On June 1st, I turned 25 and also celebrated the 2 year anniversary of the Chronically Cultivating Podcast! Over the past 6 months, I’ve been thinking about a lot leading up to turning 25, because a few years ago, I almost didn't make it out of the hospital. I didn't know that I was going … Continue reading 25
12 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.Jeremiah 29:12 NIV Welcome to the Word over World Series! Here we will discuss different ways to intentionally be in the Word before jumping into the world. Today we are discussing how I prefer to spend my time in prayer! My … Continue reading Word over World Series: Prayer Edition
“things were written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us. And the Scriptures give us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God’s promises to be fulfilled.”Romans 15:4 NLT Welcome to the Word over World Series! Here we will discuss different ways to intentionally be in the Word before jumping into the world. … Continue reading Word over World: Write the Word Edition
“things were written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us. And the Scriptures give us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God’s promises to be fulfilled.”Romans 15:4 NLT This summer my top priority has been to choose the Word over the world, but I haven’t felt like I lived up to it … Continue reading Word Over World: series introduction
A lot led up to you and me meeting here today. Living the chronic illness life is hard and I think it's safe to say that we all struggle to feel/experience joy. Joy was an emotion for so long that I lacked and even envied because I misunderstood it. Nowadays I talk a lot about … Continue reading The Joy of the Lord is my Strength
3 For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. 4 So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.James 1:3-4 NLT We are halfway through 2020- I feel like we should be ringing cowbells to celebrate that we have made … Continue reading Summer Refresh
As some of you may know one of my 2020 goals is to read through the Bible in two years. Now I am the first to say that I was very intimidated by this goal to read through the Bible because I wanted to read through it canonically. (Canonically is where you read through it … Continue reading Worshiping Well When Life Changes- Cultivating in Quarantine
Friends! In THREE DAYS, we will be getting together for the first Spoonie Study of 2020! If you attended The Spoonie Study last year, we are doing things completely different. The Spoonie Study is still an online Bible study for women over 16 with chronic illnesses. We are going through the book: It's Not Supposed … Continue reading What to Expect… from The Spoonie Study!
A year ago today, we accessed my port for the first time. The port was placed on February 6, 2019, and was accessed on February 14, 2019. Jared and I don't really like valentines day (sorry it's just not our thing,) so the 14th has become a victorious day that we remember and celebrate God's … Continue reading Waiting Grows Faithfulness #portaversary
I never imagined I would be the kind of person that spends 1-2 hours in devotional time with God every morning; I get a lot of questions about how I have created my devotional time with God, and I want to give you all the details. My time with God has drastically changed over the … Continue reading How to Cultivate a Joyful Daily Devotional Time
Living the Chronic Illness Life 