March 18, 2025 • 40 mins
Pocket Miracles: How to See God's Hand in Your Life Every Day
In Episode 20 of Dear Daughters of God, host Stephanie Eccles welcomes her guest, Karalee Anjewierden, author of 'Pocket Miracles' and 'My Pre-Prayer Planner'. Karalee, a motivational speaker and mother of six, shares her journey of discovering daily miracles and building a closer relationship with God. She recounts how attending a retreat during COVID inspired her to start a business for God and eventually write her book. Through their heartfelt conversation, Stephanie and Karalee discuss the importance of recognizing everyday miracles and how it shapes one's faith, confidence, and connection with the divine. They also touch upon combating negative self-talk and the adversary's influence, the transformative power of gratitude, prayer, and how Karalee's own experiences have profoundly changed her life and those around her.
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stephanie_1_05-15-2024_ (00:00):
Welcome to Dear Daughters of God.
This is episode 20.
Pocket miracles.
How to see God's hand in yourlife every day.
Microphone (Samson Q2U Micro (00:08):
My name is Stephanie Eccles.
I'm a school administrator,natural storyteller, and I am a
daughter of God.
I tell the stories of our livesfrom the perspective of the
gospel of Jesus Christ.
Welcome, Dear Daughters of God.
I address you that way becausethat's what you are to Him.
To our Heavenly Father, you aredear.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14154 (00:29):
We have a guest today.
We're so thrilled to haveKaralee Anjewierden.
Karee is an old friend of mineand of my family's.
She was such an influence in mydaughter's life.
Savannah, some of you have heardSavannah.
She was on episode six talkingabout the embodiment of Christ.
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Keri was.
Savannah's young women's leaderand like her second mother,
during that time in Savannah'slife, when you just hope another
woman comes in because you can'tbe that influence.
that was Karee Andrew Weirton.
She was Savannah's second motherand loved her like her own
daughter.
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And I will be eternally gratefulfor that.
Karee is a delightful woman andshe's written a book and I'm
going to give her a formalintroduction Karalee
Anjewieirden is the author ofPocket Miracles and my pre
prayer planner.
She's a motivational speaker andmother of six amazing humans.
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Carol Lee is making appearanceson podcast and putting on
workshops.
She's also presented at variousretreats and events.
Karalee is teaching women todiscover their everyday
miracles, to know theirauthentic selves, and to learn
how to connect with God.
Her Bachelor's of Science FamilyHistory degree, coupled with
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years of experience in familymanagement, teaching, and
leadership, are all part of herlife story.
However, a divinely led PocketMiracle journey has opened her
eyes to see and know Goddifferently and gain greater
love for others, all which comesfrom seeing miracles daily.
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Karalee is an avid story seeker,passionate about connecting with
people in places.
She loves to travel and does soextensively, collecting new and
wonderful stories, friends, andmiracles she can share along the
way.
Find her online at www.
pocketmiracles.
com.
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Welcome Karee, thank you forjoining us on dear daughters of
God.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15 (02:38):
Oh, thank you for letting me join
you.
love all of the episodes.
I've been listening to what youare putting out there and I love
it.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_141546 (02:46):
I appreciate your input.
I remember you told me that youhad to slip in that Second book,
my pre prayer planner, very lastminute, right?
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15-2 (02:56):
I did.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14 (02:57):
we're going to have to get to that.
Tell us about your inspirationfor writing pocket miracles.
How did it all come about?
karalee-anjewierden_1_05 (03:06):
During COVID, I went to a retreat that
someone was teaching and thoughtI was going to get this nice,
relaxing experience.
And instead was, it was allabout, Starting a business for
God.
I didn't know I was supposed tobe starting a business for God.
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They had us studying a bunch of,talks by past prophets and
apostles and women's leaders,and just, teaching us about who
we are, our value.
And that is something, I don'tknow if you knew Stephanie, but
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that's something that I'vestruggled with my whole life.
as a child was very shy andnever really felt worthy.
I don't know if that's the wordI'm looking for, but just never
really felt like I mattered.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_1 (04:09):
Karee, I'm so surprised to hear this.
