🌸 LAURIE'S LESSONS #019 — You Don't Have to Have It All Figured Out to Take the Next Step!

Have you ever had a dream, a goal, or something you felt God was leading you toward...but kept putting it off because you didn't feel READY? 💗

Maybe you're waiting for more money, more time, more confidence, more knowledge, or the PERFECT circumstances.

But here's something I've learned after more than 30 years of building businesses, raising a family, and navigating life's unexpected twists and turns...

You don't have to have the entire journey figured out to take the NEXT STEP! ❤️

Sometimes we spend so much time planning, researching, worrying, and wondering what might happen that we never actually BEGIN.

And goodness knows, I'm ALL FOR planning! 😂 I love creating strategies, building businesses, setting goals, and helping others succeed.

But there's a difference between being prepared and allowing fear to keep us from moving forward.

📖 "For we walk by faith, not by sight:" — 2 Corinthians 5:7 KJV

In today's Laurie's Lesson, we're talking about:

🎀 Why waiting until everything is perfect can hold us back.

🎀 How fear of failure or making mistakes can keep us from pursuing our dreams.

🎀 Why confidence often comes AFTER we take action, not before.

🎀 How small steps can lead to meaningful changes in our lives, businesses, relationships, and health.

🎀 The difference between taking a step of faith and rushing ahead without seeking God's wisdom.

🎀 Why you don't need to know the entire plan to move forward with purpose.

Whether you're thinking about starting a business, pursuing a new dream, improving your health, rebuilding a relationship, or beginning a new chapter of life, I hope this message encourages you.

You don't have to know EVERYTHING to do SOMETHING! 💕

And remember, sometimes the next faithful step is to move forward...and sometimes it's to pray, prepare, and wait for God's direction.

The important thing is not allowing FEAR to make your decisions for you.

💕 TODAY'S REFLECTION:

What's ONE thing you've been putting off because you don't feel completely ready?

And what's ONE small, wise step you could take toward it this week?

I'd LOVE to hear your thoughts in the comments! ❤️

If this lesson encouraged you, please LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and SHARE it with someone who needs a little encouragement to take their next step.

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Choosing Faith. Live with Purpose.
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💗 Are you so busy taking care of everyone else that you've forgotten to take care of YOU?

As women, wives, mothers, grandmothers, caregivers, and business owners, we spend so much of our lives making sure everyone else has what they need. But somewhere along the way, we can lose sight of our own health, happiness, dreams, and well-being.

In Laurie's Lessons #018 — Don't Lose Yourself While Taking Care of Everyone Else, I'm sharing some personal experiences that completely changed the way I look at life, business, family, and taking care of myself.

❤️ Remembering my mother, who passed away far too early, and the lessons her life continues to teach me.

❤️ Raising four children and sometimes forgetting who I was outside of being someone's wife or mother.

❤️ Working as much as 100 hours a week after losing my husband Bryan, building businesses I absolutely LOVED, while believing there was nothing wrong with working that much.

❤️ Meeting my husband Kevin, who helped me learn to slow down, enjoy life, and rediscover the beauty of something as simple as CLOUDS! 😂☁️

❤️ Learning that taking care of yourself isn't selfish. It's part of being able to continue loving and caring for the people God has placed in your life.

Here's something I've learned: You can LOVE everything you're doing and STILL be doing too much.

God has given us beautiful opportunities to serve others, build businesses, raise families, and pursue our dreams. But He's also given us a life to enjoy along the way.

📖 "Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while..." — Mark 6:31 KJV

In this lesson, we'll talk about healthy boundaries, physical and emotional well-being, spiritual rest, finding balance, and remembering that our worth isn't measured by how much we accomplish.

🎀 You can love your family and still need time for yourself.

🎀 You can build a successful business and still close the laptop.

🎀 You can be strong for others and still need support.

🎀 You can serve God faithfully and still make time to rest.

🎀 And sometimes you just need to STOP and look at the clouds! ☁️💗

TODAY'S REFLECTION:

If someone you loved was treating themselves the way you're treating yourself right now, would you be concerned about them?

And what's ONE thing you can do this week to take better care of yourself?

I'd love for you to share in the comments! ❤️

If this lesson encouraged you, please LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and SHARE it with another woman who might need this reminder.

Remember: Don't lose yourself while taking care of everyone else. You're worth taking care of, too.

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🌸 Welcome to Laurie’s Lessons

Helping people choose faith in every season of life.

Lesson #016: Don’t Force What God Hasn’t Revealed Yet

I prayed ALL DAY about what I was supposed to teach for this Laurie’s Lesson...and I kept drawing a blank. 😂

I asked God for a topic. Nothing.

I thought of different ideas. Nothing felt right.

And then it hit me...

Maybe THAT was the lesson.

How often do we pray for God's direction—but when the answer doesn't come quickly enough, we start trying to manufacture one ourselves?

We say we're waiting on God, but sometimes we're really giving Him a deadline.

And if He doesn't answer fast enough...

we answer for Him.

In this Laurie’s Lesson, we're talking about learning to wait without forcing doors, manufacturing opportunities, or making decisions simply because uncertainty makes us uncomfortable.

Sometimes faith looks like moving forward.

But sometimes...

Faith looks like being still.

📖 “Be still, and know that I am God...” — Psalm 46:10 (KJV)

Maybe you're waiting for direction about a relationship, career, business, move, opportunity, family decision, or the next chapter of your life.

You don't necessarily need to figure out tomorrow's answer today.

God may be working where you can't see Him yet.

Just like a seed beneath the soil, what looks like “nothing” from above may have roots developing underneath. 🌱

❤️ God's silence does not mean God's absence.

Keep praying.

Keep listening.

Seek wise counsel when needed.

Keep doing what you already know is right.

And give God room to reveal the next step in His timing.

💬 TODAY'S QUESTION:

Have you ever looked back and THANKED GOD that He made you wait for something you desperately wanted at the time?

I'd love to hear your story in the comments. ❤️

📤 And please share this lesson with someone who's struggling because they don't know what comes next.

Maybe they don't need another answer today.

Maybe they simply need permission to trust while they wait.

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