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Here you go… WHAT GRIEVING THE WRITE WAY IS ALL ABOUT Your world has changed. Someone special is missing. How do you do this? What does this loss mean for you? Who are you now? MY PERSONAL HISTORY WITH WRITING AND GRIEF I experienced multiple, traumatic losses in early childhood. The next day, I wrote another poem.

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Writing steadies our hearts enough to express our emotions in a healthy and productive way. Writing gives us a safe place to express and process spiritual questions, doubts, and fears. This book is about helping you express your heart, mind, and soul.

This book can help you honor your loved one as you grieve. This book can help you take the next steps in your grief process, whatever they might be.

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Her brother is marked, her future is vanished, and all that remains is a desperate need for revenge. She devises a plan to stop them, and finds an injured stranger that just might be the key.

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And Scripture tells us that Moses was content to stay there Ex. And the reality is that God has not wasted any steps of that path.

Moses is about to begin adulting. He gets married and settles down. Starts a family. We still see his identity struggle. You forfeited a dream because it felt selfish to pursue it.

Taking a steady job or staying home full time felt like a more noble endeavor. And truthfully, any sacrifice we make for the good of those we love should be viewed as such.

And for now, you are content to dwell there, but inwardly you know you eventually belong somewhere else. Something else significant is happening here also. If we live fearing that failure waits around every corner because our script of self-doubt directs our steps, so will our children.

And you know what? He was right. He would never be Egyptian. He was not intended to be a Hebrew slave. It was not his future to remain a Midianite shepherd. He belonged to God. He was called out by God and equipped by God for a unique role and purpose within the history of the world.

But God, in His infinite wisdom, placed Moses in those situations to open his eyes to see with whom he actually belonged: God. Every disappointment and rejection drove him to the One who would forever fulfill and accept him as His own. they may have led you to inward feelings of self-doubt, but God means them to serve as your road map to Christ.

Each one of us as followers of Jesus has been given a unique gift to be employed in good works for our time and place in history.

Yet as long as Moses focused on his past failure and his need for acceptance by others, he would never embrace those truths. He would forever feel like a failure and doubt his ability to do what God asked of him. He would choose an easier path and other endeavors rather than the grand adventure God had for him.

Yet even in this place of obscurity and waiting, God was equipping Moses. God knew what He was accomplishing in mundane Midian. Listen to this perspective:. Moses undertook the toilsome life of a sheepherder in the Sinai area, thus gaining valuable knowledge of the topography of the Sinai Peninsula, which later was helpful as he led the Israelites in that wilderness land.

And friend, can I remind you today, that God knows what He is accomplishing in this season of your life? You may yearn for more. You may feel like an alien in a foreign land, unique, isolated, or alone. The days may feel monotonous, insignificant, or meaningless.

You may wonder where you fit and where you belong. But the story of Moses reminds us that God is at work. Our early days in Arizona felt like Midian. We left the verdant leafy trees of North Carolina for a dirt backyard surrounded by brown mountains and tan houses. The scene outside my kitchen window felt as dull and colorless as my days.

With a preschooler and a toddler, some days seemed to repeat in endless cycles with little evidence of any sort of progress or accomplishment. But this season also included daily naptimes, where I began to forge the habit of connecting with God in the silence.

Midian also provided an opportunity to establish friendships with other moms to survive the chaos of the remaining hours when my young children were awake! Those friendships proved integral throughout Midian but also beyond, as my children got older and God began to call me to new things.

I need those friends as much today as I did in Midian. Midian is the place where we learn to listen. Those haunting echoes of our inadequacy begin to be drowned out by the soothing sounds spoken over us by the Savior as we open His Word, allowing Him to place a new song within our ever-racing minds.

Because often when we are in Midian we cannot see how God is working. We are surrounded by duties and our schedule feels too daily. Responsibilities weigh heavy and the horizon looks flat and desolate. And while Moses may feel alone in his identity, God was using the time to forge a friendship between Moses and Jethro, his father-in-law, that would have a great effect on his life.

It was the dailyness and drudgery of Midian that the early bonds of trust between the two were formed. And so are you.

Lean in and listen. Pieces of your past are preparation for the future God has planned for you. The winds of change begin to stir across your desert landscape as the voice of the Almighty speaks new truth about your identity.

Describe in your own words what you think Paul is saying here. How does verse 9 outline the paradox of having power to overcome our fear of not being good enough? Why do you think Moses chose to flee to Midian rather than capitalizing on his skills and education to find other means of employment?

Describe what a modern-day Midian season might look like. Have you ever been in Midian? Are you in Midian now? Have you altered your dreams, fulfilled your dreams, or completely abandoned them? Was there a significant life event or encounter that prompted you to take that course of action?

Who has become a meaningful relationship in your life that was forged through faithfully fulfilling your responsibilities? Dear Jesus, teach me what faithfulness looks like in my Midian.

Free book sneak peeks - The full book is quotes with commentary. Read one every morning to wake up your entire life. It's Never too Late to Fall in Love with your Life is full of Virtual book tours, magazine ads, blogger reviews, twitter campaigns, online giveaways, and book-launch parties are among the publicity options I so excited to tell you that my new book, Letting God Be Enough: Why Striving Keeps You Stuck and How Surrender Sets You Free launches on September 7th In 'Find Your People', Jennie Allen explores the epidemic of loneliness – a very real issue that has taken hold as many of us hide behind emotional walls

And truthfully, any sacrifice we make for the good of those we love should be viewed as such. And for now, you are content to dwell there, but inwardly you know you eventually belong somewhere else.