I did not know this about you.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15- (04:13):
As I grew and I had my children, it
was very easy to advocate for mychildren because it wasn't me.
so going to this retreat Andhaving this idea that maybe God
wanted me to start some businessfor him.
And I had no idea what can Ioffer.
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And as I was on this journey,God took me on this beautiful
journey of discovering how hesees me.
And one of the ways that he didthat was through miracles.
So I had started again, doing agratitude journal
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14154 (04:59):
So you've done it once before.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15-2 (05:01):
I had done it before, but never
really put much stock into it.
And this time I was dealing withsome health issues and there was
a lot of buzz in, online andother places that a miracle
journal can help you healthwise.
And all of these ways, yoursleep and your health and your,
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everything.
And I thought if that's true,why am I not doing it?
So I started doing it again.
But now I'm in this place whereI have been trying to find out
what is it that God needs me todo now?
Because my children at thispoint are mostly grown.
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I do still have one at home,that's in high school, but most
of my kids are gone at thispoint.
And I needed to find out who Iwas again.
I'm a mom, but who am I?
And I think most moms get tothat point, right?
Where you hit that place of,okay, where do I fit in the
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world?
And that's where I was at.
stephanie_1_05-15-2 (06:09):
approaching that identity crisis period in
your life.
karalee-anjewierden_ (06:13):
absolutely yes.
And I came across a quote byPresident Eyring talking about
if you ask in prayer to have Godshow you his hand every day, And
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that hit me like a bolt oflightning.
I don't know why it struck sucha chord with me, but so I'm
already writing my gratitude.
And as I read that, I was like,okay heavenly father, how can I
do that?
How do I go from where I'm at?
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To where you're promising, thatpromise that he was giving and
the thought came into my mind,add one miracle a day, just add
one miracle a day.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_1415 (07:07):
add one miracle a day.
That was the thought in yourmind.
Just add one miracle.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15 (07:13):
And my next thought was, I don't
have miracles.
So how am I going to do that?
And this journey that he's takenme on to look for those daily
miracles has Changed who I amcompletely, it has brought me
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confidence.
It has brought me joy.
It has helped me to see thebeauty around me.
Not that I wasn't seeing some ofthat before, but in a more
direct way.
I compared myself with othersand don't get me wrong.
It's not that I never do now,But it doesn't hold the same
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value for me that it did at onetime.
I wanted to look a certain way.
I wanted to be a certain way Iwanted, those kinds of things.
Now it's more, am I doing whatGod needs me to do?
Am I fulfilling what he hasasked me to do?
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And knowing that even if I fallshort on that, he loves me
always.
And nothing that I could dowould change that, right?
Because that has been part ofthis journey.
As I have seen those dailymiracles and the places that
he's showing up for me, I amloved.
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That is like a warm hug to meevery day writing those down
because that is how he loves meand it can be something as
simple as If I'm running late,I've had six kids.
Sometimes your time is not yourown and you're trying to get
places and you're runningbehind.
there have been days when I willsay a prayer as I'm in the car.
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I just need to get there ontime.
And the lights, the sequence oflights and I go right through
them and I, that is not acoincidence to me.
That is a miracle.
That is God saying, I see you.
I love you.
You need this thing.
You've asked me for this thing.
Here it is.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14154 (09:22):
So even the simplest thing, like
the lights being green at theright time,
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-1 (09:29):
Yes.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_141 (09:30):
what stands out to me is that your
focus was not only the miraclesthat were happening in your life
or the simplest events.
Picturing them and seeing themas miracles.
But if you didn't complete whatyou wanted to, you decided that
you would recognize that theheavenly father still loved you
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and nothing you did would stopthat love.
that's a temptation that a lotof us, slip into is thinking
that he is disappointed.
In me and that's just where theadversary wants us to be leaving
I'm not good enough andtherefore, I better not try,
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these principles are too hard.
And so it's better than I nottry because I can't live up to
it.
That downward spiral.
And it doesn't come fromHeavenly Father.
It's really the adversary'scycle down.
And so I appreciate you pointingthat out that you said to
yourself, Heavenly Father stillloved you.
