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It's been awhile since I dropped in on a Friday... It's been awhile since I dropped in on a Friday... Pull up a chair. I want to talk about something I did not realize I was doing until God turned my eyes toward the truth.

Discontentment.

We grew up hearing that the grass isn't always greener on the other side. And that's a nice saying, but it never stopped me from looking. From wanting. From quietly measuring my life against somebody else's and coming up short. Keeping up with the Joneses. Except the Joneses have a social media account now, and they post every day....

It is so subtle, y'all. A five minute scroll can have you reconsidering your home, your season, your body, your marriage, your calling. And you'll go chasing after some little piece of satisfaction that disappears by the time you actually get it.

I did that for years. Literally holding in my hands the blessings I had prayed for.

If God gave me the very thing I asked Him for, why was I still out here counting what He gave everybody else???

But there's a flip side, because some of you are not scrolling and envying. Some of you are hurting. Your question isn't about the Joneses. It's harder than that.

How can God be good and kind and still withhold this from me? What kind of God refuses to heal or grant this one request?

I have sat with that one too. And I don't think the answer is to shame yourself for asking it. I think the answer is to take it to Him.

Both of those questions have the same root. They're both asking whether God is actually good, and whether what He has given me is actually enough.

Monday we are talking about contentment, and we're starting somewhere familiar. Psalm 23:1. "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want." We're going to sit in the original language, because there is something in that verse about provision, about contentment, and about what it means to belong to a good shepherd... and I don't think most of us have let it land that way.

I'll leave you with the question I had to sit with:
What has God already placed in your hands that you've been too busy counting to see? 

#FrontPorchFridays #TheRestoredOrchard #Contentment #Psalm23 #Unhindered
The LORD is my shepherd. The sufficiency is not lo The LORD is my shepherd. The sufficiency is not located in the field. It is located in who is standing in the field with you. I keep circling back to Exodus, where God gives His name as I AM WHO I AM. He is self-existing. He is self-defining. He does not come from anything and He does not run out. And if He can create something out of nothing, then nothing is a threat to Him the way that it is a threat to us.

Which means that sometimes the best thing He has for you is a season of lack and it's not because He is withholding. Psalm 84:11 says, "No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly." I truly believe that. And sometimes the good thing is empty hands. Sometimes the good thing is whatever makes you look up and focus on Him.

https://therestoredorchard.org/2026/10/01/standing-in-the-field-i-prayed-for-unhindered-contentment/
This week I have been thinking about darkness. My This week I have been thinking about darkness. My biggest issue is not being able to see... How am I supposed to move through a space when it's pitch black? What's in front of me? What am I about to step on? 

We have built our entire lives around electricity. Flip a switch, the whole room lights up. We never really have to sit in dark. So when we read a verse like Psalm 119:105, 'Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light on my path' I don't think we recognize the significance of what it is saying.

The psalmist is describing a small clay oil lamp that fits in the palm of your hand. That's a small vessel, so the light that it makes is just enough to see a few feet ahead. Enough to keep you from stepping into a hole or onto a snake.

Think about the closest thing we have. You're outside in the dark, and all you've got is your cell phone flashlight. That thing is not lighting up the whole yard. It's not going to show you the tree line. So what do you do? You point it down.... At your feet. 

That's what the Word does. It shows you the next step. And if you want to see farther, you have to keep walking because the light moves with you.

Every day, we are literally walking out into a dark world and most of us are moving through it on borrowed light. On what somebody told us the Bible says. On the devotional we read, which is the fruit of somebody else's time in the Word. On the sermon. On a podcast...

And none of that is bad, but you cannot navigate a dark world by the glow of somebody else's lamp. When they turn a corner, you're standing in the dark again.

You can't inherit discernment from your favorite teacher.

You've got to pick the Word up for yourself.

This August, we are going 'Back to the Basics' because you're about to walk out into the dark and you need a light in your own hand.

So this weekend take time to reflect on what it would look like to stop borrowing light and pick up the lamp yourself?

#FrontPorchFridays #TheRestoredOrchard #BackToTheBasics #Psalm119 #Unhindered
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Episode 76: Obedience Over Outcomes: When the Calling Is Unclear dropped Monday!

Here's what we are learning: Clarity is not the prerequisite for obedience. Obedience is the path to clarity (Proverbs 3:5-6). Your purpose is not a mystery.
Confession: I am not a ride-or-die. If you need s Confession: I am not a ride-or-die.

If you need someone to ride out, I am not the one. I have questions. Who, what, when, where, why, how… I need the details before I move. That's my wiring. Just ask my husband…😆 So when I tell you that God has been working on my obedience this month, please understand that this does not come naturally. 

When God gives an instruction, my first instinct is to interrogate it. I want the whole plan before I take the first step, but that's not actually what He's asking for. He gives what you need to walk out what He's called you to do. What I’m finding is that He gives it while walking.

Which means the focus was never supposed to be on the who, what, when, where, and why. The focus is supposed to be on the ONE who gave the instruction.

We love to quote "obedience is better than sacrifice" (1 Samuel 15:22), but do we actually sit with what that means? Because I think we live in a culture that leans so hard into grace and mercy that we've let obedience fade into the background. We'll talk all day about how God loves us as we are. We get real quiet about the part where He still asks us to move when He says move.

And here's the part that convicted me most: The outcomes were never mine to carry. God is the one handling the outcome. My only job is obedience. That’s it. Not managing what happens after.

So here's the question I've been sitting with, and I want to share it with you exactly like it came to me:
Am I obeying because I love God, or am I obeying because I'm afraid of what might happen if I don't?

Fear-obedience is exhausting… it's strong-arming your way through instructions, waiting for the other shoe to drop. Love-obedience trusts the One who gave the word, even when He doesn't hand you the whole map.

Part of running unhindered is releasing the need to see the whole outcome before you'll take the next step.

So this weekend, I'm not asking God for more details. I'm asking Him to help me trust the Giver more than I need to understand the instruction.

What's one place where you're obeying out of fear instead of love? 

#FrontPorchFridays #TheRestoredOrchard #Obedience #Unhindered
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