What if faithfulness isn't about never falling behind, never struggling, or never having to begin again?In this episode of At Forest's Edge, we explore the biblical meaning of faithfulness through the beauty of the gladiolus, the Hebrew word emunah, and the faithfulness of a God who keeps covenant even when we feel like we cannot.For the woman who's tired of starting over, who's wondered whether she's consistent enough, or who's longing to build a life rooted in something that lasts, this is an invitation to see faithfulness differently.Through Scripture, mythology, and a deeply personal story of restoration, we discover what it means to return, to remain connected to God, and to let the Holy Spirit grow in us what we cannot manufacture through sheer effort.Because faithfulness may not look like a perfect record. It may look like showing up again.🌸 In this episode:• Biblical faithfulness and the fruit of the Spirit• The meaning of emunah and pistis• Penelope and the myth of returning to the loom• God's covenant faithfulness• Finding hope in seasons of starting overPull up a chair at the forest's edge. Your story isn't over, and the morning is waiting.🌿 Explore more:🎨 Fine art and Flowers of the Spirit: https://atforestsedge.com📖 The Happy Little Sunflower: Finding Hope in the Valley✨ Hosted by Raeanna Tilly, watercolor artist, children's author, and Artist of Hope.#ChristianWomenPodcast #Faithfulness #FruitOfTheSpirit #BiblicalEncouragement #ChristianWomen #FaithOverFear #SpiritualGrowth #GodIsFaithful #AtForestsEdge #RaeannaTilly

You've spent years trying to be good enough... and somehow the finish line keeps moving.In this episode of the Fruit of the Spirit series, we're looking at goodness... not the version our culture sells us, the performance metric, the moving standard, the exhausting comparison game... but the goodness Scripture actually describes. And what Jesus says about it might stop you in your tracks.We'll trace the word tov all the way back to Genesis, sit with a surprising claim Jesus makes about Himself, and ask what it means that goodness might never have been yours to generate in the first place.Along the way, a muted lavender zinnia, a thread found in old fairy tales about the overlooked and the underestimated, and a painfully honest story about what it's like to pour your whole heart into work that still feels like it's missing something.If you've been striving to close a gap that never seems to close, this one is for you.🌿 New episodes of At Forests Edge release weekly, exploring the Fruit of the Spirit through Scripture, word study, watercolor art, and story.Find the full Flowers of the Spirit fine art print series, my book The Happy Little Sunflower: Finding Hope in the Valley, and the free newsletter at atforestsedge.com✨ Subscribe for the next episode in the series#FruitOfTheSpirit #ChristianWomenPodcast #AtForestsEdge #GoodnessOfGod #ChristianPodcast #BibleStudyForWomen #ChristianArtist #WomensFaith

If kindness used to come naturally and lately feels like a language you've forgotten how to speak, this episode was made for you.In this discussion of the Fruit of the Spirit series, we're exploring kindness... not niceness, not a personality trait, but a fruit that flows from being connected to the source, not from trying harder on an empty tank.We'll dig into the Hebrew word chesed and the Greek word chrestotes, unpack what it means that God's kindness "appeared" in Titus 3, and follow the Dahlia, a flower that gives more the more it's harvested, as a picture of what it looks like to stay filled instead of running dry.If you've been running on empty and quietly ashamed of the shortness in your voice, come sit with us for a while at the edge of the forest.🌿 Fruit of the Spirit series🎙️ At Forest's Edge, a Christian podcast for women who want to go deeper📖 Explore more at atforestsedge.com#FruitOfTheSpirit #Kindness #AtForestsEdgePodcast #ChristianWomensPodcast #Chesed #BibleStudy #FaithAndHope #ChristianContent #SpiritualGrowth #WalkingWithGod #HopeInChrist

