Did you know a bumble bee technically shouldn't be able to fly? This episode of At Forest's Edge starts there and turns into a surprising meditation on joy, wonder, and why the small ordinary moments of your day might be the most sacred ones you have.Along the way: a hand-painted pun that started as a joke and became a whole devotional, a case for why Tom Bombadil from The Lord of the Rings might be one of the most spiritually whole characters ever written, and three scriptures including one that completely reframes what it means to rejoice that will change how you see your ordinary Tuesday.This is a faith-based podcast episode for anyone who loves depth and delight! For women navigating hard seasons who need permission to laugh again, book lovers who'll catch the Tolkien references, and anyone who's ever needed a reminder that joy is a spiritual discipline, not a mood.🐝 New episode: Bee Happy, because wonder isn't childish. It's worship.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 five: Bee Happy | Finding Wonder in Ordinary Things!Hosted by Raeanna Tilly, watercolor artist, author, and storyteller. faith podcast for women, Christian devotional podcast, joy and faith, holy ordinary moments, finding hope in hard seasons, Tom Bombadil Lord of the Rings faith, bumble bee faith devotional, Psalm 118:24, Philippians 4:4, Zephaniah 3:17, watercolor artist podcast, Christian children's book author, At Forest's Edge, Artist of Hope

At Forest's Edge: Episode 4: Romans 8:28, The Unfinished Tapestry

What does it mean to trust God when all you can see is the back of the tapestry, the knots, the loose threads, the colors that make no sense? In this episode, we go deep into Romans 8:28, exploring the original Greek word synergeo and what it really means that God is "working all things together for good."

This isn't a greeting-card devotional. It's a raw, personal conversation about surviving, the seasons that crush us, and how that crushing, like an olive press, can release something the unbroken version of us could never have produced. We'll look at the imagery of the weaver and the loom across Norse mythology, Greek mythology, and Tolkien's legendarium, and how every culture has reached for the same truth scripture names outright.

If you're walking through grief, addiction in your family, trauma recovery, or a season that feels like abandonment, this episode is for you.

Topics covered: Romans 8:28 meaning, trusting God in suffering, healing from trauma, biblical encouragement for hard seasons, faith and mental health, finding hope in the valley, Christian devotional for women, scripture study and Bible word study, the Gethsemane olive press meaning, hope after trauma.

Mentioned in this episode: The Happy Little Sunflower: Finding Hope in the Valley (available on Amazon, English and bilingual editions, with scripture coloring companion) and the Romans 8:28 painting, available at atforestsedge.com.

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Episode Four: Romans 8:28 God is Still Weaving Your Story

Hosted by Raeanna Tilly, watercolor artist, author, and storyteller.

There is a particular kind of fear that lives three weeks ahead of you.

This episode is for the woman who is already bracing for a tomorrow that hasn't come, running the worst version in her mind, furnishing it with details, exhausted by a catastrophe that may never arrive. The one who sat down with the numbers, or the diagnosis, or the silence, and felt the stone settle in her chest.

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. And you are still standing in it.

In this episode we explore:

The Greek word merimnaó (μεριμνάω): the word translated "worry" in Matthew 6:34, meaning a divided mind, pulled in two directions, and why Jesus wasn't asking you to feel nothing but to stop living in two days at once.

1 Peter 5:7:what it actually means to cast your anxiety, the active, intentional release of a fisherman's line, made possible only because He cares for you.

The hero who was never ready : Frodo Baggins, the youngest son in every fairy tale, and the reluctant man of Project Hail Mary,  and what they teach us about courage that isn't the absence of fear.

A personal story from Raeanna about budgeting for a family of seven, the last Friday of every month, and the math that doesn't explain itself.

This is not a podcast of quick answers or easy encouragement. It is a place for the hard, sacred truth that grace was never meant to be stored. It arrives with the day. Not three weeks early. Not before you need it.

You are here. Which means the thing you feared either never came, or it came and you were given exactly what you needed, exactly when you needed it. You have never, not once, walked into a tomorrow unprovided for.

✦ MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Matthew 6:34 | 1 Peter 5:7 | Lamentations 3:23

The Today Is the Tomorrow You Worried About Yesterday painting :atforestsedge.com

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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_artistofhope⁠

Art Tutorials on YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@Raeanna-ArtistOfHope⁠

Subscribe to my monthly newsletter : ⁠https://www.atforestsedge.com/subscribe/

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Season One: The Woman at the Forest's Edge

Episode Three: Trusting God with Tomorrow

Hosted by Raeanna Tilly, watercolor artist, author, and storyteller. 

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There is a particular kind of tired that has nothing to do with sleep.

This episode is for the woman in survival mode, the one holding everything together with her bare hands, breathing hard, praying the wordless kind of prayer. The one who woke up this morning already exhausted, already bracing for the next thing.

