by Jodie Barrett | Mar 18, 2016 | featured, God's presence, overwhelmed, running, Uncategorized
Race. Run. Run. Race. Rat race? Monday morning had turned to Monday afternoon and I was feeling a little like a hamster on a wheel. Running in circles and getting no where. Or was I really? As I walked to my bedroom with a load of clean clothes to lay on the bed I did...
by Jodie Barrett | May 19, 2015 | blessings, featured, interwoven, overflowing, overwhelmed, praise, prayer, Uncategorized
Ten days! Ten days! We set the date 2 years ago and booked a special speaker…Gwen Smith with Girlfriends in God! And in just ten days it will happen! Our 4th annual This One’s for the Girls women’s conference. Gathering with girls to celebrate God!...
by Jodie Barrett | Jan 13, 2015 | bad day, encouragement, featured, Mentors, mistakes, overwhelmed, Uncategorized, Winter Session 2015
And it happened! All the things I didn’t want to say spilled out of my mouth anyway. Even though, as tears slipped from my eyes and I lamented in the privacy of my jeep that I wouldn’t…I did! I said all the things I desperately didn’t want to...
by Jodie Barrett | Dec 23, 2014 | Christmas, difficult circumstances, encouragement, family, featured, Jesus, joy, overwhelmed, prayer, salvation, Uncategorized
Preparing my heart for Christmas has been a journey of valleys and mountains this year. Each day it seems I have been faced with moments of joy and moments of pain. Many times the two have collided into one another leaving me breathless. The most recent occurrence of...
by Donna Fender | Nov 13, 2014 | featured, overwhelmed, Pain, rest, Uncategorized
I have been resting a lot lately..ummm – scratch that.. I have been sitting a lot lately. My back and leg are still bothering me and so the thought process is that if I sit and “rest” that it will get better. I really do not feel rested. I really...
by Jodie Barrett | Oct 30, 2014 | choices, Fall Session, featured, Keeping it real in the chaos, overwhelmed, Uncategorized
It is coming quickly. The time of year when I find it necessary to purge toys from my kids rooms, in order to make room for new ones. Now, the actual purging must be done in secret…but it brings much peace to this momma’s heart to not have to jam one more...