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And nothing was going to takethat love away.
I get it?
Yes.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-1 (10:40):
Yes.
in a world where that, I call itmind chatter.
Where it's so prolific in ourchaotic world, those thoughts
come so easily.
It's so wonderful to have theability to feel God's love and
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to have it drown out thosevoices that would have us
believe otherwise, that we arenot.
Enough that we are not doingenough or doing what we should
be, instead to quiet that.
And to say, I'm moving forward.
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I'm doing the best that I caneach day.
And that's all.
God requires of me He loves me,right?
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14154 (11:34):
In psychology, in cognitive
behavioral therapy, they call itcognitive distortions and you
call it mind chatter.
both meaningful terms.
But the point is We all have it.
And we all, Have found ourselvesbelieving it and it's nice to
have a conversation where we canbe speaking about our Heavenly
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Father and recognize where thisis coming from.
This is the influence of theadversary and he would like us
to believe that it's all truebecause he wants to bring us
down.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15- (12:10):
He does.
And I think especially women getworked on very hard maybe
because of our nurturing nature,we have a tendency to believe it
more.
it seems to be among womenalmost more than men.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14154 (12:28):
It does.
I think nurturing is a part ofit.
I think along with that comes aninsecurity, a part of our nature
has an insecurity about that.
It seems like testosteronebrings confidence, but I won't
get it further into the biologybecause I don't know it, but I
do see more insecurity in women,I will say, I see that more
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often than in men and I thinkthat is part of our nature and
with that nature comes wonderfulgifts, but we have to work.
On reminding ourselves of thatmind chatter or that cognitive
distortion is not true.
And it's coming from theadversary and it's there to
bring us down.
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And Heavenly Father loves us andwants us to feel that love.
we can change those thoughts inour minds and it can change how
we feel about ourselves andabout life.
sometimes we just need to prayfor the help to make that change
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in that mind chatter that can beoverwhelming.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-1 (13:35):
Yes.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_141 (13:36):
Yes.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15 (13:37):
And one of the things that for me
has done that is focusing onmiracles.
I'm, if my focus is on God andwhere is God today, where is he
showing up in my life?
If that is my focus, that mindchatter seems for me to not be
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quite so loud because I'mfocusing on something more
important.
And so I don't know if it willwork that way for everyone.
But I felt very strongly that Ineeded to write this book and
share the things that God hadshowed me so that others could
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do it too, because it wasamazing to me as I started doing
this and my confidence grew andmy ability to see God every day
and to know he loved me, Iwanted to share it.
And I started sharing it with mykids, Oh, that was a miracle.
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Oh, do you think so?
And then it was outside of myfamily sphere where I would be
with a friend and I would say,wow, that was amazing.
Miracle that just happened toyou.
And they had no idea.
I think most of us have thisgrand idea that it has to be.
if we don't have thoseexperiences, like God parting
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the red sea, it's not valid.
It's not really a miracle.
And I think that's where most ofus, disservice ourselves because
those grand miracles happen andthey're.
Amazing when they happen, God'slove comes in those mundane,
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ordinary little drops, or, asElder Dushku was talking about
in conference, those little raysof light.
He may not be giving us a pillarof light, but he'll give us a
little ray here and there tofill our bucket if we're
watching for them, but oftenthey're so small and mundane and
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ordinary.
We don't see them.
We don't notice that they'rethere.
And so this is why pocketmiracles, because they're tiny,
they're small, but they happenevery day and they happen
multiple times a day.
If we're watching, if we'relooking where you can finally
start to see them.
Almost hear him say, and here'sthis little treat for you and
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this little experience for you,just so you know, I love you
today.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_141 (16:19):
Yes.
And I can see, of course, thereason why it makes you feel
better about yourself becauseyou feel recognized by your
Heavenly Father throughout theday.
And how significant is that, toknow that He's in those fine
details in your life and wantsthose little moments to go just
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right for you.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-1 (16:45):
Yes.
And then that changes myrelationship with him because
wow, you love me a lot, insteadof seeing him as a harsh God who
wants to punish or who isn'tlistening Your eyes are able to
see he loves me and he loves meso much that he's constantly
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sending stuff my way.
