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There is HOPE...."Restorable (part 1)
Jen Mininger • Nov 25, 2019
This personal project that has changed and rocked my business..and more importantly...my life, my heart and my relationships!
Alright friend, it's here...this is it!
This is the first of many posts for Restorable. A series that will offer you sincere and authentic encouragement for wherever your at. Because one thing that I’ve learned...is that no matter where your at, or where you’ve come from...you have brokenness inside of you...AND, THERE IS ALWAYS A deep and beautiful layer of hope just waiting to be revealed!
This is the first of many posts for Restorable. A series that will offer you sincere and authentic encouragement for wherever your at. Because one thing that I’ve learned...is that no matter where your at, or where you’ve come from...you have brokenness inside of you...AND, THERE IS ALWAYS A deep and beautiful layer of hope just waiting to be revealed!
I hope you’ll visit here for each part of the Restorable project, and I hope that you will carefully consider what encouragement is here for your personal story.
And as you read here, I hope you’ll find out that you want more from this truth… that you don’t want to miss the next piece of restorable… so I suggest that you go here https://www.jenminingerphotography.com/contact
to sign up for my email newsletters… emails to give you a heads up when the next of Restorable is out for you.
It was February 2017 that I went there for the first time...for my heart...and then it was spring of 2019 that I went there again..but this time with my husband… so that together we could appreciate and engage in this hopeful message ..and so that we could also give it to you.
We hired Justin Barlup from https://cinematiclovestories.com/ to create a very powerful and meaningful video for us. And by “us”, I mean all of “us”…
This video is for me, its for Korey, it turned out to be for Justin our videographer...AND ..its for you.
And as you watch it...I think it might be helpful if you consider that broken spot inside of you...you know that spot that you don’t like...that spot that your ashamed of...the piece of you that maybe you’ve lost hope in...and maybe you think can never change...that spot. Write it down… Your brokenness...just hold that spot a second as you listen in to our video from the junkyard…
Did you think of it?
Now ... watch here...
Now ... watch here...
Some powerful truths there … huh?
As you listened...were you considering your own brokenness? That spot in your heart or place in your life that nags you, and leaves you feeling defeated.
That spot.
That spot that you roll your eyes at and think will never change. It discourages you and even hurts you…
Yeah, that spot.
How are you doing with it? How does that ache leak into other areas of your life?
Do you believe that there might be something better for you from that spot? Some hope? Maybe even beauty from ashes?
Listen, I’ve got my own spots, in fact it's because of the despair that I was feeling from the weight of my own broken places that I was led to Restorable. And in the thick of my despair, I cried out to God… and He helped me.
The process was not easy, just like it wouldn’t be easy to restore a junked car from a junkyard.
But in the process of restoring some of my brokenness...He gave me visuals for hope. He comforted me. And NOW, I want to comfort you with the comfort that I have received.
If what you just watched and read here has pricked your heart, or caused you to consider hope for your broken and struggling places
then you will likely want to see the rest of "Restorable" as it quite possibly might be just what you need ..right now…
In the midst of your chaos, the sentiment of the season, the busyness, the stress, the anxiety, the joy, or maybe the grief.. your heart and mind might need to be quietly nurtured.
then you will likely want to see the rest of "Restorable" as it quite possibly might be just what you need ..right now…
In the midst of your chaos, the sentiment of the season, the busyness, the stress, the anxiety, the joy, or maybe the grief.. your heart and mind might need to be quietly nurtured.
So, let your heart be cared for, nurtured, … let yourself consider hope for those broken and hurting places in your heart.
This Restorable project will likely last a couple of weeks...several episodes on The Hope Layer Podcast (https://www.jenminingerphotography.com/podcast)., multiple blog posts… and little words of inspiration on facebook and instagram…
If you don’t want to miss any of it, then be sure to sign up for my email list.
Also, you can subscribe to Hope Layer Podcast wherever you listen in, that way you can be notified whenever the next podcast is out. Also if you leave a rating and review, then more people searching for "hope" will be able to come across this hopeful message! You can send your friends here, or click that "share" button on social media. Together we can get this hopeful message out to a world of hearts in need.
Ok...friends...this was just the beginning, the introduction.
Restorable is going to be a meaningful journey...and I look forward to seeing what God has for all of us. I know that He has more for me...and I sure do hope that you find your story is impacted by receiving from the message of restorable.
Restorable is going to be a meaningful journey...and I look forward to seeing what God has for all of us. I know that He has more for me...and I sure do hope that you find your story is impacted by receiving from the message of restorable.
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Bobbie went from full hustle to full halt and discovered what God can do in a valley season.
It ached to hear the harsh words that she knew could be her own, yet it felt so safe and reassuring to know that God sees her and wants her to have new lyrics in her own heart.
Acknowledging the dark as well as the light feels so honest and helpful in these moments. Although, I will warn, that it can also feel raw and not always easy, YET it is a kindness to ourselves when we start with honesty, isn't it? It is both, difficult and kind.
Letting go.. or saying "no" can be SO HARD ! We don't want to, we'd rather be awesome, all the time, in all the things! BUT... is that really working for you and your people? What do you need to steward (manage, maximize or multiply) better? Do you need to let go of something so that you may better steward something of more value… for a season?
Tracy leaned into the old car unafraid of the dirt and rust that she was now touching.
As I said in an email to my Belize Trip Prayer Team.. “ I am thankful. Actually, I am dumbfounded, humbled and in awe.”
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