Do You Find Yourself in a Season of Being Single?

Do You Find Yourself in a Season of Being Single?

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Daily Reading:  1 Thessalonians 5:18

Daily Devo:

Dear Beautiful One

Do you find yourself in a season of being single?

1 Thessalonians 5:18 says be thankful in all circumstances for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.

Be thankful in this season, start praising God.

This is a time to learn more about Him and what he wants to do in your life.

Buy yourself a beautiful journal and a pen. Find yourself a nice space to sit, it could be a lovely chair at home, a café a restaurant, the park. Make yourself a nice drink, coffee, tea etc. Make sure that you have your Bible as well.

Now write out the following questions, take your time to pray about them and then write out the answers.

  • Help me to be content while I am single?
  • What is it that You God want me to learn in this season?
  • God I want to know You more, help me to hear Your voice?
  • What will I do to spend more time with You God?
  • How am I going to make a difference in my community?

You can choose to focus on one question a day or week it is up to you.

Embrace this time to learn more about yourself.

Embrace this time to soak in the word of God and what He is saying to you in this season?

Enjoy this time.

traceybuckley

Creative Retreat

Creative Retreat

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On the weekend I was so blessed to be able to attend a writing retreat down south.

I left work on Friday on time and arrived home to finish packing for the adventure.

I had been looking forward to this retreat for a while and excitement was building.

My lovely friend picked me up and the drive there was such a great time to catch up.

The weekend was a great opportunity to focus on the direction of my writing.

The place where we stayed was near the beach and it had a lovely log fire in the lounge room, which was nice as the weather was stormy.

I was so encouraged by the other women that were there and hearing their stories really moved me.

I feel that I have a new direction in how I want to write.

I am really grateful for the opportunity and the time away.

I am thinking now that it is something that I would like to do maybe every few months. Just have that time away where I can just focus on being creative.

When I am home I can become easily distracted in those little moments of –

  • I might just go through some papers
  • I might vacuum
  • I might watch a bit of TV
  • The list could go on…

Having the space to create is really important to me.

I am excited to see what happens in the next few months.

Will share more soon.

traceybuckley

Goodbye Fear

Goodbye Fear

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Daily Reading: Fear not, for I am with you: Be not dismayed, for I am your God.  I will strengthen you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10

Daily Devotional:

This is a letter to fear in your life

Dear Fear

Fear it is time for you to go.

Fear you have been evicted from our lives.

We have had enough of you controlling our lives and it is time for you to leave.

By saying goodbye to you it will allow us to live the life that God has intended for us.

No longer will we be bound by your control; no longer will we shrink back.

We have listened to your lies long enough.

We know that you are a liar.

Fear we will challenge your lies by the word of God and what he says about us.

God’s word says that we are fearfully and wonderfully made.

God is in our lives and he said Fear not for I am will you.

Fear when you leave and when we look to God our lives will be changed for the better.

You may still be hanging around in the background but we will not let us stop what we have been called to do.

Fear we do not fear you anymore.

Have you ever wanted to write a letter to fear to say goodbye?

The verse from Isaiah is encouraging.

Together let’s encourage one another.

So for today let’s Pray, dream and walk boldly knowing that God is with us.

Be bold, be brave, be courageous.

traceybuckley

A Desire to Make a Difference

A Desire to Make a Difference

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Daily Reading:

Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly, above all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us.

Daily Devotional:

Dear Daughter of the King

Ephesians 3:20 Is a great reminder that when we pray to God about doing amazing things for the Kingdom of God we have his Holy Spirit working in us. His Power that works in us.

Meditate on the verse for a moment.

Write this verse out and place it somewhere to encourage you every day.

This is exciting.

Your desire maybe that you long to be a married woman and you find yourself now in a season of being a single woman.

Use this time to find out more about yourself. Use this time to make a difference.

Use this time to explore your gifts and talents.

You were designed to make a difference.

You were created to make a difference.

What are you passionate about?

What is a need that you see that you can do something about?

Step out knowing that you are not alone, He is with you.

Start volunteering, this could be in your church, your community, at your school or in an organisation that you feel connected too.

Pray to God and ask Him what he would like you to do.

Say Yes to new opportunities and see where that leads you.

You have amazing potential, believe what He says about you.