Something else significant is happening here also. If we live fearing that failure waits around every corner because our script of self-doubt directs our steps, so will our children. And you know what? He was right. He would never be Egyptian.

He was not intended to be a Hebrew slave. It was not his future to remain a Midianite shepherd. He belonged to God. He was called out by God and equipped by God for a unique role and purpose within the history of the world. But God, in His infinite wisdom, placed Moses in those situations to open his eyes to see with whom he actually belonged: God.

Every disappointment and rejection drove him to the One who would forever fulfill and accept him as His own. they may have led you to inward feelings of self-doubt, but God means them to serve as your road map to Christ. Each one of us as followers of Jesus has been given a unique gift to be employed in good works for our time and place in history.

Yet as long as Moses focused on his past failure and his need for acceptance by others, he would never embrace those truths. He would forever feel like a failure and doubt his ability to do what God asked of him.

He would choose an easier path and other endeavors rather than the grand adventure God had for him. Yet even in this place of obscurity and waiting, God was equipping Moses. God knew what He was accomplishing in mundane Midian.

Listen to this perspective:. Moses undertook the toilsome life of a sheepherder in the Sinai area, thus gaining valuable knowledge of the topography of the Sinai Peninsula, which later was helpful as he led the Israelites in that wilderness land.

And friend, can I remind you today, that God knows what He is accomplishing in this season of your life? You may yearn for more. You may feel like an alien in a foreign land, unique, isolated, or alone. The days may feel monotonous, insignificant, or meaningless.

You may wonder where you fit and where you belong. But the story of Moses reminds us that God is at work. Our early days in Arizona felt like Midian. We left the verdant leafy trees of North Carolina for a dirt backyard surrounded by brown mountains and tan houses.

The scene outside my kitchen window felt as dull and colorless as my days. With a preschooler and a toddler, some days seemed to repeat in endless cycles with little evidence of any sort of progress or accomplishment. But this season also included daily naptimes, where I began to forge the habit of connecting with God in the silence.

Midian also provided an opportunity to establish friendships with other moms to survive the chaos of the remaining hours when my young children were awake!

Those friendships proved integral throughout Midian but also beyond, as my children got older and God began to call me to new things. I need those friends as much today as I did in Midian. Midian is the place where we learn to listen. Those haunting echoes of our inadequacy begin to be drowned out by the soothing sounds spoken over us by the Savior as we open His Word, allowing Him to place a new song within our ever-racing minds.

Because often when we are in Midian we cannot see how God is working. We are surrounded by duties and our schedule feels too daily. Responsibilities weigh heavy and the horizon looks flat and desolate.

And while Moses may feel alone in his identity, God was using the time to forge a friendship between Moses and Jethro, his father-in-law, that would have a great effect on his life. It was the dailyness and drudgery of Midian that the early bonds of trust between the two were formed.

And so are you. Lean in and listen. Pieces of your past are preparation for the future God has planned for you. The winds of change begin to stir across your desert landscape as the voice of the Almighty speaks new truth about your identity.

Describe in your own words what you think Paul is saying here. How does verse 9 outline the paradox of having power to overcome our fear of not being good enough? Why do you think Moses chose to flee to Midian rather than capitalizing on his skills and education to find other means of employment?

Describe what a modern-day Midian season might look like. Have you ever been in Midian? Are you in Midian now? Have you altered your dreams, fulfilled your dreams, or completely abandoned them?

Was there a significant life event or encounter that prompted you to take that course of action? Who has become a meaningful relationship in your life that was forged through faithfully fulfilling your responsibilities? Dear Jesus, teach me what faithfulness looks like in my Midian.

Make me faithful in my daily responsibilities enjoying Your presence with me even in the most mundane tasks. Open my eyes to those You have placed around me to forge deep friendships.

Open my heart to be willing to invest in them and invite them into my life. Help me not to compare my life to others, but to trust that You have me exactly where You want me for this season. Pre-orders are going live on Monday, June 7th, but my Subscribe Tribe friends can access these bonuses now including.

Thank you for sharing my early excitement! Enjoy your sneak peek! To see my speaking packages that accompany this book check out the Got Godfidence? And now a new at least new to me tool has been added to that mix: the sneak peek or chapter sampler.

They are usually in the form of a pamphlet and have the same cover as the book being promoted. Best of all for readers, they are free. Several sneak peeks were displayed at the Barnes and Noble Teen Book Fest I attended a few weeks ago.

They were on a large table along with bookmarks, posters, pens, and other no-cost items. Another for The Fever Code by James Dashner presents the prologue and Chapter One and then jumps to the seventh chapter.

One sneak peek at Barnes and Noble stood out from the others. Take a Pique had sample chapters from seven different books grouped into one volume.

The contents page provided a teaser for each sample. Short bios of the authors accompanied their sample chapters along with information about how to follow them on social media. Distributing sneak peeks might be an effective way for an author to reach readers and spur their interest in his or her books.

But I would guess it is not a cheap way. Many of the authors who had sneak peeks at Barnes and Noble have won literary awards or seen their books make high-profile bestseller lists. They probably have more dollars to spend on book promotion than their lesser-known peers.

Accordingly, if possible, an author might want to print a few sneak peeks and see what kind of impact they have on sales before making a major investment in them.

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