Rove Spring day | speaker Chel Garrison

if you don’t have a life coach, you will want one after meeting chel. and you’ll want it to be her! i’m already talking to my husband about making this happen for me. chel is a dynamic presence. and today she gave us some incredible, practical ways to change our lives. my very favorite quote from her today was this, “quite honestly, i don’t have time to have friends who are not honest.” boom! this speaks to my heart. it’s time to get honest, to be who you were created to be and to get on with living your life for God’s kingdom. i don’t have time for anything else and the way i get to that is by being honest, saying “no” to anything that gets in the way of what God has for me to do, and surround myself with other like-minded women doing the same. she taught us about standing as warrior women for our husbands, our families, our country, our places, our jobs. our whole identity as a woman is beautiful and created by a great God who sees you and loves you. she asked us if we are living intentionally. she asked us to rate ourselves from 1-5 on a few questions, daily, to keep track of our progress. an example is “i lived intentionally today 1 2 3 4 5”, and “i managed my physical and mental energy well today 1 2 3 4 5” and a personal favorite, “i shared my real self, my real thoughts, and real feelings today 1 2 3 4 5”. what great questions! she gave us so much more and preached right to our hearts. powerful time of learning. i encourage you to go follow her and meet with her in person to determine if you need a life coach in your life! i absolutely know you will benefit from her coaching!

-bb

Rove Spring day | speaker Tiffany Nardoni

a beautiful thread of hope, peace and joy permeated throughout tiff’s story today. she specifically used those three words at the beginning of her life’s story and it challenged me to find those words throughout, while she spoke. i wish you could have been there. me trying to type it all out just feels like it will certainly fall flat. if you don’t know her, you will want to go find her and follow her, buy her book still and wait for what she’s got coming next. whenever that may be, because she is always working on new words to share. it’s what she does. she had hope during the beginning drive to the hospital when her son was sick. the words in her bible stood out to her and she has since then continued to cling to that same hope. she had peace when she told her son he did not have to keep fighting any longer. not for her, not to stay earth-side. she had peace. and when she looked at her family, she had immense joy. she has challenged me in many beautiful ways since i have had the privilege of getting to know her and calling her “friend”, but i received another new piece of gold to hold on to and carry into my own life from here on out. find the hope, peace, and joy in all and every of my circumstances. God may not answer my prayer in the way i expected or asked for, just like he didn’t answer tiff’s prayer in the way she thought. but she could still look and see hope, peace, and joy. and when we look for that in our Lord and Savior, we can survive even the very worst things imaginable.

-bb