and handed
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down for thousands and thousands of years
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are still meaningful and still effective today.
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And it amazes me how the same scripture can speak
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differently to each one of us from generation to
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generation, from season to season and from
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heart to heart, and yet
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it still produces that same fruit. Like knowing that
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God's word is living. It is living.
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Like, when I think about that, I think about lungs, like, just inflating,
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right? Breathing, lungs breathing. I think about flowers
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blooming, like, just what that means. What image comes
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to your mind when you think about the fact that God's word
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is living, that it adapts,
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that it has truly withstood the changes and the
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challenges that this world brings. And it's something, and probably
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one of the. The only things that has truly
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stood the test of time. And I can
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even see this in my own life, that for so many years of my life,
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I wondered somewhat aimlessly, right? Filling my heart and my
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mind with things that were temporary and fleeting,
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that promised me comfort or control,
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but was just a band aid. It never truly delivered, it never truly
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satisfied. And yet
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true joy and contentment came when I
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accepted that invitation to know God
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daily and not just on Sundays.
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And a real turning point for me was when I decided to
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heal my relationship with food and my body. That. That
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really was that turning point to truly living my faith. Because
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instead of doing turning to food and running to food,
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I began to turn to the Lord.
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And in those moments, he gave me words that I needed to hear the
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most. Words that were full of love, words that
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were full of mercy and compassion. Words that
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brought about true healing of my mind,
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my body, and my soul. And
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that was that beginning, right? And it's been through his words
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that I've come to understand my true identity. And it has
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been through his words that I've come to recognize my purpose
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and the calling that he has on my life. And so I want to
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pause here for just a moment because I think that this is important and I
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want to take some time just to have you reflect.
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Because when we turn to God and when we truly turn to him, we're
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not just looking for answers, but I really think it's.
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We're being reminded of who we are, right? We're being
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fortified through his words, right? That, that. That whole idea
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of the armor of God, we're being equipped.
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And so as you're listening right now, I want to invite you to
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reflect back on a piece of scripture that is spoken
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to you in a meaningful way. Maybe it's something
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that's happened recently, or maybe it was a piece of scripture that's
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spoken that. That spoke to you years ago, and you just had that, like,
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profound, like, movement or that it brought
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about peace or comfort or conviction. And it's
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just something that has stayed with you.
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And as you recall that piece of Scripture, I want you
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to gently challenge yourself by asking, what
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was the Lord telling you through that scripture?
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Not just what the Word said on the page, but what it
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revealed to you. Because I
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think so often before we rush to fix things, before
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we plan or strive or set new goals, God
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is first speaking to our identity. That is the
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turning point. Before action
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comes discernment, before direction comes understanding.
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And so ask them, ask him,
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who am I becoming in this season and what are you
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inviting me to step into? And y', all,
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this is really why that Word of God is never passive, that it's
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living and active and so deeply
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personal. I just. It's these images of like,
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of love letters being exchanged between you and Him.
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And in my own calling and mission, I felt both encouraged
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and challenged by the Lord to
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also be living and effective. That it's. It's
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His Word is living and effective. But through His Word that
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is living and effective, he is also calling each
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one of us to be living and effective, to share his
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words, to use the gifts and the talents that he has
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entrusted to each one of us, and to fully live as
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the woman that he created each one of us to be.
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Because he's extending that same invitation to you, the way that he
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invited me to that several years ago. He is
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encouraging you and gently challenging you
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to be that living and effective person right
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here, right now, in this moment of your life.
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So run to His Word. Look for the messages that he
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is sending you. It's almost like this ultimate scavenger
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hunt, right? To find that meaning in the
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message that he is literally placing in your lot.
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Trust that he's going to always provide exactly what you need to hear,
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because he knows your heart and he knows your thoughts,
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and he makes His Word living and effective because he knows your
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heart and your thoughts. He knows the desires that you
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barely allow yourself to name, the ones that you think are
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too quiet or too risky or too much. And
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he knows them. And he wants those good things for you also.
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And so if you are feeling this, like,
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desire, if you've had something stirred in you to.
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To really grasp and embody
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being living and effective in your own life,
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if you're sensing, you know, this desire for more clarity
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around your identity or your direction.
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I want to invite you to take that next step. And that next step
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is joining us for the Goal Setting with God Retreat that's
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taking place on February 3rd. It starts at 11am
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Central. It's going to be on zoom. If you cannot make it
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live, it will be recorded, but please register for
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it. You can find the registration link in the show
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description. And this whole retreat, it isn't about
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pressure, it isn't focused on productivity, but it's really
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about discernment. It's about slowing down. It's about
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listening and following that
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direction of who God is calling you to be and how
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he's inviting you to live out this
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season. Because when we do this, our goals are going to be
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rooted in our identity. The plans are going to be
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anchored in prayer, and it's really just this opportunity to
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create space to hear what God is already placing on
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your heart. And so if, if this episode resonated with
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you, I would love to walk with you in that space, y'. All,
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as always, I am so grateful for all of you who
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take the time to show up every week to
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listen to the podcast. It's
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really fuel for my soul to to keep going despite the
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struggles and the challenges that come with that. And so just know
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how deeply appreciative. I am of of you
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following along of hopefully these messages
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speaking to your heart. And so again, thank you so
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much for being here. I'd love to see you at our Goal Setting with God
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Retreat. Use the link in the show notes to sign up. I hope you
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continue to have a beautiful and blessed week. Remember, beauty health is a
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seed. Beauty shared. It is the flower, y'. All. It is your
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time to bloom. It is your your time to be living and
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effective. I will see you right back here next week.
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Until then, take care. Bye.