Jesus gave an invitation in Matthew's gospel:

“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

That invitation still stands for us today. On this week's podcast, we get glimpse of some people in the New Testament and how Jesus taught them to rest even when they were disappointed in life, even when their circumstances overwhelmed them, and even when they were distracted and flustered.

What Jesus taught still stands and applies for us today.

And as always, you will find lots of encouragement at my website www.audreybroggi.com

This week on the podcast, you will hear the fourth and final message in the study, Chosen in Love. My daughter, GraceAnna,  gave a powerful talk on what it means to be chosen for womanhood. I am sure it will encourage you.

And as always, you will find lots of essays I've written over the years at my website www.audreybroggi.com

This week on the podcast, you'll hear the third message in the series titled, Chosen in Love, taught by my daughter-in-law, Chesed Broggi. I know you will be encouraged.

And as always, you will find lots of essays I've written over the years at my website, www.audreybroggi.com

This week on the podcast, you'll hear the second message in the series titled Chosen in Love taught by my daughter-in-law, Maureen Broggi . I know you will be encouraged after listening to this message.

And as always, you will find lots of essays I've written over the years at my website www.audreybroggi.com

This week on the podcast, you'll hear the first message in the series titled Chosen in Love taught by my daughter, GraceAnna Castleberry. I know you will be encouraged after listening to this message.

And as always, you will find lots of essays I've written over the years at my website www.audreybroggi.com

When I recorded the first "Launching" episode, I didn't know it would evolve into a four part series, but here we are. 
In this week's episode, I share some raw emotions as to what it was like for me launching our last two children from the Broggi home. And as I did, my thoughts gathered around Psalm 100 as I closed out the podcast. 
Who knows? I may return to this theme again because as I shared in the show notes last time, we are always launching our children. We never stop being mothers. We never stop loving them, praying for them, cheering for them, and holding them close our hearts. 
You will find lots of essays I've written about my life journey and things God has taught me over the years at my website www.audreybroggi.com

This week on the podcast, I am joined by my daughter-in-law, Maureen and you'll hear from her about launching their first born son, Jack, to college and all the steps they made preparing for this time in their lives. You've heard from me in these last two podcasts dealing with this topic and as I shared on the show notes last time, I still have another podcast in my bones to share on launching next time ...

My website may be of encouragement to you: http://audreybroggi.com

Rare But Real T-shirts are available for purchase here:  https://usafulfillmentservices.com/rare-but-real/

I had a feeling I wanted to do a follow up after last week's podcast. And even after recording this week, I want to do more. Why? Because every single one of us begins launching our children as soon as we find out we're carrying them. We launch them from the womb into the world and then we launch them every time they say a word or they begin to take steps or they go to their first play date or to story time in a class whether at church or at school ...

Our lives as women are spent launching our children from one stage to the next, and it continues, even after we have launched them from our homes - because in our hearts, we're still launching them as we watch them grow in their adult years, have their own families, and sometimes God even allows us to witness their lives as they begin creeping into their senior years.

So this week on the podcast, I continued with the theme of launching as my thoughts gathered around Psalm 90. Many of you are in the years of walking through life changes I was walking through 20 years ago. I want to encourage you and I know that one day, you will  be where I am now should the Lord tarry.

I have much more to say in future podcasts.

I pray this week's drop will be encouraging to you.

My girls are very busy right now with their families, but they are taking time in September to come to Beaufort individually to teach a study they co-authored titled Chosen in Love at our women's ministry, Woman's Life. Their messages will be aired on the podcast during the month of September.

Podcast I mentioned:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heart-soul-homeschool/id1738959425?i=1000653291583

My website may be of encouragement to you: http://audreybroggi.com

Rare But Real T-shirts are available for purchase here:  https://usafulfillmentservices.com/rare-but-real/

I had a feeling I wanted to do a follow up after last week's podcast. And even after recording this week, I want to do more. Why? Because every single one of us begins launching our children as soon as we find out we're carrying them. We launch them from the womb into the world and then we launch them every time they say a word or they begin to take steps or they go to their first play date or to story time in a class whether at church or at school ...

Our lives as women are spent launching our children from one stage to the next, and it continues, even after we have launched them from our homes - because in our hearts, we're still launching them as we watch them grow in their adult years, have their own families, and sometimes God even allows us to witness their lives as they begin creeping into their senior years.

So this week on the podcast, I continued with the theme of launching as my thoughts gathered around Psalm 90. Many of you are in the years of walking through life changes I was walking through 20 years ago. I want to encourage you and I know that one day, you will  be where I am now should the Lord tarry.

I have much more to say in future podcasts.

I pray this week's drop will be encouraging to you.

My girls are very busy right now with their families, but they are taking time in September to come to Beaufort individually to teach a study they co-authored titled Chosen in Love at our women's ministry, Woman's Life. Their messages will be aired on the podcast during the month of September.

Podcast I mentioned:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heart-soul-homeschool/id1738959425?i=1000653291583

My website may be of encouragement to you: http://audreybroggi.com

Rare But Real T-shirts are available for purchase here:  https://usafulfillmentservices.com/rare-but-real/

As my son and his wife launch their first child from home, I have been thinking about so many things. Life is filled with bittersweet moments. This past week, in particular, I have been filled with so much nostalgia as I reflected on how quickly time goes by, how important it is that we invest the time God gives us well, live in the moment yet all the while look forward to the future.

It's interesting, but as I was searching for a  document on my computer, I came across a response I had written to someone's question back in 2004.

It was a time in our lives when we were launching three of our children from home at the same time ... that was the year we had three graduations and a wedding. And though we had begun the process four years earlier when our first child went to college, it hit me. It was 20 years ago and now these 20 years later, our oldest grandson is launching from his home.

So, I had an epiphany -  I needed to share what I wrote on the podcast. See, a lot of people wonder about launching their children – whether they should let them go to "secular"  universities and what God may have for them.  I took the time to answer the one who wrote to me, and in my response to her, I even said this, "I am taking some time to deal with the issues you raised – I do this not only for you, but also for other women who will face these decisions."

I hope this week's podcast  is an encouragement to you. I plan to follow up, by God's grace, to further explore this topic. Let me hear from you!

My website may be of encouragement to you: http://audreybroggi.com

Rare But Real T-shirts are available for purchase here:  https://usafulfillmentservices.com/rare-but-real/