Not just the large miracle whenI need it all the time, he's
sending me these little rays ofhope all day long that I can
draw from and gain strength fromand then turn that to other
people.
I see, Oh, he loves me that muchthat he gives me those things.
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Then I have to turn that aroundand go, wow, look what he's
doing for that person and thatperson.
And he loves them just as muchas he loves me.
And that's where that comparisonpiece gets taken away because he
loves us all the same.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_1415 (17:49):
you began to share it, not just with
your family, but outside thefamily sphere to friends and
pointing out the miracles intheir lives.
And was it at that point thatyou began to wonder?
Maybe I need to write this downso people can see it.
Is that how the book began?
karalee-anjewierden_1_05- (18:07):
Yeah, I think so.
Because at this point I'm stilllooking for.
What is it that God needs me todo?
And at that point was when Ifelt that then put this into a
book, write a book, teach peoplehow to do it so that they have
that ability to see that and dothat for themselves as well.
Stephanie test (18:31):
what an interesting premise that was
given you at that retreat,create a business for God
karalee-anjewierden_1_05- (18:36):
Yeah.
Stephanie test (18:36):
what an interesting premise.
So you already had that in yourmind.
What is my business going to be
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-1 (18:43):
Yes.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14154 (18:43):
of
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15- (18:44):
Or what is my mission?
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14 (18:46):
Okay.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15-2 (18:47):
a mother, certainly a wife.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_141 (18:48):
Yes.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15-2 (18:49):
I already had those pieces, but
that.
That needing to do somethingmore was opening the door for
something else
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_1415 (19:00):
you were in that change time in your
life where you were going tohave, more time.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-1 (19:06):
Yes.
And I wanted it to have purpose.
I wanted it to, I think really,I just needed to know myself and
I needed to know how I fit if mykids are gone and what more can
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I do?
is there something that I'm notdoing?
And somehow this led me to thisretreat.
the way that happened was allmiraculous.
Somebody reached out to me.
I think you should do this, prayabout it.
we didn't have the money at thetime to go.
It was expensive and I prayedabout it with my husband and
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yes, you need to do this.
And it was a big deal.
So that was miraculous.
And then the other part of themiracle is that this journey has
helped me to see who I am.
It has taught me, it has healedme from the inside out,
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essentially.
In places that I was broken,that I didn't know I was broken
and I didn't know how to fix.
I could have never known how tofix.
Only God knew how to fix.
And what a simple thing to just,write some gratitude and look
for miracles.
It sounds so simple when you putit that way,
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_141 (20:34):
Yes.
But that was the very exercisethat brought you healing.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-1 (20:38):
yes.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_1415 (20:40):
Was there a scripture that was
motivating you during this time
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15 (20:47):
One that actually came to me during
this retreat is in first Nephichapter 17.
And this is where Nephi is.
told they're near the ocean.
And Nephi is told to go up intothe mountain and to talk to God.
So he goes into the mountain totalk to God.
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And while he is there, God says,build a boat, build a ship.
And for whatever reason, thistime it struck me.
Did he know how to build a ship?
Had he ever seen a ship?
Did he know how to make thingswatertight?
there were so many questions,right?
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As he asks him to do this thing.
And, in our day and age, atleast you've seen a picture of a
ship, right?
But who knows what hisbackground was at the time.
If God had asked me to dosomething like that would have
been to say, Oh, I can't dothat.
There's no way I can do that.
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I don't know how, right?
Nephi's response is none ofthat.
His response is, where do I goto get ore to make tools?
already in his mind, he's goingand doing the thing.
And how do I get to that pointwhere I can go and do that
thing?
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That terrifies me.
Being in front of people, evenspeaking to groups, all of those
things that those were all fearsthat I had that I can't do that
because that puts me out thereand people can see, and maybe
they'll see a flaw and maybethey'll, but if you're doing it
for God, it makes it easier forme to do those things because.
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I'm on his mission.
It's not for me.
It's for him.
And then it just takes all ofthat pressure away.
Now I'm not saying that Ihaven't had my moments of fear.
