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What If You Stopped Looking Back?
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Emery and I made pretzels together on our last vacation. I love this little video of flour-dusted hands twisting dough.
What’s Been On My Heart How often do you wish to go back to the way things were? Memories can be a gift when you learn from them. But, they can also be a life-sucking weight you carry into every new day. Isaiah 43:18-19 (NLT) says: "But forget all that— it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland." Dear one, you were not created to live your life from the rearview mirror. The past can't be changed, rewritten, or improved no matter how many times you replay it. Give yourself permission to move forward. Your abundant life isn't behind you. It's the pathway God's making right now, even through the parts of your story that still feel like wilderness. Something for You Some situations only God can untangle. I recently joined W. Mark Whitlock on the Hope for Estranged Parents podcast to talk about exactly that, the moments when you need God to do the impossible in a relationship you can't fix on your own. Watch it here: "How Children React to Hard News," Episode 03, Hope for Estranged Parents, featuring Kirsten Samuel Talking to your kids about separation or betrayal needs God's wisdom. Two recent posts on my blog give some suggestions about navigating that conversation, one gentle step at a time: When Dad or Mom Leaves: 5 Honest Ways to Talk to Your Kids About Separation What Do I Tell My Kids? How to talk to Children About Marital Betrayal Don't Forget This is your last chance to save 15% on Breathe Again: A Healing Path, my twelve-week group coaching experience for women healing from betrayal, which begins September 15 at 10:00 a.m. Central. The code EARLYBIRD15 (case-sensitive) expires at midnight, August 25.
Not sure if Breathe Again: A Healing Path is right for you? Schedule a free Breathe Again Session with me to share where you are and discuss your options. You don't have to do this alone. Questions? Email me at Kirsten@KirstenDSamuel.com. 🙏🏻 A Prayer for You Dear God, life can be hard, lonely, frightening, and confusing. Would you bring understanding to Reader in one difficult area? Provide a safe person to listen and share this difficulty, whatever it may be. Surround Reader with your protection. Psalm 27:23-24 (NLT) reminds, "The LORD directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives. Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the LORD holds them by the hand." Thank you for this promise. Give Reader the courage to trust you and hold your hand tightly. Amen. |
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I empower faith-based women like you to recover well after discovering their husband's or significant others struggle with the dark places on the internet. Every Monday you'll receive encouragement and other carefully curated content to help you heal and find the freedom you desire.
Thank you for your kind encouragement over the last week. Each reply to my emails about going back to school meant so much. Oh, by the way, tomorrow marks the last day of this class. Then it's on to the next one, heading toward graduation in May 2027. Dave and I are once again traveling to spend time with our family. We're enjoying the fall changes in Utah with our kids and grandkids. I'll send a few pictures next week. What’s Been On My Heart What do you do when your heart and mind argue...
My business coach keeps asking me the same question on our calls lately: what are you focused on? While this question asks me to evaluate every aspect of my business, my coach also knows I am a holistic person. I'm not a business person and a separate individual living some other life. I'm just me. What’s Been On My Heart How often do interruptions pull you out of focus? If you're honest, it's probably your own limitations doing most of the interrupting. They're loud and impossible to ignore,...
My girls have raved about their air fryers for years, and I just nodded along. Two people who don't eat much fried food don't need another gadget, especially in a condo with barely enough cabinet space for what we already own. Then I set off the smoke alarm heating pot stickers in a pan on the stove. Again. 🤦🏻♀️ For the bazillionth time. 🫤 Yes, that's a word. This week, I finally bought the air fryer. Dinner came out perfect in ten minutes. No oven to heat up, no alarm blaring through the...