Finding R.E.S.T While Learning to Embrace Your Imperfect StorySample

Find R.E.S.T. for your soul.

R.E.S.T. is only the beginning of a journey to embrace your imperfect story and pursue your passions with grace. Remembering who you are, Engaging your barriers, Setting your passions on fire, and Teaching yourself to own and live your story is a lifelong process. Jesus wants you to find rest for your soul, not in the perfection of your life or your efforts, but in the fact that you are His. Imperfectly His to be exact.

You can’t begin to walk out a fulfilled life without God’s grace and peace, but with it, you can do all things (Philippians 4:13). Finding true rest is about leaning into the finished work of Christ (John 19:30), relying on the power of the Holy Spirit to change your heart and mind (John 16:8), and trusting that God is using every inch of both the good and the bad of your story for His glory.

“So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." 1 Corinthians 10:31

Become a walking example of the very truth of Jesus, just as He intended. Become the walking promises of God. Become the example of redemption, hope, and reconciliation. Become undone so that you can become healed by the power of the blood of Jesus.

Believe that you are everything God says you are. Believe that God is everything He says He is. Believe in the imperfect story that God has given you and share it with the world unapologetically. Believe that it is not over for you. Believe that you are not too far gone, too wrong, too scared, or too stuck. Believe that God is good and all these messy things will work together for your good. Believe that vulnerability, honesty, compassion, and transparency are life goals. Leap with each new endeavor, knowing you are not leaping into an unknown abyss but instead the unchanging arms of Jesus. And when life gets you down like I know that it will, repeat this process over and over again.

The beauty of overcoming lies in you embracing the fullness of your imperfect but powerful story.

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