I have started and stopped allalong the way as I'm like, I
need a deep breath.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_141 (22:54):
Huh.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15 (22:56):
But that scripture was enough for me
to say, if Nephi could get tothat point where he knew he
could ask God for something, andhe didn't have to fear it.
I can get to that place too.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_141 (23:14):
Yes.
I can see why that was suchmotivation for you.
It's the very story that's beenmotivating to me.
Is Nephi building, being askedto build that ship and then
being left to do it so much onhis own at times when his
brothers didn't want anything todo with it.
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Yes.
And he kept going forward justknowing if Heavenly Father asked
me to do it, there's got to be away that I'm going to be able to
do it.
And what's interesting is I findthat It's easier to look at his
life and think he did it, thanto really do it yourself when
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you're in a position.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-1 (24:00):
Yes.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_1415 (24:01):
Why is it so much harder when it's.
You're the one that's been askedto do something like, wait a
minute, I can't do that.
I could do the ship,
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15-2 (24:13):
I can ride on the ship.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14 (24:14):
Human nature.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-1 (24:15):
Yes.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14154 (24:17):
So grateful for the scriptures that
give us that guidance and thereminders that if we will put
our faith in our Savior, in ourHeavenly Father, that they will
lead the way.
But we need to put our faith.
In them and work as if it alldepends on us and then they'll
step in and help.
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Yeah.
Yeah.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15 (24:41):
And that belief is everything that,
that trusting that belief thateven that hope, the scriptures
talk about if you just have thefaith of a grain of mustard
seed, which is itty bitty tiny,it's that hope that.
What God is telling you is trueand that belief blesses your
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life so much.
I can't even imagine goingthrough life and not seeing the
miracles that I have seenbecause they have absolutely
changed me, changed who I am.
If you talk to my family, any ofthem at this point and say, what
was the difference between momthen and mom now, worlds of
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difference.
I'm not even the same person.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_1415 (25:36):
How would they describe the
difference?
Do you have words to help usunderstand the difference?
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15-2 (25:44):
I think, some of the words that
they've used, you seemed unsureabout yourself, mom, or you
always put yourself down or yousecond guessed yourself It's so
good to see you doing somethingthat you love doing something
that's bringing you joy.
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You're so much happier.
You're so much more.
Fulfilled, they can see tangiblythat I'm a different person and
that my fears have left me.
maybe not a hundred percentbecause we're human and they're
going to keep raising their headand the adversary is going to
keep trying, especially when youstart to figure out how to get
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closer to God, you betterbelieve he's going to be pushing
back with everything that hehas.
And that's the importance ofwriting it down, of recording
it.
Because when you record thosemiracles, those gratitude, those
things that God is putting inyour life every day, when you're
doing that, you have proof, youhave evidence that God is there.
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And so when the adversary triesto fill your mind with all of
this chatter of who you aren't,and you can't do that, and why
would you even try?
You can go back and you can readand you can say, Oh, on this
day, these are the miracles thatGod gave me.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_141 (27:19):
Yes.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05- (27:19):
Those words are not true.
I can believe in what I'vewritten down on this page and I
don't have to listen to what mybrain is telling me is truth.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_1415 (27:33):
And that is one part that I really
appreciate about your book.
you give the opportunity forthem to write down those
miracles right within the book.
So you guide them on how to getthere, but then they have space
to write down those miracles inthe book.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15 (27:55):
and even some prompts to get you
started.
Again, we don't think ofmiracles every day.
And so to get you to, it's apractice thing.
It's like anything else, just apractice to get yourself
looking, knowing where to look,what you're looking for to find
those little nuggets I would sayevery time, ask God, show me
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today where you are, let me seetangibly where you are, and then
write those things down so thathe knows that you're serious
about that question and he'llshow you, and it may be one a
day.
Or you may have one in a weekAnd then all of a sudden they'll
just start to open up and you'llsee them everywhere.
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Pretty incredible.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_141 (28:41):
Yes.
I had one happen yesterday andit was, unusual because, I
planned on doing recording andthe week had filled up and this
was the day yesterday that Ineeded to record and I was
terribly behind because I'm verygood at procrastinating and
fears behind my procrastination.
