You know God's voice. You love Him. You believe He is good.

But when you look at what lies ahead, fear begins to speak louder than faith.

"What if I get hurt again?"

"What if this doesn't work out?"

"What if I can't do what He's asking me to do?"

"What if I step forward and discover that I wasn't ready?"

Sometimes, just like Justice, we stop dead in our tracks.

And from where we're standing, we may not be able to see the greener grass. We may not understand why God is asking us to leave the place where we feel comfortable.

But here's something I love about the story of Justice.

I didn't expect her to figure everything out on her own.

I went to her.

And that reminds me of the heart of our Heavenly Father.

God meets us in our fear

God doesn't ask us to trust Him because He is a stranger.

He asks us to trust Him because He knows us, loves us, and has proven Himself faithful.

And when we are afraid, He doesn't stop being our Shepherd.

He doesn't stop being our Father.

He doesn't stop being the One who guides.

He meets us right in the middle of our fear and teaches us to trust Him again.

Proverbs 3:5–6 says:

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight."

God is teaching us that trust is built one step at a time.

And perhaps today, He is reminding you that you can follow Him.

Not because you know exactly what is ahead.

Not because you are certain that nothing difficult will happen.

But because He is faithful.

Because He loves you.

Because He knows what is best.

And because you are never outside the reach of His love.

What does resilience look like when God asks you to keep moving forward—even when the trail gets steep?

In this episode of Between the Barn and the Bible, we're continuing the journey of A Life That Looks Like Jesus and talking about courage, resilience, obedience, and what it means to keep going when God calls us forward.

I'll share the incredible story of the Pack Horse Librarians—women who rode through the mountains of Kentucky carrying books, Bibles, and hope to families who had little access to reading materials.

They didn't ride because it was easy.

They rode because someone needed what they carried.

And maybe that's true for us, too.

You may never ride a mountain trail carrying a saddlebag full of books and Bibles, but God may still be asking you to step outside your comfort zone—to encourage someone who's hurting, sit with someone who's struggling, pray boldly, or simply carry the hope of Jesus into a difficult place.

We'll talk about what it means to see resilience as trust in motion and how courage grows as we draw closer to God.

And we'll come back to an important truth from Chapter 1:

First, He works in us. Then, He works through us.

God doesn't waste the places where we've been broken, healed, stretched, or restored. Sometimes the very things He's walked us through become what He uses to help us carry hope to someone else.

So maybe being “unstoppable” doesn't mean we never fall.

Maybe it means that when God says “Go,” we're willing to get back up, trust Him, and keep riding.

Be ready. Listen when He speaks. And be willing to ride wherever He leads—even when the trail looks steep.

🐴 Grab your Bible, pull up a chair at the barn, and join me Between the Barn and the Bible.

Stay close to Jesus. Keep learning from His Word. And keep growing in grace.

What if the interruption you're frustrated by is actually an opportunity God has placed right in front of you?

In this episode of Between the Barn and the Bible, we're talking about A Life That Looks Like Jesus by looking at one of the things that stands out about Jesus—He was willing to stop.

In Matthew 20, two blind men cry out to Jesus as He is passing by. The crowd sees them as a disruption, but Jesus sees two people who need Him.

The Bible says, “Jesus stood still.”

Those three words have been challenging me in my own life. I share a barn moment with Bella, my horse, who has a way of reminding me to slow down, put the list aside, and simply be present.

We'll talk about the interruptions that may actually be divine appointments, the possibility that some interruptions may even be God's protection, and what it means to hold our plans loosely enough to make room for people.

Because sometimes we're so focused on accomplishing the next thing that we miss the person standing right in front of us.

The question we'll sit with is:

If someone knew nothing about Jesus except what they experienced through me, what would they believe He is like?

Maybe today we need to slow down enough to notice.

Because sometimes the interruption isn't getting in the way of what God is doing.

Sometimes the interruption IS what God is doing.

Grab your Bible, pull up a chair at the barn, and join me Between the Barn and the Bible.

Stay close to Jesus. Keep learning from His Word. And keep growing in grace.