Tag: christian living

Five ways to thrive instead of just survive

5 Ways to Start Thriving Instead of Just Surviving!

I know some amazing women. They are godly, wise, talented, have a beautiful heart. The only thing is, they are extra hard on themselves. They beat themselves up if they can’t be perfect at everything and they feel like they are failing at life. It breaks my heart to see such incredible women feeling this way.  Although, I think we all have a tendency to do the same thing at some point.  We feel like there is no room for error. That if we don’t do things perfectly then we will mess up our kids, our marriages, our jobs, …

It Ran in my Family Until it Ran into Me

“It ran in my family until it ran into me.” I heard this the other night and it resonated so deeply with me. This perfectly describes the place where I have been for two years. Two years of hard, chain-breaking work. Not me in my own efforts, but God transforming my heart and working through me.
You see, I wasn’t supposed to amount to anything. From the moment I was conceived, I was set up for a painful, dysfunctional life. My biological father, whom I have never met, was a criminal who went around impregnating women and then leaving them. …

God Reveals His Will Through a Broken Pipe

If you ask, 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪. If you are seriously seeking it and paying attention. And He often does it in the most extraordinary ways. ⁣⁣A little over three years ago, I felt God 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚.

We had been in the same house for about 15 years, and I heard God saying very clearly that it was time to move from this place. So I told my husband what God had been putting on my heart.⁣⁣He said, “ Heather, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚’𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙮 that we …

Heather Bowman