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
- Feb 12
- 3 min
My Soul's Need for Greater Capacity
The more my spirit grows with Holy Spirit, the more my soul feels like it gets lost in the weeds some. I find myself sitting with Holy...
Amanda Winder
- Jul 14, 2021
- 2 min
Uncertain Growth
The length of the season I’m in seems shorter than ever now. I do realize my path will eventually change course and evolve into something...
Amanda Winder
- Apr 20, 2021
- 2 min
The Jagged Path
A few days ago, my mentor prayed with me. While she was praying, she said, “I see you on a path. You’re walking across jagged rocks. It’s...
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
- Dec 29, 2020
- 2 min
Following Growth
Growth… Growth & I have a love/hate relationship. Wait… Let me rephrase that. Growth, as amazing as it is, feels like a antagonist in my...
Amanda Winder
- Sep 29, 2019
- 1 min
Ever-Growing
What’s real? What’s true? What’s eternally lovely and ever-growing? That… That is love. However… It’s not human love. For human love is...
Amanda Winder
- Oct 16, 2018
- 2 min
Deposit Here Please
I once had a mentor say, “Amanda, I know what you are going through is rough and quite challenging, but I also believe God is depositing...
Amanda Winder
- Oct 11, 2018
- 1 min
Walk
Walking… Walking has produced more life and goodness in my life than I ever thought possible. Now I don’t mean physical walking; although...
Amanda Winder
- May 25, 2018
- 2 min
Going Down
If you’ve ever hiked a mountain before then you know the feeling that comes when you finally reach the top. In an instant all of the work...
Amanda Winder
- Jan 22, 2018
- 3 min
Sassy and Entitled
When I was 14 years old all I wanted was a pink iPod mini… I mean, Apple had just really started to become cool and I “needed” one…...
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
- Mar 4, 2017
- 2 min
Battle of Passion and Purpose...
Passion and purpose… Two things I’ve, at times, desperately searched to find… To make sense of… To discover within my own life… And I’ve...
Amanda Winder
- Aug 15, 2016
- 2 min
Girth Growth...
Does God ever ask you something, but you have absolutely no idea what He means by what He says?… He just flat out says, “I want you to do...
Amanda Winder
- Aug 7, 2016
- 2 min
New Level, New Love...
You know those moments in life… The ones that cause you to feel like where you are is no longer where you should be?… And so then moving...
Amanda Winder
- May 11, 2016
- 2 min
The Glass and the Bee...
I watched a bee on a window yesterday… He flew in circles trying to figure out why he couldn’t get beyond the piece of glass in front of...
Amanda Winder
- Apr 18, 2016
- 1 min
Spring.... Spiritual Growth
It’s Spring… And somehow I always tend to forget what Spring means for me spiritually… What’s it’s meant to me for the last 10 years…It...
Amanda Winder
- Mar 26, 2016
- 2 min
Flourishing Faith...
Yeah… Sure… My life feels like it’s been shaking a lot recently… Out of my control and the control of others around me… I guess that’s...
Amanda Winder
- Jan 15, 2016
- 2 min
Growing Up...
Throughout childhood, we’re constantly asked the question, “what do you want to be when you grow up?”… For so many reasons I’ve never...
Amanda Winder
- Oct 25, 2015
- 1 min
Continuing to Become Self...
Some moments in life ask more than I thought they would… It’s almost like everything is moving a long at this amazing pace… I’m over here...
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