Dawn of Valor
After losing my son and surrendering everything we knew—selling our home along with almost everything we owned and leaving all that was familiar—I’m learning what it means to become a woman of valor. Dawn of Valor is my raw and unfolding journey of grief, faith, and surrender, and an invitation to witness the quiet, extraordinary work of God in a life fully laid down.
Dawn of Valor
010: Five Months in PA, Exodus or Exile?
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It has been one month and twelve days into the new year.
And five months since we left home.
In this episode, I share what the Lord has been doing in this season of life in a furnished rental, unfamiliar rhythms, and spiritual reorientation.
This has not been a season of arrival. It has been a season of placement.
A season of radical amputation.
A season of integration into the Body.
A season of learning the difference between provision and permanence.
We talk about:
- my lack of a vision board this year and why
- Jesus’ call to radical amputation in Matthew 5:29–30, and our decision to give up alcohol this year
- Why God withholds lasting security, but gives joy along the way
- What themes of 'home' God keeps hammering into my soul, while withholding what I think 'home' is or should be.
- Starting Growth groups + Marriage and Family Class
- What Jeremiah 29 teaches about life and living while in exile
Scripture referenced:
Matthew 5:29–30
Jeremiah 29:5–7
C. S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
“Our Father refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, but will not encourage us to mistake them for home.”
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