The Messy Build
Lately, I’ve had these reoccurring thoughts when thinking about last year. They go something like this... “Last year wasn't a bad year...
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Amanda Winder
- Dec 6, 2022
- 3 min
How Far Will Hope Take Me?
You know that feeling of reaching the end of the year? You feel somewhat giddy that the holidays are here. And then somewhat excited that...
Amanda Winder
- Oct 12, 2022
- 3 min
Truth Without Application is Deadly
Over the past month or so my devotion to deep thinking and conversing with Holy Spirit has intensified. I’ve found myself in a place...
Amanda Winder
- Jul 8, 2021
- 2 min
Three Years Later
On Tuesday my sister and I marked 3 years in NYC. If you know me or have followed my writings for a while then you know getting to this...
Amanda Winder
- May 15, 2021
- 3 min
Middle-Ground Movement
You know that place between the beginning and the end? Yeah! The middle! That place! That spot where you’re certain you’ve stepped out...
Amanda Winder
- Feb 3, 2021
- 2 min
Capacitate
And now I do realize we don’t all look at our past selves, only in an effort to compare it to our present selves. However, well… I do...
Amanda Winder
- Nov 16, 2019
- 1 min
Quit... Today?
I thought about quitting today. I told God, “I can’t do this anymore.” Actually… I’ve been telling Him that for a few weeks now. “I don’t...
Amanda Winder
- Oct 25, 2019
- 1 min
Every Single Time
If you were to ask me what I battle with the most today… I wouldn’t say a sugar addiction, body insecurities, the fear of being alone,...
Amanda Winder
- Aug 25, 2019
- 1 min
I Cried
I cried on the train this morning. I cried on the train this morning because it’s time to take another risk… Another gamble… Another...
Amanda Winder
- Jul 29, 2019
- 1 min
Keep Following
When God gave me Cultivate Life 10 years ago He told me it would be a “challenge” to “keep moving forward,” but that the challenge would...
Amanda Winder
- Apr 13, 2019
- 1 min
Stand Still Amanda
I keep hearing God say, “Stand still. Stand firm. Stand secure in Me. We’ve come so far. Don’t waiver to the left or to the right. Don’t...
Amanda Winder
- Nov 25, 2018
- 2 min
Motivated by an Answer
Do you ever have those moments when you’re about ready to throw in the towel on everything God’s promised you in life? You know those...
Amanda Winder
- Sep 6, 2018
- 1 min
Should I Stop?
Over the past few days I’ve been back and forth about whether I should keep sharing what God’s giving me to write… You see I feel like...
Amanda Winder
- Aug 5, 2018
- 2 min
Undesirable?..
Why is it so challenging to admit how we really feel on the inside? Why does it feel like a battle to express that we don’t like who we...
Amanda Winder
- Nov 26, 2017
- 2 min
Being You... Complex?
What’s the biggest challenge of being you? Is it accepting yourself? Loving yourself? Or possibly just being confident in who you are?...
Amanda Winder
- Oct 11, 2017
- 2 min
Challenging Hope...
Hope… It seems like a simple 4 letter word… We all hope for things deep within our hearts… But, then… Well what happens when what you...
Amanda Winder
- Feb 15, 2017
- 1 min
Broken Comfort Zone..
Do you ever have those moments when you just want to shake life? Like literally pick it up shake it around and question why it’s acting...
Amanda Winder
- Dec 7, 2016
- 2 min
High Tide...
Do you ever have moments… Really days… That sometimes feel like they’ve morphed into weeks… And weeks that seem like they’ve evolved into...
Amanda Winder
- Jul 23, 2016
- 2 min
My Unorganized Reality...
My spirit sees… It feels something deep within… At my core… At my core I cannot and will not be moved… But then… Then my mind gets in the...
Amanda Winder
- Aug 31, 2014
- 3 min
A New Challenge
The past week has been challenging to say the least…. it’s been good, but challenging… and in the midst of the challenges I continue to...
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