Holding on to Your Inner Voice While Waiting
Lately all I’ve wanted to do is write. I want to clearly articulate my thoughts, lessons and everything else in-between. I want to be totally confident that my inner voice “you’ve got this!” is true while waiting for a new season.
If only it was that easy.
No Time to Process, to Write
Fortunately and unfortunately (welcome to the ever-contradictory language of this writer!), I haven’t had the time or the energy to do that.
Life quickly clips along. Conversations, memories and moments keep sweeping in with a faint sense of spider web-like connections that I just can’t quite seem to grasp.
It’s a lot to take in.
That Nudging, Encouraging Inner Voice
It’s odd.
Have you ever encountered those moments when, it seems like you’re not where you ought to be?
Yet everything inside of you is quietly saying “Yes, this is the moment. Stay here. Breathe here. Be here.”?
You feel like you’re burning for a sign to be directed on a clear path. You still hear, though, a whisper of certainty that you’re right were you ought to be, even if you don’t like it.
Even it looks foolish or crazy or absurd to others.
Somehow you just know that you are destined for something… deep and good… yet whatever that’s supposed to mean just refuses to reveal itself yet until its proper timing.
More than that, it’s not just about you, but how you are needed to make this world a better place. You contribute to the puzzle.
Really, it’s simple.
You don’t need flamboyant displays of celebration in honor of you. All you yearn for is deep joy and contentment.
I want that… what my heart, my soul and body hungers for.
Until then, I’ll keep writing.
The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.
I Corinthians 15:41 New International Version (NIV)
I’m Cortney, a recovering over-achiever and God’s beloved who loves helping fellow Christian women like you embrace your God-given gifts so you have the confidence to live authentically.
I’m also a full-time mama to two sweet little boys, wife to my best friend, motivational speaker, and part-time Christian life coach. Chai lattes, strong coffee, podcasts, yoga, dance, and fairy tales nourish my soul and add sweetness to life.
Discovering the joy of embracing my God-given gifts and who He created me to be was a game-changer—a journey that brought freedom, unexpected delights, and relief from guilt. Finally, I felt free to be myself and ditch the pressure of being someone I wasn’t.
Incorporating those gifts into my day—from weekly planning to deciding on commitments, nurturing my marriage, and parenting—transformed everything. Now, I can’t imagine life without the perspective of fully embracing who God created me to be. I was missing so much without it!
