Welcome to the FIFTH episode of Be The Girl! We are so excited to encourage you all with cheering on the people God has put in your life. There are many factors that can keep us from cheering others on. It can be envy, comparison, competition, greed, and so many other forms that can sneak into our hearts and hold us back from speaking lif
Read MoreHi friends, it’s Marcia here! We’ve been in full-stage recovery for what we like to call the '“post Delight Retreat hangover”, but I’m so excited to hop back on here between the naps and unpacking boxes to share with you about this year’s retreat sponsors. As we plan each event, we love to focus on making sure we cover the five love languages of our attendees, so no matter what each girl’s love language is- she’ll attend a retreat or workshop and feel so loved! YOU GUYS, I know I might be biased, but honestly the companies that loved on all of our attendees this year are incredible! We are so honored to have these amazing people & companies back the Delight Retreat and can 1000% recommend their products. Not only because the products are great, but the hearts behind them are even better.
Read MoreWho’s your biggest cheerleader? Maybe it’s a spouse, mom, dad, grandparent, or a friend. I will say without a doubt its definitely my husband. He is always yelling from the sidelines of life lines like… “keep going”, “Don’t quit”, “tomorrow you will do better” well you get the picture. It truly builds me up every time I need it. Truth is we all need someone to cheer us on or what the Bible calls; build us up!
Read MoreThis past autumn, I went to a one-day writing conference. It had been a couple months since I had started getting serious about my writing journey and to be honest, I felt a little lost in the process. While taking down notes, I silently prayed God would direct me through someone’s words. A few hours later, I was standing in line buying some books, and a woman stopped me.
Read MoreThis can definitely be hard at times. Speaking life is not just something that is “good”, but necessary as followers of Christ. The tongue has the power to speak life and to speak death. On this episode we talk about how this has effected our own lives, what The Bible says, and encouraging you all in your own walks!
We hope this episode encourages you to speak life with everything that you have, and let Jesus speak life into your heart and mind as you carry this out in love.
Read MoreHave you ever allowed the rumors that girls speak about you overthrow that you think of yourself. No matter if those rumors are true or not, we somehow allow the lies of the enemy to tell us who we are. Holding fast to truth is knowing who you are and whose you are.
Read MoreEveryone has a truth they live by. Some live by the saying “judge not”. Others live by being a “generally good person”. Some are environmentalists, and some humanitarians. Some live for their work and seek to be “true to their craft”. Some strive to be knowledgeable in all things - to pursue degrees in philosophy or literature; and others are in a fight for social justice aiming to portray tolerance and acceptance for all.
Read MoreWelcome to the THIRD episode of the Be The Girl Podcast. This week we are focusing on living a life that holds dearly to the truth that God and His word gives us.
This can be a difficult task you know? We are constantly bombarded with what our culture and world around us tells us on a daily basis, we are impacted by our own fears and anxieties, and we have an enemy who loves to distort truth to discourage the believer going after Christ.
Read MoreI let the tears come. I woke up that morning after weeks spent, not numbing my heart, but distracting my heart. It’s good to be present to your season, but sometimes that being present also means being present to your pain. It’s always the in between spaces that are the hardest. The Not-Yet season. The season in between what has been promised to us and where we are now. Harder than the in between space itself is navigating all the vast interior landscape within it.
Read MoreFor those of us who fantasize of the entrepreneur lifestyle, whether that be through photography or not, our daydream might include doing what you love on a day-to-day basis, creating your own schedule, taking vacations whenever you want, building relationships with your ideal client, branding yourself on social media, and hiring your BFF when you need an extra hand. Sounds like fun, right?
Read MoreThink of that one dark sin that you wish you could just bottle up and shove out of the window. For me, that was pornography and masturbation. For the longest time, those two words were the hardest for me to actually verbalize out loud...
Read MoreToday we are kicking off February with Be The Girl Who Lives In Wholehearted Surrender. At some point in every Christian’s life it will take a true moment with Jesus that requires giving over and surrendering your life to Him.
Read More“All to Jesus I surrender, all to Him I freely give. I will ever love and trust Him, daily in His presence live … All to Thee most blessed Savior, I surrender all.” Sound familiar? Maybe you were raised singing these words before living them out. That was me.
Read MoreIt was only a year ago, when I was sitting on the beach chairs next to my new husband in Bali. It was a hot day, the breeze was swaying. We had spent the week adventuring and finally in the stillness, the feelings in my heart bubbled to the surface.
Read MoreThe worst year of my life happened 3 years ago. It was 2016 and I truly had hit rock bottom. To say I was far away from Jesus was an understatement. Looking back now, I see the grace that God had on my life. The times where I’d cry out thinking there wasn’t an answer, sitting in silence waiting for something to come and save me.
Read MoreCommunity. People crave it... To be connected and involved. To have a place of cultivation. Our hearts long to be accepted, understood, loved, and tended to. To have this, we will need to move past being fully understood by others in order to be accepted by them. Community doesn’t place people they love in a box.
Read MoreGrowing up, my mom used to read a story about a king and his kingdom, complete with a princess and three daring young knights all hoping to win the fair maiden’s hand in marriage. One day, the prince challenged the brave knights to a quest that would reveal to his father the king, which of them was worthy of his sister's hand. The first knight was known for his strength, another for his swiftness, and the third for his wisdom.
Read MoreToday we are kicking off the new year with Be The Girl Who Seeks Wisdom. This can be a topic that we often see as “obvious”. Of course we are too seek Biblical wisdom in all that we do, but as often as we can think it is obvious is as often as we can forget in our day to day.
Read MoreAlthough summer in the American South can seem unending, autumn always comes around, if only for a week or two. And as surely as the days grow milder and nights start to snap, my craving for ginger cookies arises.
Read MoreUnder the stars on the Delight House porch, a chilly fall night brought almost seventy people from the community to join us for a Girlfriends Night Out. Hot cider, donuts, cozy blankets, and live music from the talented Holly Starr encapsulated this night with so much warmth and laughter.
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