Welcome to season three of the Miracle in the Mess Podcast! 🎉

Someone recently asked me, “How do we adult well?” And honestly? The more I live, the more I realize it’s less about figuring out life’s perfect formula and more about following Jesus into the ordinary, messy, beautiful parts of our days.

This episode is packed with practical and faith-filled encouragement for women navigating adulthood, calling, and purpose. Together we’ll explore:

• ​What God says about growing in maturity
• ​How to focus less on me and more on we
• ​Why the “salt of the earth” life outlasts the shiny one
• ​How to walk humbly, love deeply, and serve boldly
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Because at the end of the day, adulting well isn’t about striving harder—it’s about looking more like Jesus.

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We assume that because it’s tough God isn’t in it. Because this time is dark and painful, it must be Satan. It’s a consequence. A burden. A pain.

But the Bible calls Jesus a man of sorrows. Well aquatinted with grief and pain and rejection. (Isaiah 53:3)

Over 2,000 years ago he was unjustly put on trial for crimes he didn’t do. Undeservingly beaten for a law he never broke. And unashamedly hung on a cross for sins he hadn’t committed.

The result of living in a broken world is that bad things happen. The good news of the cross, tomb and resurrection day, is this…

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Even if you don’t live in a climate that experiences weekly weather surprises in the spring, we have all experienced shocking change. Besides death (and taxes, ha!), change is one of the only things that are inevitable in life. It’s not these continual shifts in seasons that tend to rock us. What’s hard is when we aren’t prepared for them. When a huge life problem, financial hardship, or a soul wrenching senario slams into our lives like an unexpected April shower, it’s miserable. We are caught in a spring rain without a coat.

About six months ago and seemingly out of nowhere, anxiety attacks and insomnia began to wreak havoc on my life. I was shocked and scared. I didn’t know what to do or how to find reprieve from the storm. Through that experience, here are a few ways I learned that we can always spiritually stay prepared for whatever life may throw at us…

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It’s so exciting to watch a garden grow but it also requires a ton of time and continuous effort. Yet, I plant and harvest again and again, year after year, because I don’t think God has used anything to teach me more about life. With my hands in the loam, He reveals to me His principals, character, and technique for allowing His creation to thrive.

So, as we dive into April, I felt like this was the opportune time for us to talk about three of these lessons God has taught me on my knees before Him tending to a plant.

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What even is worship? What can we carry worship beyond Sunday morning music at a church service and into our everyday lives?

Let’s ask my husband Gage about what worshipping God can look like from the deer stand, silence in his truck and at the office.

In this podcast we talk about worshipping in spirit and truth, how worship can reflect masculinity, and we even celebrate Gage’s birthday.

Ready? Let’s dive in!

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The most searched for Bible verse online last year was Philippians 4:6. This verse starts with, “Do not be anxious about anything…”

When you start to get anxious, what's your initial response? What do you do to try and manage it?

On today’s podcast, expert worship leader and vocal coach Sara McDowell shares with us how to pivot from worry into worship no matter where you are.

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When I started to pray about the theme of “Equip” and what God would want to highlight this weekend, two questions came to my mind that I think God wants you to find answers to. The first is “Where am I going?” And the second is “What am I called to do?”

You can’t be equipped to embark on a lifelong journey of following Christ if you don’t know where you’re going and what you’re doing, right?

So let’s get some answers and leave here today confident in our callings.

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Let’s be real— Choosing to love someone can be really, really hard.

And this can make us want to give up on love, right? We either think we aren’t serving our relationships well or they aren’t serving us. The temptation is to give up.

So let’s ask Gage:

Why do you think it’s important to keep choosing to love even though people will inevitably let you down?

How do you find the bravery to love and give 100% even though there is a risk involved?

What does it look like to look to God and keep choosing love even when life gets hard?

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Join us as we hear an on-the-go devo today from therapist, business owner and pastor’s wife, Kemi Huntley @selfcarebelle.

In a world that often measures our worth by accomplishments, appearance, or approval from others, it’s easy to forget the truth of who we are.

Let’s take the next few minutes to unpack our identity as women loved by God.

Follow along on today’s Hermana Blog.

As the calendar brings the month of February and Valentines Day back around to us once again, I'm stuck thinking about the word intimacy. Why do so many of us struggle with this word? Why is it hard for us to draw close to others, our spouse and to God?

Let’s talk today about what it means to be fully know yet fully loved and the power of being close to God.

Read along with the podcast in today’s Hermana Blog.