One Year of Simply Stories
Today I am raising an Ebenezer because truly by the Lord’s help alone I’ve come. One year ago today, I released the very first episode of the Simply Stories Podcast out into the world. What I knew when I pulled that trigger was only this: God said so. The rest was a total, blurry mess. I did not know where He would lead, only that He was worth following.
I have to tell you that I am sitting at my kitchen table weeping as I try to get these words out. It was from this very spot, my Dad read us all the Christmas story, and reminded us that God tends to use the least likely. Well, this least likely girl has seen Him so clearly this last year as the redeemed of the Lord have shared their stories, and as God has reminded me hope always gets the last say.
Thank you to all of the incredible women and men who have come on and shared their voices, their gifts, and their stories with us. I am more grateful than I can ever convey for your “yes” to Jesus, and your “yes” to come and talk about Him with me and my Simply Stories friends.
Friends, beloved of God, keep holding the Light. I KNOW this season has been and continues to be long. Hold the Light. With trembling hands. With tired legs. With weary hearts. Hold the Light. Share your story. Use your gift(s). Remember who made you. His breath is still in your lungs, use it to take a fortifying breath, and hold on.
“Though we experience every kind of pressure, we’re not crushed. At times we don’t know what to do, but quitting is not an option. We are persecuted by others, but God has not forsaken us. We may be knocked down, but not out. We continually share in the death of Jesus in our own bodies[so that the resurrection life of Jesus will be revealed through our humanity. We consider living to mean that we are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake so that the life of Jesus will be revealed through our humanity. So, then, death is at work in us but it releases life in you.”
You matter. Your story matters.
Onward.
xo,
Em