by Jeanne Takenaka | Sep 19, 2022 | Anxiety, Tell His Story, Trusting God
Have you ever struggled to release anxiety and trust God in difficult seasons? These past couple of years, God has shown me a rather unflattering facet of my personality. Perhaps it goes back to my younger years when peer rejection carved deep wounds into my heart and...
by Jeanne Takenaka | Jul 18, 2022 | God's Love, Identity, Mothering, Tell His Story
Has anyone else struggled with understanding our identity in Christ? Our oldest, Peter, was about ten months old when I found myself struggling to believe I had any significance whatsoever. I’d gone from being the center of our women’s ministry at church to what felt...
by Jeanne Takenaka | Jun 20, 2022 | Doing or Being, Identity, Tell His Story, Trusting God
I never thought I’d be one to hold onto false beliefs. There’s this funny/not funny thing we humans tend to do. When we face life experiences, we adapt beliefs based on those events. I never saw the connection until I began learning how to create emotionally layered...
by Jeanne Takenaka | Jun 6, 2022 | Expectations, Tell His Story, Trials, Trusting God
Have you ever felt disappointed in God when He did things differently than you expected? Planning is my superpower. After Hubs and I married, we planned to wait a year and then start trying to have children. We anticipated pregnancy taking a year, and that was fine....
by Jeanne Takenaka | May 30, 2022 | Faith, Tell His Story, Trusting God
Jeanne Takenaka We’ve all sung songs about how God is good. And, if you’re like me, in the moment you’re singing that song, your heart shouts, “Yes!” But what about when hard things happen? When a pregnancy is lost to miscarriage? When there’s a life-changing...
