When You Need to Find a Turning Point

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Are you at a turning point? When we’re hit hard, it’s usual to question God with “Why me? Why are you allowing this to happen?” We enter a spiritual darkness because it seems like God’s not there. He doesn’t appear to be listening. It’s like He’s turned His back. Or, maybe like me, you agonize over whether this is divine punishment. Sometimes, I even feel guilty sharing my doubts with other people because I should have an unwavering faith in God. On one hand, they might look down on me for not being solid, and on the other hand, they might question why I botherRead More →

Having The Courage To Enjoy Using Your Gifts by Carrye Burr

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I am delighted to have Carrye Burr as our #BeBoldGirl this week. Carrye is an excellent writer with truths to share about how we can all use our gifts boldly and not hold back. Make sure you check out Carrye’s newly published book: How To Be A Moon: Embrace Your Worth. Reflect God. Light Up Your Generation. I thought my bold purpose was to write a book, but I didn’t count on collateral courage. So often when I start a writing project I’m passionate about, I’m afraid of all the possible outcomes. I worry that I’ll make a mistake, disappoint others, or look like anRead More →

Boldly Surrender

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Today I welcome Michele Edwards as our #BeBoldGirl as she challenges us to give up the security of our comforts and surrender areas of our lives where we like to be in control. Welcome, Michele. Uncertainty has always been my kryptonite…. “Will they like me?” “When will he ask me to marry him?” “Will I have children?” “What did they get me?” “Will I succeed?” I love the comfort of knowing what’s to come, even if it means knowing misery. This comfort is what kept me marrying a man I knew wasn’t right for me. It kept me seeking comfort in food. It kept meRead More →

Stepping Out in BOLD Faith

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I am thrilled to have Paula Sorrells-Beene, friend and teammate from reNEW – retreat for New England Writing, as the #BeBoldGirl this week. When God asks you to step out for him, he will step in and give you boldness, as Paula discovered. “I’ve written a dramatic monologue and I’d like you to do it.” What? Me? A solo drama.  I was flattered that she asked. I was excited about the idea. But, wait. I had no experience with solo drama and very little with acting. Oh, sure, I was in The Beverly Hillbillies play my senior year of high school. Played Emmaline Fetty, aRead More →

Be BOLD To Put It Out Front

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Please welcome my new friend Ginny Priz to the #BeBoldGirl series. Ginny’s story will inspire you to ask what brokenness in your life needs to be put out front so others can see your healing.  Welcome, Ginny! Put it out front. Woah. Wait. What!? …Did I hear you right, God?  Put your arm out front. You can’t be serious. I’ve spent the first thirty years of my life downplaying my physical difference. You can’t be asking me to place it front and center.  Put your prosthetic out front. But this is exactly what makes people uncomfortable around me. They get all weird and start apologizingRead More →

Be Bold Enough to Trust

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Kim Goodfellow is our #BeBoldGirl today, sharing how she boldly made a career change. She talks about how God  led her to do more than she imagined.  Welcome, Kim! I managed to shut the door to my office before I started crying, but only barely.   Shame filled me.  “Why am I so upset about my job?  I used to love it!” I thought to myself.  I analyzed my emotions, trying to find the source of my discontentment.  I was almost 50 years old, and had already put in 10 years at this company.  Now was not the time to question! “My bosses love me. Read More →

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Do you have a dream you are afraid will never become reality?  Our #BeBoldGirl Evonna Surrette will inspire you to move out of your comfort zone and take a bold step to make it happen.  Welcome, Evonna! You’re going where? You’re doing what? Why? Ever been met with these types of responses by friends and family? I have!  Most recently, these questions were fired at me when I returned from a trip to Franklin, TN, and informed everyone that I was quitting my job and moving. I will admit, I even thought, Are you crazy? I decided to take a very BOLD and BLIND stepRead More →

Choosing to be BOLD When it Scares You

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Wow! How would you feel getting in front of a television camera? Nervous? Read Paula Mosher Wallace’s #BeBoldGirl story as God tells her to share her story of abuse across the world. Perhaps God is calling you to step out of your comfort zone. Start a television show? What? No. That’s crazy! My mind was racing. I was being offered a television show on the Nashville Christian Television Network affiliate, WHTN. This was insane. Me? I didn’t even have television service to my apartment, where I lived with my three boys. I thought back to how I grew up as a missionary’s kid in theRead More →

When I Boldly Walked Back to God

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If you’ve turned away from God, do you know he loves you unconditionally? Kayla Nelson shares her #BeBoldGirl story with us this week. Let her words encourage you to boldly walk back to him. Welcome, Kayla. God doesn’t really love you. I told myself. He doesn’t hear you, He doesn’t see you, He doesn’t care about you. I was baptized as an infant. My earliest memories involve the church. I memorized bible verses, led bible studies, volunteered in ministries, and went on missions trips. I walked by works and drowned inside my own head, believing that I would never be enough. So I walked away. Away fromRead More →

I had to be bold in my authenticity and intimacy with my heavenly Father. No longer did I come to Him with a put together life. I was a mess. I could no longer pretend life was okay. It wasn't.  It was time to be real with God. 

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So often when we’re struggling and feel vulnerable, we want to be self-sufficient. It’s hard to accept help from other people. #BeBoldGirl Karen Smith shares her story of how she had to be bold and become dependent on God and those he brought to help her during a painful season. Are you bold enough to take roses that someone has given you, throw them on the ground and stomp on them? I mean really; that requires a bold  person to do that! Unfortunately, I was one of those ladies who was bold in a not so good way!  No, they weren’t real roses. They wereRead More →