Hello, pretty ladies!!! I'm back from the Inspired Retreat and feeling SO DANG GOOD about making things happen in life! If you're a small business owner, you NEED NEED NEED to get yourself to the next Inspired. Like, if you need to talk through it email me and I'll give you my number and we can chat for hours about the benefits. Because it really is that good. I'll be talking more about it in November!
While I was at Inspired, the Lord started working so many things through my heart. I really can't get over how much He has been faithful to use this joy series to mold my heart. In awe of His faithfulness and pursuit of me! A lot of my struggles came out at Inspired. I realized several things that I was struggling with, personally and in business, that I didn't recognize before. One thing that kept coming up for me was my lack of confidence and my constant struggle that I could do more or be more. As I sat down with a new friend, she gently reminded me that because of sinful humanity, there will always be that gap. I could always do more or be more. But Jesus filled that gap with the cross. My performance is not linked to my salvation. There's nothing I could do to earn what Christ did on the cross. I am saved by faith through grace. When I start walking in the grace and lean into that faith, that's where freedom comes. Are you getting this, y'all?? The more that I lay down my pride and reach my hands up to the father daily in surrender and accept the grace to walk through my day to day, the more I'll have freedom. And what comes with freedom? JOY!!!! I can have so much joy and thankfulness when I live in grace. My confidence doesn't rest in me, my confidence should rest in the Lord. When I'm fully leaning into Him and relying on His grace, I'll live with more confidence and boldness to do what He's called me to do. Because He is the one equipping me and giving me grace to do it!
Y'all this fires me up. This is it right here. I love all of these revelations that are happening surrounding joy. I'm so so thankful for the way the Lord is moving. And BOOM I've been doing this for 22 days, y'all. This deserves another cup of coffee!! Thank you so much for sticking through and learning beside me. We've got just about one week left and it's going to be good. Tomorrow's post is one I've been eager to share and I'm so ready for you to see my heart spilled out. It's going to be good.