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There I am in this situationwhere I must do it.
But in my prayer, I had saidthat morning, help me to help
someone today and before I getto recording, I get a phone call
from my daughter and she's inUtah County area and that's
about an hour away.
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she has locked her keys in hercar, and an extra set of her
keys are in my house, and she'sstuck.
And she's asking, Will you comeand bring my keys to me?
And I thought, at first I waslike, this is my one day to
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record.
That was, in the back of mymind, then I thought this is
exactly what I have just askedfor.
I've just asked if I could helpsomeone today and if I could
strengthen relationships with mychildren.
And I get this phone call and Isaid, I would love to, I'll be
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there at this time.
And it was delightful.
And I felt like that was mymiracle for the day is to
connect with my daughter, Emma,to have that opportunity to go
see her and take the keys.
It wasn't about the keys.
And I was just jolly all the waydown, I can't tell you how many
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times I've locked my keys in mycar.
So it's about time I had theopportunity to return the favor.
But it wasn't until today, as Istarted into this interview, or
preparing this morning for thisinterview that I looked back and
thought again, you know what?
I didn't write that miracle downin my pocket miracles book.
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So I'm going to go back and I'mgoing to write that miracle down
in my pocket miracles book.
Because now I have a place towrite down.
I want to remember that HeavenlyFather is looking out for me
every day, because like yousaid, when the adversary comes
and starts that mind chatter andwants me to feel low and wants
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me to doubt, I have a place towrite.
when you've written somethingdown, especially by hand, you
remember it, and it changes you,and it stays with you.
If you don't remember it, it'sthere to refer to, and later it
will bless your lives.
How many times I've gone back tojournals and found something
faith promoting, an experiencethat I'd completely forgotten.
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thank goodness I'd written itdown.
So you've opened this door forso many of us to have those
faith promoting moments becausenow you're giving us an
opportunity to write them
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-1 (31:53):
Yes.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14 (31:53):
guide us to doing it.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-1 (31:55):
Yes.
And then to have a place thatwill become a keepsake for just
you, but your posterity to seefor themselves, God has been
there.
He's been there all along.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_141 (32:13):
Yes.
I better be sure to mention, howdid this one come along?
My pre prayer planner.
Now this was hurried at the end,right?
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15- (32:23):
It was, I had started teaching this
at a couple of retreats and thiswas an evolvement after I had
found my miracles and mygratitude and I wanted to
uplevel my prayer and I hadprayed, how can I do that?
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What do I need to do to really.
communicate with you in talkingto God.
How do I really communicate withGod in a personal way?
Because growing up, my parentswere great at teaching us to
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pray and to use the prayerlanguage that's more formal, but
that made me more formal.
And yes, I believe that God,he's the almighty, right?
He's the God of the universe andall universes.
So there is respect that needsto be there, but he's also our
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Father and he wants to hear fromus and he wants to hear, not
just thank you for, I need.
He wants to hear today is sohard for me and this is why, but
this is where I saw you show upfor me.
And I'm so grateful for that.
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Are there other things that Ineed to be doing?
And can you show me that askingthat receiving that knock and it
shall be opened, right?
The ask and you shall receive.
And so that's where I was inwanting, because I was feeling
that love from God, I wanted toexpand that.
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And now I want to have.
Meaningful conversation to you.
Like Enis, how does he pray fora whole day?
How does he spend that time onhis knees praying And this is
what came.
And it's just simply preparingbefore you pray, to invite the
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spirit in, to have the spiritshow you what are the things
that I need today or that I needto talk with God about?
What are the things he needs meto talk to him about?
So that when I go to thatprayer, I'm focused, my mind
isn't everywhere.
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It's right where it needs to be.
And I can have a mighty prayerwith God and it can be, two
minutes, or it can be 20minutes, depending on what I
need that day or what I havetime for.
But I've already taken the timeto make sure that it's focused
and it's where God needs it tobe.
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And It has really made adifference for me in the way
that I speak to God and in ourconversations with each other.
And it has become aconversation.
I guess that's the difference isthat before I would pray, I was
praying.
It was not a conversation andnow it's a conversation.