When you step out by saying yes, our world expands and new opportunities and experiences come to us.

Life is an adventure, go out and explore try new things, see what happens.

Praying for you.

 

traceybuckley

 

 

A Creative

A Creative

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Yesterday I arrived home from work exhausted I wanted to stay home, it is becoming darker earlier now as we are now in Autumn.

I had already committed to attending an evening where creative’s all gather together. It is such a safe and encouraging space.

I had already decided that I wanted to attend so despite my tiredness I went.

I love that about 150 women can meet together in a café in the city and embrace and discover that they are creative.

There was coffee to drink, tea to drink, new people to meet and friends to catch up with.

The café was decorated beautifully, woman sat, they sat on chairs, they sat on the floor and they mingled they chatted.

I love hearing stories about others creative’s, hearing what had inspired them, what they did to achieve a dream to achieve a goal. I loved the vulnerability of the speakers, the passion that they had to share their stories.

The stories were inspiring, I sat there caught up in the creative atmosphere.

We then broke up into small groups and we shared our heart about creating.

Some women were wondering if they were creative?

Yes, I said I wanted to encourage them I wanted them to know that they have something to create.

I think that we can all doubt that we are creative, it’s like we think that maybe we need to have a degree in it.

We were created to………………………

I don’t know where you are in your creative journey, be encouraged start that project, begin that painting, write, draw, journal, blog.

What are you passionate about?

Whatever you have the desire to do, begin the creative journey.

Will share more soon.

traceybuckley

Writing

Writing

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I love writing, it is one of my creative outlets.

Sometimes though I get stuck and I can’t think about what to write.

I can get distracted, I can think of others things that I need to do.

But then when I have not written for a while there is an emptiness somewhere inside me that longs to write. There is something inside me that needs to write.

I have discovered that through writing I have found my voice.

Writing allows me to express how I am feeling; it allows me to share a bit of what I have been through. Hopefully through writing I can help someone.

My goal is to make a difference.

I am still learning and I know the more you write the more you learn.

The other day I made a list of all the things that I could write about and they included-

  • Being Creative
  • Caring for people
  • Mentoring
  • Devotionals
  • Self-Care
  • Eating Disorder
  • Single Life
  • Waiting Well
  • New Experiences
  • Being a Women of God
  • Scriptures that Encourages Me
  • Chaplaincy

When I look at this list I am reminded now, how full my life is.

Now I have a whole heap of ideas I will share more soon.

Be encouraged

traceybuckley

 

Count It All Joy

Count It All Joy

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Today is the last day of the school holidays and I feel that this holiday has been eventful.

I have been stretched and encouraged by opportunities to learn new skills by attending professional development.

I have written two new devotionals and have been blogging.

I have spent time with my nieces and nephew in creating memories with them.

I had a car accident the first day of the holidays and yesterday I found out that my car has been written off.

I have been thinking about the scripture in James 1:2-4 (Message Translation)

Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith life is forced into the open and shows its true colours. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely.  Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way.

Count it all joy when test and challenges come at you from all sides. I don’t know about you but when I am going through things Joy is probably not the first thing that I think of. I am learning as I journey through life that trials have the opportunities to teach us new things and new ways to do things.

I was very concerned when I was hit from behind in my car and memories from the last time I was in a car accident came flooding back.

I was thinking oh my goodness this is what happened last time and I plummeted into an illness that was devastating.

I had to stop myself and realise that this accident is different, I am a lot stronger mentally and physically this time.

I know that I do not want to go back to that place many years ago. Going back is not an option.

I have grown through the challenges as a person and I am aware that my life has expanded since the last accident. I also have a great support network.

Life is to be experienced and life is to be enjoyed.

I don’t know what you are going through today, but can I encourage you to find a great support network.

Whether that is in your church, in your community or your family.

If you need to seek professional support, find someone that you can talk to.

Count it all Joy.

Will share more soon.

traceybuckley

Draw Near

Draw Near

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I love the scripture from John 4:1-26 in the Bible, when the Samaritan Women Meets Her Messiah.

I would encourage you to read the scripture and meditate on it.

I imagine for the Samaritan Women it is probably an ordinary day in her life and she is going about her daily work. She makes her way to the well to gather water and who does she have an encounter with Jesus.

