Garden Convos

In a world where we long to be seen, the question is not only are you okay when you are purposefully being hidden by God, but are you fruitful in the midst of being hidden.

El ministerio es un estilo de vida, no limitado a las cuatro paredes de la iglesia. He tenido momentos en mi vida en los que me pregunté si estaba viviendo la voluntad de Dios porque no estaba en el “ministerio”, es decir, trabajando en una iglesia o siendo misionera. Y simplemente no podría estar más lejos de la verdad.

Ministry is a lifestyle, not limited to the four walls of the church. I have had times in my life where I questioned if I was living out God’s will because I was not in “ministry”, aka working at a church or being a missionary. And it simply could not be farther away from the truth. 

Community can be very difficult to navigate, yet one of the most fulfilling aspects of life. In this episode we discuss the importance of fruitful friendships from a systems theory approach and a biblical understanding of unity. 

Unveiling the idols in our lives can be one of the hardest yet fruitful processes we can go through in order to live a freer life both mentally and spiritually. 

We discussed understanding trauma in the last episode, so it was important to also address this topic of making peace with your past because we all have difficult experiences that have marked us, but they do not need to define us. Hope you feel encouraged to live in peace because Peace lives in you!

El trauma es un tema muy importante cuando hablamos sobre la salud mental, y este episodio se enfoca en entendiendo como trauma afecta nuestro cuerpo, mente, y espíritu. Espero que aprenden algo nuevo y que crecemos en el amor por otros, especialmente personas que han tenido experiencias traumáticas. Con amor, Lau!

Trauma is a very broad and complex term that cannot be healed in a moment. There is. A process to heal from trauma and the first step of that is do understand what trauma is and how it affects the human mind, body, and spirit. This is just a broad overview, and in future episodes we will discuss different types of traumatic experiences in detail. Hope this helps create a foundation for how you view trauma so that we may love others better while they walk through their own healing journeys!

In a world of self-everything, could it be that true, sustainable self-care comes from getting over ourselves and living for Jesus? In this episode we discuss what it means when the Word of God calls us to die to ourselves daily, and how this brings freedom to every area of our lives. Our mental health cannot be built on pride or self-sufficiency, we need something deeper. 

Have you ever felt like you didn’t know how to come back to God? Life is full of many seasons and in this episode I share my own testimony of how I learned to come back to the Gardener even after being disobedient. There is victory in vulnerability, and I hope you feel like you can relate to my experiences and know that there is grace for you. It’s never too late to choose to grow.