Just breathe. Those two words are going to mean something before we reach the end.

In this episode we explore:

• The Hebrew word neshamah (נְשָׁמָה) - the divine breath God breathed into Adam in Genesis 2:7, and why every breath you have ever taken carries the fingerprint of God
• Elijah under the juniper tree in 1 Kings 19 - the prophet who had just witnessed fire fall from heaven and then sat in the wilderness and asked God to let him die, and what God did next
• John 20:22 - the moment the risen Jesus stood in the locked room of human fear and breathed on His disciples: peace, presence, and power for what was coming
• A personal story from Raeanna about a season of homelessness, two small children, a shelter, and the swing set where God met her in the barely-breathing

This is not a podcast of quick answers or easy encouragement. It is a place for the hard, sacred truth that God does not wait for you to perform your way back to fine before He shows up. He shows up under the juniper tree. In the locked room. At the swing set. In the survival.

You don't have to climb out of survival mode alone

You are still breathing. That is neshamah! His breath in you, the first gift, the one that has never stopped. You have never, not once, been breathing alone.

✦ MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Genesis 2:7 | 1 Kings 19 | John 20:22

The Just Breathe painting atforestsedge.com

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Have you ever felt overshadowed by louder voices?

In a world that celebrates sparkle, what if God has a special purpose for those who shimmer?

In this opening episode of At Forests Edge, we're exploring the quiet beauty of women who reflect light rather than demand attention. Through Psalm 34:5, the Hebrew word nahar ("to shine" or "be radiant"), and the wonder of the moon, fireflies, and moonflowers, we'll discover why quiet faithfulness often carries a deeper influence than we realize.

This episode is for the woman who listens more than she speaks. The woman who notices what others miss. The woman who has wondered if her gifts are too small, too quiet, or too different to matter.

Together we'll explore what it means to become radiant simply by turning our faces toward God, and why some of the most powerful lights in the world were never meant to be spotlights.

You were never meant to be someone else's kind of light.

You were created to shimmer.

Connect with me & find my art & book:

Website: https://www.atforestsedge.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raeanna_artistofhope

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ForestsEdge

Art Tutorials on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Raeanna-ArtistOfHope

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Thank You for Listening to:

Season One: The Woman at the Edge of the Forest

Episode One: The Women Who Shimmer : Why Quiet Women Matter

At Forests Edge Podcast

Hosted by Raeanna Tilly, watercolor artist, author, and storyteller.

Welcome to At Forests Edge , a storytelling and faith podcast for the woman who has always asked the deeper questions.

If you've ever wondered how ancient stories connect to modern life, why certain themes echo through scripture, mythology, folklore, and human experience, or how God can be found even in life's most mysterious places, you're in the right place.

Hosted by Raeanna Tilly, watercolor artist, author, and storyteller, this podcast explores the places where faith and wonder meet. Each episode follows a single thread through scripture, history, mythology, culture, science, theology, and personal stories, pulling on it until something true comes loose.

This is not a podcast for people who have all the answers.

It's for the woman standing at the edge of the forest. The one who loves God but still has questions. The one who sees beauty in mystery. The one who wonders what is true, what is good, and what God might be revealing through the stories we tell.

Together we'll explore topics ranging from biblical mysteries and ancient traditions to hope, healing, purpose, creativity, and the unexpected ways God works all things together for good.

You don't need to have everything figured out. You don't need a theology degree. You only need a willingness to wonder, to listen, and to walk a little farther down the path.

So make yourself comfortable. Pour a cup of coffee or tea. Step beneath the trees.

The light is still there.

Welcome to At Forests Edge.

Hosted by Raeanna Tilly, watercolor artist, author, and storyteller.

Connect with me & find my art & book:

Website: ⁠https://www.atforestsedge.com/⁠

Instagram:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/raeanna_artistofhope⁠

Watch on YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ForestsEdge⁠

Art Tutorials on YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@Raeanna-ArtistOfHope⁠

Subscribe to my monthly newsletter : ⁠https://www.atforestsedge.com/subscribe/

In this episode, I read my children’s book Happy Little Sunflower: Finding Hope in the Valley.

This gentle story follows a small sunflower growing in a quiet valley who discovers that even in dark or difficult places, hope can still grow. 🌻

Created with original watercolor illustrations, this story was written to encourage children and families with a message of resilience, courage, and light.

Perfect for:
• Bedtime listening
• Classroom or homeschool story time
• Encouraging children going through hard seasons

Written and illustrated by watercolor artist Raeanna Tilly.

If this story encourages you, consider sharing it with a child, family, teacher, or caregiver who could use a little extra hope today.

If you’d like to see the watercolor illustrations from this story, you can find the book at my website linked in the episode description.🌻 Learn more about the book:
https://www.atforestsedge.com

🎨 View Raeanna’s artwork and prints:
https://www.atforestsedge.com/art