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Jesus taught that holiness is meant to be lived in the ordinary moments of our lives. But what does that look like on a chaotic Tuesday morning or in the middle of stress, hurry, and hard conversations?

The Embodied Holiness Podcast explores how faith takes shape in everyday life. Each episode focuses on a practical topic, the challenges it presents, and what it means to embody holiness right where we are. Through honest stories, trusted resources, and conversations with special guests, we invite you to discover a way of following Jesus that is both deeply spiritual and deeply human. If you’re longing to grow in holiness in real, lived-out ways, you’re in the right place.

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Anybody else so easily undone? 😅

Listen to Episode 4 Lost Keys and Dog Poop: When You’re Morning Turns Into the Apocalypse (The Embodied Holiness Podcast)

As I write this on January 6th, my air conditioning is running and the forecasted high for today is 76. ☀️

Even though it looks and feels nothing like winter here in South Mississippi, this image of a wintry day is the perfect picture of waiting. ❄️ (It’s also just pretty!)

If you’re in a season of waiting, here are a few thoughts on how to thrive in the meantime. ❤️

1. Nurture the relationships in your life. Don’t isolate yourself. Reach out to someone and make a plan to connect.

2. Try something new…or simply change your routine a little. Switch things up, even if it’s small, and see if that sparks a sense of newness and breaks up any boredom you may be experiencing

3. Practice of gratitude. We have a tendency to focus on what is lacking or missing in our lives, especially when we’re struggling. Choose, instead, to see what IS there. Notice the good and thank God for it.

4. Look for the seeds of newness. God is doing a new thing in you during this time. What potential, what newness can you sense? Nurture those seeds.

Waiting is not a time when nothing happens. It’s a time when things are being formed, including you. So, pay attention to what you’re paying attention to, and wait with anticipation for what comes next.

“Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.”
~Philippians 4:8-9

Rooting for you today, friends. ❤️

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Merry Christmas! I pray your Christmas Season is full of love and joy. Thank you for being a part of the community here at Embodied Holiness. May the light of Christ shine through you to others.

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Two and a half years ago, @tony_lymon joined me (@suseaton ) on The Embodied Holiness Podcast (Episode 38: Congas, Coffee, and Contribution). Not only did we talk about music, the importance of mentoring young people, and using your gifts to make a positive contribution in the world, we talked about his plan to open a coffee shop. Well, as of three weeks ago, Eyrthbeat Coffee is now a reality!

Listen to his episode, then head to Eyrthbeat for a great cup of coffee in a relaxing, friendly, and fun atmosphere.

Listen wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Captive.

I’ve become imprisoned, once again,
to captors I thought I’d left behind,
willingly walking back into old
familiar prisons of my past—

Giving in to emotions and whims
that have never, not once,
told me what’s true—

Letting them drag me in—
desiring their oh so temporary
satisfaction that leaves me
emptier and more helpless
than I was before.

Will you look down on this captive
who put the chains on herself
and set this guilty one free?

Or is your grace only for those who
have been imprisoned by forces
beyond their control?

Ransom.

Ransom your captive child
who has been imprisoned
by the very things
you have saved me from
time and time again.

Ransom me from
my weakness,
my frailty,
my sins,
my shame.

How dare I ask such a thing?

How dare I ask you to come to such
a loathsome place?

How dare I make such a bold request?

I dare because I believe.
I dare because you said you will come.
I dare because you have already done it
and will do it again and again.

Grace.

Your grace doesn’t rebuke.
Your grace doesn’t make lists
of “good enough.”
Your grace is not earned.

Your grace pursues.
Your grace sets free.
Your grace redeems.

In the darkest of dark,
In the most shameful of places,
In the place where we despair of hope.

Ransom my captive heart so I can once again
stand in your presence and desire
nothing but you.

O Come, O Come Emmanuel.

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Perhaps, like me, you’ve had a misinformed or malformed image or definition of Sabbath. Growing up I wasn’t taught about it, so I filled in the gaps of what it meant from bits and pieces I heard from others. These were my conclusions:

“Sabbath is outdated so I can ignore it.

Sabbath means you can’t…

…have fun…
…play…
…or enjoy yourself.

That’s dumb.

Sabbath, shmabbath.”

As an adult who has been notified by the Spirit through seasons of emotional, physical, and spiritual unrest of my deep need for rest, I’ve been seeking the right understanding of what God meant by telling his people to rest regularly — more specifically, to rest in Him.

Here are a couple of thoughts from Richard Foster for you to ponder:

“[Through rest] we let go of the vain images of ourselves in charge of everything and everybody. Slowly, we loosen our grip on all those projects that to us seem so significant. Gently, we become more focused and simplified. Joyfully, we receive the nourishment of heavenly manna.”

“Jesus needed frequent retreat and solitude to do his work. Yet somehow we think we can do without what he deemed essential.”

Practicing sabbath is about taking delight in things that bring rest to you body, mind and soul. It’s about enjoying this life in the presence of God. It’s about letting go and remembering that you are not and do not have to grab and cling to control of everything.

Let go.

Rest in the work Christ has done on your behalf.

You do not have to enslave yourself to constant production or activity. You get to rest in the LORD.

And you get to work in the presence of the Lord remembering that you are not responsible for every outcome.

What a gift of grace. May you find your rest today.

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Quotes are from Richard Foster’s book, Prayer

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