Understand the Bible, put God first, and walk more like Jesus
Learning to Seek, Find, and Abide in the Lord
As Christian women, we often feel pulled in a thousand directions. It’s too easy to jump right into our days, anxious that we won’t get it all done if we pause to devote time to God. But the truth is, we CAN’T do it without God at all! We might power through for a while, but we can feel everything spiraling as we slowly drown in a noisy, chaotic life.
Devoting time to God doesn’t interfere with the rest of your life – it gives you what you need to actually do it well.
I help Christian women understand the Bible, put God first, and walk more like Jesus – with sound teaching, beautiful practical tools, and the encouragement of a friend a few steps further along. Together we practice Seeking, Finding, and Abiding – so growth stops feeling like guesswork, and putting God first becomes the joy that makes the rest of life work, even in a noisy, demanding world.
What is
Walking in Eden?
I’m so glad you’ve come to walk with me in Eden. Our journey is all about learning to seek, find and abide in the Lord.
When Adam and Eve were in Eden they walked and talked with God every day. There were no barriers – no sin, no fear, no shame. There was simply perfect communion with God, Father, Friend. Then they ate the off-limits fruit and sin brought separation. Suddenly they understood good and evil – and hid from God in shame. He was still Father and Friend, but the unity was broken.
Enter Jesus! God’s whole plan of redemption is to bring us back into communion with himself. Jesus’ death ripped the veil in two: he destroyed the barrier separating us from unity with our Father! Earth today may be a shadow of what Eden was, but Eden isn’t about the trees and flowers and fruit. It’s about dwelling with the great God of the universe – beautifully and intimately, no barriers.
If your heart has ever yearned to know God more, to walk together with him on the path he’s laid for your life – if Jesus’ promise to abide in you as you abide in him makes you long for that rest and security – then you, my friend, are in the right place. I’m right here with you on this journey! God has been teaching me so much that he wants me to share with you. I haven’t “arrived”, but I’m learning. I’m so happy you’re here to learn with me!
Where to Start Reading
Seeking
To seek is to look for, to search out, to actively desire to find. Jesus said to “seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness”. We can seek God with our time, our talents, wisdom, and hope.
Finding
We are all searching for something. I believe it’s God! And God promises that if we seek him, we will find him. We find him in himself, in others, in our world, and in ourselves.
Abiding
To abide is to remain his disciple, to dwell with him, to stay by his side: to live with him, for him, and in him. Abiding involves unity, dependence, trust and obedience, and rest. If we seek him and find him, we’ll abide in him too.
Planting
You have to be planted to grow. This means growing roots through spiritual disciplines and through living everyday life to the glory of God, and I use Proverbs 31 as the excellent framework it is for living a godly life.
Growing
When we’re firmly planted, we can grow. But not on our own – only God can make it happen. Growing in God looks like walking like Jesus – in our purpose, behavior, contentment, and gratitude.
Pruning
Pruning – through the refiner’s fire and trials & temptations – is painful. But pruning produces more and better growth, blooms, and fruit. When God prunes us, we yield good things.
Bearing
Bearing fruit is the ultimate goal of any growing, seed-bearing thing. The fruit we want to bear is the “Fruit of the Spirit”: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.