Episode 20. The Cure for Loneliness

What role does struggle play in the adventure God has for you?

It's easy to think that after we act on an idea that God has given us, that things will be easy, successful and that we cannot fail because this is from God. I'm sorry to tell you, this isn't always the case.

I have found that when we act on the big ideas, the ones directly correlated with the call God has placed on our life, we will face struggle...and a lot of it. Possibly the most struggle we have experienced in our life. 

The struggle can begin to make us question if we heard God correctly or if we are even on the right path. The beautiful part is that you were literally created to conquer these struggles. And when you do conquer them, you come one step closer to fully stepping into the adventure God created you for.

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What does it take to build a strong family, no matter the size, circumstances and/or experiences that have impacted your adventure with God?

Today we have an audience favorite back on, my mom Shelly! She shares her adventure in becoming a mother to several of us kids, what that revealed within her about the healing she needed and the impacts that had on her relationship with God. 

No adventure is the same. We all have our experiences that have led to where we are in life. We all have past experiences that have a part in who we are and how we make choices. But Shelly is going to reveal to us the one element that helped her dig deep to build and grow her strong family.

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Every adventure starts with this one simple thing....

It will introduce itself to you. It will revisit you. It will catch you off guard. It will surprise you and make you uncomfortable.

I'm talking about an idea. God sends ideas our way to keep us connected to our purpose and our adventure. We then have the choice to foster that idea or say no thanks. Both choices come with a cost and consequences, but only one leads us to our true adventure that God created for us.

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Have you ever had one of those intense seasons of life where it feels like everything around you is crumbling?

This week, my sister-in-law shares the details of one of the most intense seasons of her life. The life that she thought she was building came crashing down and to a complete halt, leading her to a life that she didn't see coming.

Are you squeezing the bar of soap? (you'll have to listen in to know the answer to this one)

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Look at your habits. I'm talking about your morning routines, what you do at the end of a busy day, what choices you make throughout the day, etc...

How many of these habits do you believe can be matched with the adventure and call that God has placed in your heart?

Today, I want to share more with you about the "One Idea Rule." It has given me so many AHA moments about what tasks fulfill me in life and what tasks drain me. It's such a great starting place to understanding if we are heading in the direction of the adventure God has for us!

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What did you think your adventure would look like?

For this episode, my sister Ivy joins me on the podcast and shares how her adventure turned into something very different from what she originally imagined. With a naturally adventurous personality and a known desire to travel, every vision she had of her adventure for her life ended up looking much different than she anticipated.

Adventure can have so many different forms, which I think is sometimes why we can struggle to identify our adventure or we don't even recognize it until we have been through and made it past some things in our life.

Does your adventure for your life look as you had expected it to?

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Are you actually seeking clarity? Like actively seeking it for your life and for this year?

I created Redemption Unveiled 8 years ago. 8 YEARS!! And I had no idea why other than I just knew that was something God wanted me to do. Without much understanding as to why or what or even how, I continued on, seeking clarity from God. Where was this blog going? Why do I have a blog? You get the point.

It wasn't until about a year ago...and a year after turning this into a podcast I might add....that I was finally given clarity on why God led me down this path. That was 8 years of active seeking. 

How long have you been actively seeking God's purpose in your life?

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Is your journey to finding true love nothing like you thought it would be? You felt like God put a call on your heart to be a mother and a wife, but finding the person you are supposed to share that with isn't going as you expected.

Today, my sister Chloe shares how her expectations on finding her future husband didn't go as planned, the challenges she faced while dating and what she had to work through to get past it until one day, the picture became so clear.

The adventure isn't always easy, in fact, it seems like it rarely is. Chloe shares some great perspectives on today's podcast about how her difficult dating journey is directly correlated to finding her person.

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The laundry. The dishes. Running errands. Taking kids here and there. Being a supportive and loving spouse each day. Everyday choices.

Each day, we make these small choices. Within these small choices, we have successes, failures, let downs and sometimes things just straight don't work out. But we try again the next day.

For me, laundry has a direct impact on my big picture and my adventure. Why? Because I want a flourishing family. I can look at my pile of laundry that never seems to end and get discouraged about how I can never get caught up. But instead, I look at that pile of laundry and connect it to my adventure....

I made choices today that didn't allow me to get caught up on my laundry, but I DID make choices to make sure my family is flourishing.

How do you connect your small choices to your big desires?

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This week, my husband Ryan, a.k.a. "Carter Allen," joined me on the podcast to share about an adventure we went on together that SUCKED! 

It put us in a place where we had no control, minimal resources and truly had to lean into our trust for God to take care of us and our kids.

Sometimes our adventures are filled with difficulty and we are forced to walk through things that we would prefer not to walk through. Listen in as we share all of the difficulties and challenges we faced on this specific journey, how it impacted our lives and our marriage and how we transformed through it all.

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