Welcome to episode 029 of Mud Stories!
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Mud Stories is a podcast dedicated to bringing you inspiration in your muddiest moments, hope to make it through your mud, and encouragement for you to know, you are not alone.
In today’s episode I’m talking with Rachel Anne Ridge, an artist, writer and owner of a stray donkey named Flash! Together with her husband, Rachel bootstrapped her way through raising three kids and through unexpected turns and mundane days, rediscovered God’s plan in the midst of the everyday juggle of life.
Rachel writes to help us find beauty and faith in the unappreciated and unexpected turns in life. She also helps us understand that God is often working His plan in our lives through us being faithful to just do the very next thing right before us. And her story points us to the truth that God is accomplishing His plan for our lives even in our most mundane days when we can’t see Him working in them at all.
Rachel’s first book, Flash, The Homeless Donkey Who Taught Me About Life, Faith, and Second Chances, will be releasing May 1, 2015. And in it, Rachel reveals how God uses ordinary and sometimes humorous circumstances to help us see Him and the lessons He wants us to learn.
In this episode Rachel and I discuss:
- How crisis can be a catalyst for change
- Some unexpected turns she’s faced over the years, including job loss and financial stress
- The mundane work of raising children
- And balancing work and home life
Rachel shares:
- How to trust in growth and progress over time
- How to embrace the unknown, and just do the next thing
- How to lower our expectations and let ourselves off the hook
- And how crisis and crazy circumstances can bring challenges and change that are actually gifts for our hearts
Rachel’s story champions how unexpected turns, mundane days, and just doing the next thing can take us on a journey we never expected–one that will be more satisfying and fulfilling than we could have ever imagined. All by trusting God and choosing to just take the next step, right where we are.
Mud Stories 029: Our job is not the outcome, but to do the next thing, right where we are. [Tweet that]
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SCRIPTURE:
Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us,
and establish the work of our hands upon us;
yes, establish the work of our hands!Psalm 90:17 (NIV)
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