Come Hungry, Leave Nourished: DELICIOUS Is Here

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Friends, I have some news I've been holding close for a while. My book is finally here.

It's called DELICIOUS: Feeding Your Soul on the Goodness of God, and it is a 30-day devotional journal. I want to tell you how it began.

After I lost Jason, I wasn't hungry for answers. I was hungry for Jesus. There were mornings when all I could pray was, “Lord, I miss him,” and He met me every single time. Slowly, I began to notice that He was feeding my soul with the most ordinary things: honey on a spoon, a warm loaf of bread, a cold glass of water, a table with an empty chair. Each one became a small doorway back to Him.

That is what you will find in these pages. Every day has a short reflection, a Scripture, something to try, a prayer, questions to sit with, and room to write. Every day also ends with the three life verses I'm still learning to live: rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances.

I wrote it for the weary, the grieving, and anyone who is simply hungry for more of God. I wrote it for the version of me who was sitting alone at the table and didn't know that a place had been set for her all along.

If you'd like to take a look, you can find DELICIOUS here: https://link.amazon/B0eepIlMB

Thank you for walking this joyful hike with me. I'm so grateful.

Notice grace. Keep walking. Trust Jesus.

Be blessed.

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