If you are tired of holding on and no one around you seems to notice how long you've been holding, this episode was made for you.In this installment of the Fruit of the Spirit series, we're exploring longsuffering... not passive waiting, but the active, rooted endurance of a soul that keeps going through the long, hard season it did not choose and cannot end.We'll dig into the Greek word makrothymia and the Hebrew phrase erech apayim, walk through James 5 and the image of the farmer who tends the field and waits for rain, and follow the Aster, the flower that blooms in October when every other flower has already surrendered to the cold.If you've been doing everything right and still watching a dry sky, come sit with us for a while at the edge of the forest.🌿 Fruit of the Spirit series🎙️ At Forest's Edge, a Christian podcast for women who want to go deeper📖 Explore more at atforestsedge.com#FruitOfTheSpirit #Longsuffering #AtForestsEdgePodcast #ChristianWomensPodcast #Makrothymia #BibleStudy #FaithAndHope #ChristianContent #SpiritualGrowth #WalkingWithGod #HopeInChrist

If your mind has not been quiet in longer than you can remember, this episode was made for you.In this installment of the Fruit of the Spirit series, we're exploring peace... not the kind that depends on your circumstances finally calming down, but a different kind entirely. The kind that shows up in the middle of the noise, not after it.We'll dig into the Hebrew word shalom and the Greek word eirene, unpack what Philippians 4 actually means when it says peace will "guard" your heart and mind, and follow an ancient thread that runs through nearly every culture on earth... the image of still water as the place where peace is finally seen, not made.If you've been striving for calm and only growing more exhausted in the trying, come sit with us for a while at the edge of the forest.🌿 Part of the Fruit of the Spirit series🎙️ New episodes from At Forest's Edge Podcast drop weekly📖 Explore more at atforestsedge.com#FruitOfTheSpirit #Peace #AtForestsEdgePodcast #ChristianPodcast #ShalomPeace #BibleStudy #FaithAndHope #ChristianContent #SpiritualGrowth #WalkingWithGod #HopeInChrist

The joy of the Lord is your strength... but what does that actually mean when your circumstances haven't changed and the joy still feels far away? In this episode of the Fruit of the Spirit series, we look at joy through two Biblical languages, the Greek word chara and the Hebrew word simcha, and discover why joy was never meant to be manufactured... only received.We'll sit with Nehemiah 8:10 and unpack what it means to draw strength from His joy, not our own. Along the way, we meet the Lily of the Valley, a flower that blooms low, in the shaded and sheltered places, not the mountaintop... and ask why that might be the truest picture of joy there is.This is for the woman who has everything she needs and still can't find the joy she thinks she's supposed to feel, and for the woman in a season where happiness feels far away. It's not a pep talk. It's an invitation to open your hands.🌿 New episodes of At Forest's Edge release regularly. Subscribe so you don't miss the next in the Fruit of the Spirit series: Peace.Find the Lily of the Valley print, the newsletter, and more of Raeanna's work at atforestsedge.comAt Forests Edge is a Christian storytelling podcast for women seeking deeper faith, hope, and renewal. Hosted by watercolor artist and author Raeanna Tilly, each episode explores scripture, theology, myth, folklore, creativity, and the stories that shape our lives. Together we'll uncover the beauty of God's redemption, renew our minds with timeless truth, and discover the deeper meaning woven through faith, story, and everyday life. For the woman standing at the threshold, longing to follow the light a little farther into wonder, wisdom, and grace.Connect with me & find my art & book:Website: ⁠https://www.atforestsedge.com/⁠Instagram:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/raeanna_artistofhope⁠Art Tutorials on YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@Raeanna-ArtistOfHope⁠Subscribe to my monthly newsletter : ⁠https://www.atforestsedge.com/subscribe/Listen on Audio Platforms:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/02OWATALEgNcDBtIiFM9Ec