Wow!

Jesus interrupts her day and has a conversation with her. He sees her as an individual, he doesn’t judge her circumstances he takes the time out to listen to her. Then he gives her wisdom.

In our busyness sometimes how many times in our lives have we prayed for Jesus to talk to us, how many times have we missed his words to us. How many times have we cried out to hear his beautiful word?

Be encouraged, Jesus wants to hear from you he wants to know what is on your heart. You are the daughter of a King. You are important to him.

As a Christian Woman we are all on a journey and that is exciting. Place your faith into Jesus hand, let him know what is on your heart. He longs to hear you; he wants to know how your day is.

What is it that he is asking you to do today?

Is he asking you to spend time with him?

Draw near.

traceybuckley

Be Love

Be Love

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God has given each of you special abilities; be sure to use them to help other, passing on to others God’s many kinds of blessing.1Peter 4:10

I love this scripture that God has entrusted you with unique gifts and strengths.

It encourages me with so many thoughts-

How can we be love in a world where we see so many needs?

How can we show love unconditionally?

What does that look like in the community where you live?

How can you be a blessing to someone who needs it?

There has definitely been a significant time in my life where people have journeyed with me. They have walked me through difficult seasons in my life.

They have taught me of God’s unconditional love, what a blessing they are.

As a new Christian I did not understand what unconditional love looked like and felt like. I prayed to God to know what unconditional love was.

God answered my prayer in ways that would change my life forever.

I had amazing Christian women that saw me in my difficult time and still loved me, that saw me broken, fragile and still they loved me.

I always knew that when I was better, stronger and healed that I wanted to give back.

There are heaps of opportunities all over the place.

Has someone journeyed with you when you were facing a difficult situation?

Has someone loved you just as you are?

Begin where you live, where you work, where you go to school. Who could you encourage today?

Be bold, be brave, be compassionate where you live. Pray, step out in faith and make a difference.

Some ideas are-

  • Send an encouraging letter to someone who is going through a challenging time
  • Encourage your Pastor
  • Take someone out for coffee and pay for them
  • Send someone a gift certificate to buy food
  • Pay for someone behind at the grocery store (don’t let them see you)
  • Encourage your teacher
  • Smile at someone
  • Mentor someone who needs words of encouragement
  • Pray for others, be someone’s prayer warrior
  • Send a gift basket to someone
  • If you are creative make something for someone
  • Lead a small bible group

The list is endless, use the gift that God has given you to be a blessing to someone today.

God will encourage you he will provide the opportunities for you.

A pray for your day-

I pray to be at the right place at the right time under the right circumstances, I pray for divine appointments, divine connections. Show me Jesus who you would like me to bless today. Help me to hear your voice Holy Spirit. In Jesus name amen.

Love cannot remain by itself — it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action is service.” – Mother Teresa

I love this quote by Mother Teresa love has to be put into action.

Begin where you are.

You will be amazing.

Will share more soon.

traceybuckley

 

Going Through Storms

Going Through Storms

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We all have those seasons in life where things just happen.

Where days are just not how we planned for them to be.

We all go through storms in our lives.

How do we keep going through life when we are pulled in different directions?

How do we stand strong in the midst of challenges?

Sometimes it is difficult and we don’t know what to do.

Sometimes we can see others going through difficult times and we just can’t find the right words to say.

We all deal with things differently. We all take time to process issues that we have been through.

Even though we may be crumbling in the inside we somehow manage to stand strong on the outside.

I don’t know what your journey is or what you have been through lately, I hope and pray that you have someone to talk too. I hope that you have someone to share your journey.

We all need to be heard, we all need to be accepted where we are and loved through the storms in our lives.

Those unexpected interruptions happen in our lives.

In the last few months I have had some unexpected interruptions in my life. My first one was a health interruption.

Last week I was involved in a car accident where someone ran into my car at the lights. Now I could be bitter and just hide away from the world. I did have that though, but I have chosen to stand strong.

It is also important to have friends that you can just be yourself with, friends that can encourage you and help you through the storms.

It may be that you seek professional help to guide you through the storms of life.

It is really important that you look after yourself at this time.

What can you do today to do something nice for yourself?

Will share more soon.

traceybuckley