It’s been a year since that jaw-dropping early morning at the beach in South Alabama that God met me right in the rawest part of my lament and shifted my language completely. Because, yes, this is hard. But, with Jesus carrying it? It becomes holy.

It’s an exercise I constantly need to remind myself of, a practice I have to repeat often. Through it, I’m not negating the hardship of it all (because it all really IS hard). But shifting the language reminds me to shift the weight off of me and onto Him, even if it’s five minutes at a time.

Yes, this is impossibly hard. But it’s also holy.

Here is the only summer swim lesson you’ll need:
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1. Comment “plan” and download my FREE Bible reading plan.
2. Read your passage.
3. Cross-reference.
4. Word-Dig.
5. Look at some commentaries.
6. Turn it all into prayer.
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Some days you’ll do all of it. Others, you’ll only do one of them and circle a passage for days. Either way, the Spirit of God is guiding your study, and He will set your pace.
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All you need to do is dive in head first. He’ll take care of the rest. 🏊‍♀️

Six years ago, a dear girlfriend from college messaged me here - she had picked up Mercy Like Morning to read again. The first time she tried to read it, she wasn’t ready and only made it halfway through. But this time, she felt God calling her back to His Word.
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“Today was a turning point,” she told me.
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Two weeks later, she messaged me again, blowing Holy Spirit wind onto a spark I had been feeling but was too intimidated to lean into. Five days later, I began writing my first section of biblical commentary, sending her a photo as proof. That day was a turning point for me.
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“It took me an hour to write verse one,” I said, “but it’s started. Thanks for allowing God to use you for the nudge I needed.”
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I had NO idea that, six years later, I would be a woman getting ready to traditionally publish two books of biblical commentary covering seven books of the Bible.
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It’s so amazing to look back and not only see how far I’ve come, but to see the details of the beginning of things that I didn’t know were even being written into my story.
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And it all started with a little DM.
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Worthy (the inaugural book in the Dig Your Well series of biblical commentaries) will be released July 28th! Comment “worthy” for the pre-order link!

There’s no bikini promise in the Bible, but God gave me one anyway. And He reminded me of it at the very moment I needed it the most. 😭🔥