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What if the love you grew up with wasn't really love at all, but a counterfeit dressed up in its name? In this episode of the Fruit of the Spirit series, we explore agape, the Greek word for unconditional, sacrificial love that gives freely and never keeps score. We'll trace this love through scripture, through ancient stories like Alcestis and Hans Christian Andersen's original Little Mermaid, and all the way to the cross, where Romans 5 tells us Christ died for us while we were still sinners, before we had done anything to earn it.We'll also uncover the word agapetos, meaning beloved, the same word spoken over Jesus at His baptism and the word that names you in your relationship with the Father. This episode is for anyone who learned love as something to be earned and is ready to receive it instead as the free gift it was always meant to be. I'll close with the watercolor rose painting inspired by this fruit, and what its fragrance teaches us about love poured out completely.In this episode:What agape really means in scriptureThe difference between transactional love and unconditional loveAncient stories that pointed toward agape before it had a nameRomans 5:6...8 and the love that came for us at our most unworthyThe word agapetos and what it means to be called belovedThe watercolor rose and the fruit it representsSubscribe for the full Fruit of the Spirit series, exploring each fruit through scripture, word study, story, and watercolor art.At Forests Edge is a Christian storytelling podcast for women seeking deeper faith, hope, and renewal. Hosted by watercolor artist and author Raeanna Tilly, each episode explores scripture, theology, myth, folklore, creativity, and the stories that shape our lives. Together we'll uncover the beauty of God's redemption, renew our minds with timeless truth, and discover the deeper meaning woven through faith, story, and everyday life. For the woman standing at the threshold, longing to follow the light a little farther into wonder, wisdom, and grace.Connect with me & find my art & book:Website: ⁠https://www.atforestsedge.com/⁠Buy the Love Rose Fine Art Printhttps://raeannatillyfineart.square.site/product/love-rose/32?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=falseInstagram:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/raeanna_artistofhope⁠Art Tutorials on YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@Raeanna-ArtistOfHope⁠Subscribe to my monthly newsletter : ⁠https://www.atforestsedge.com/subscribe/Listen on Audio Platforms:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/02OWATALEgNcDBtIiFM9Ec

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Are You Striving or Trusting God? | Follow the ThreadHave you ever found yourself working so hard to become who you thought you were supposed to be that you lost sight of who God created you to be?Sometimes we step into roles, expectations, and identities that were never truly ours. We perform, we strive, and we try to force our way forward, believing that if we just work harder, we will finally find our purpose.But God does not call us into a life of striving. He invites us into a life of trust.In this episode of At Forest’s Edge, we explore what it means to walk in the Spirit and follow the thread God has woven through our lives. Like a labyrinth, our path may have unexpected turns, moments of uncertainty, and seasons where we feel far from where we thought we were going. But the thread remains, a reminder that God is not lost, and neither are we.If you have ever wondered whether you are following God’s calling or simply trying to live up to an image you created, this episode is an invitation to slow down, listen, and trust the One who knows the way.✨ You were never meant to chase a life God never asked you to carry.✨ You were created for a purpose only He can reveal.Welcome to the forest edge, where stories, faith, and hope meet.At Forests Edge is a Christian storytelling podcast for women seeking deeper faith, hope, and renewal. Hosted by watercolor artist and author Raeanna Tilly, each episode explores scripture, theology, myth, folklore, creativity, and the stories that shape our lives. Together we'll uncover the beauty of God's redemption, renew our minds with timeless truth, and discover the deeper meaning woven through faith, story, and everyday life. For the woman standing at the threshold, longing to follow the light a little farther into wonder, wisdom, and grace.Connect with me & find my art & book:Website: ⁠https://www.atforestsedge.com/⁠Instagram:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/raeanna_artistofhope⁠Art Tutorials on YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@Raeanna-ArtistOfHope⁠Subscribe to my monthly newsletter : ⁠https://www.atforestsedge.com/subscribe/Listen on Audio Platforms:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/02OWATALEgNcDBtIiFM9Ec

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ForestsEdgeAt Forests EdgeSeason One: The Woman at the Forest's EdgeEpisode Eight: Walk in the Spirit: Follow the ThreadHosted by Raeanna Tilly, watercolor artist, author, and storyteller. trusting GodGod’s plan for your lifefinding your purpose in Godwalking in the SpiritChristian encouragementChristian podcastfaith journeysurrendering to Godtrusting God’s timingfollowing God’s planfeeling lost in lifefeeling stuck in lifefinding your callingdiscovering your purposeGod’s purpose for my lifestruggling with identitycomparison and identityfeeling like you are not enoughovercoming perfectionismletting go of controlstop striving and trust Godrest in God’s planChristian women encouragementfaith in difficult seasonsspiritual growthgrowing closer to Godhearing God’s voicediscerning God’s willliving by faithChristian personal growthbiblical encouragementChristian life adviceFollow the ThreadAt Forests Edge Podcastwalking with God through uncertaintyGod is weaving your storytrusting the path God has prepared

This episode explores what it means to be truly seen versus simply observed, drawing on scripture to unpack the difference between outward appearance and inner reality. It's a reflection on judgment, grace, and the reminder that almost everyone is carrying something invisible beneath the surface.For the woman who's tired of explaining herself. For the mother second-guessing her choices. For anyone who's been reduced to a single visible detail when there was so much more underneath.At Forests Edge is a Christian storytelling podcast for women seeking deeper faith, hope, and renewal. Hosted by watercolor artist and author Raeanna Tilly, each episode explores scripture, theology, myth, folklore, creativity, and the stories that shape our lives. Together we'll uncover the beauty of God's redemption, renew our minds with timeless truth, and discover the deeper meaning woven through faith, story, and everyday life. For the woman standing at the threshold, longing to follow the light a little farther into wonder, wisdom, and grace.Connect with me & find my art & book:Website: ⁠https://www.atforestsedge.com/⁠Instagram:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/raeanna_artistofhope⁠Art Tutorials on YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@Raeanna-ArtistOfHopeSubscribe to my monthly newsletter : ⁠https://www.atforestsedge.com/subscribe/At Forests EdgeSeason One: The Woman at the Forest's EdgeEpisode Seven: The Roots We Cannot See!Hosted by Raeanna Tilly, watercolor artist, author, and storyteller. #AtForestsEdge #Anxiety #FaithPodcast #ChristianPodcast #ChristianPodcast #ChristianWomen #FaithPodcast #BibleStudy #GreekWordStudy#CastYourCares #WomensDevotional #ChristianStorytelling #HopeAndFaith #ScriptureAndStory #AtForestsEdge #RaeannaTilly #DeepFaith #ChristianEncouragement #FaithAndHope #PodcastForWomen

She spent her whole life believing her eyes were a color they never were. Nobody had looked closely enough to tell her the truth, and neither has the beauty industry ever looked closely enough at you.This special episode of At Forest's Edge is a faith-based deep dive into beauty, identity, and self-worth, pulling from an ancient Greek myth about a golden apple, a radical declaration hidden in Song of Solomon, and the Hebrew words behind Psalm 139:14 that completely reframe what "fearfully and wonderfully made" actually means.If you've ever felt like you were competing against a standard that keeps moving, if you're raising a daughter in a world already measuring her, if you've been told the very thing that makes you unique is the thing that's wrong with you, this episode was made for you.At Forests Edge is a Christian storytelling podcast for women seeking deeper faith, hope, and renewal. Hosted by watercolor artist and author Raeanna Tilly, each episode explores scripture, theology, myth, folklore, creativity, and the stories that shape our lives. Together we'll uncover the beauty of God's redemption, renew our minds with timeless truth, and discover the deeper meaning woven through faith, story, and everyday life. For the woman standing at the threshold, longing to follow the light a little farther into wonder, wisdom, and grace.Connect with me & find my art & book:Website: ⁠https://www.atforestsedge.com/⁠Instagram:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/raeanna_artistofhope⁠Art Tutorials on YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@Raeanna-ArtistOfHope⁠Subscribe to my monthly newsletter : ⁠https://www.atforestsedge.com/subscribe/At Forests EdgeSeason One: The Woman at the Forest's EdgeEpisode Six: Woven | Beauty is NOT Becoming Someone ElseHosted by Raeanna Tilly, watercolor artist, author, and storyteller. faith podcast for women, Christian devotional podcast, biblical beauty standards, fearfully and wonderfully made, Psalm 139:14 meaning, Song of Solomon dark and beautiful, body image and faith, Christian identity podcast, self-worth devotional, beauty industry truth, Christian women's podcast, Artist of Hope, At Forest's Edge podcast#AtForestsEdge #beauty #FaithPodcast #ChristianPodcast #matthew634 #ChristianPodcast #ChristianWomen #FaithPodcast #Matthew634 #BibleStudy #GreekWordStudy #WomensDevotional #ChristianStorytelling #HopeAndFaith #ScriptureAndStory #AtForestsEdge #RaeannaTilly #DeepFaith #ChristianEncouragement #FaithAndHope #PodcastForWomen