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And at the end of the day, I canadd that to my gratitude or to
my miracles.
Thank you for Our conversationstoday.
I needed those.
I needed to hear your voice.
I needed to know what you needed
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_141 (35:56):
yes.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05- (35:57):
makes it more intimate.
It makes it more meaningful.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_1415 (36:04):
All right.
So a place to prepare for prayerand write it down.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-1 (36:09):
Yes.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_1 (36:10):
You're focused and ready for that
prayer.
So it becomes more than a wishlist and a few thank yous, but
more like a conversation.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15 (36:23):
And how many of us maybe get a
prompting or hear something andit goes in one ear and out the
other, you may act on it or youmay not.
And that was the other part ofit I need to be more intentional
on following through onpromptings.
And when you've written it down,I've got highlighted now where I
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can go back and say, this iswhere God needs me to do
something.
And have I done that thing?
Not that it has to become achecklist, but to go back and
say, Oh yes, I remember this issomething he wanted me to do.
I haven't done it.
Oh, look, it's showing up again.
This is something he reallywants me to do.
Yeah, and never to beatourselves up about it again, if
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we're moving forward, if we'retaking that step at a time,
that's enough, that's all Godneeds from us, but he wants us
to be trying and he wants us tobe focused on him.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_141 (37:24):
Yes.
Oh, it's been delightful.
Karee, thank you so much forjoining us today.
I'm so grateful that you wrotethis book.
I told you how it's alreadyinspired me and helped me along
in one of my projects.
How do people find you if theywould like to reach out to you,
Karee?
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15- (37:43):
my website, pocketmiracles.
com.
You can find me there and allthe things that I'm doing or
social media on Instagram.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14154 (37:54):
is there anything else that you'd
like to share before we go?
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-1 (37:57):
Yes.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14 (37:58):
Good.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15-2 (37:59):
I would love to share just how
important this is, not just foryourself.
For me, that was the first thingthat I took was that God was
healing me, but what it has donefor me is to help me to find
God.
And that is the purpose forwriting the book is if you are
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in a place in your life whereyou have doubts and where you're
not sure where you stand.
In your beliefs, in yourknowledge of a heavenly father I
would ask you to pray, and justhave that little small amount of
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faith and hope to believe and tolook for those miracles.
And as you look for those dailytouch points that God is sending
you, that you would be sincerein realizing and recognizing
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that he is there for you.
And that he loves you.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14 (39:12):
Thank you.
I'm so glad you shared thatintent with us, but what you've
learned through this journey ofwriting Pocket Miracles and your
prayer book, that really was themost important lesson in this
whole affair is that HeavenlyFather is there for Amen.
Amen.
All of us.
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you are an angel.
Thank you for joining us todayand for writing this book.
We're so grateful that you arewilling to come and we look
forward to, seeing you in thefuture at one of your retreats.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05- (39:48):
Thank you.
I hope so.
And thank you for allowing me tobe on today.
And to reconnect with you yes,love Savannah does hold a
special place in my heart.
She always will.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14 (40:01):
Gary,
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15- (40:02):
So
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14 (40:03):
Thank you.
I told her that, what you hadsaid, and she was very touched.
She loves you too.
All right.
We will say farewell for now.
Welcome to Dear Daughters of God.
This is episode 20.
Pocket miracles.
How to see God's hand in yourlife every day.
Microphone (Samson Q2U Micro (00:08):
My name is Stephanie Eccles.
I'm a school administrator,natural storyteller, and I am a
daughter of God.
I tell the stories of our livesfrom the perspective of the
gospel of Jesus Christ.
Welcome, Dear Daughters of God.
I address you that way becausethat's what you are to Him.
To our Heavenly Father, you aredear.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14154 (00:29):
We have a guest today.
We're so thrilled to haveKaralee Anjewierden.
Karee is an old friend of mineand of my family's.
She was such an influence in mydaughter's life.
Savannah, some of you have heardSavannah.
She was on episode six talkingabout the embodiment of Christ.
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Keri was.
Savannah's young women's leaderand like her second mother,
during that time in Savannah'slife, when you just hope another
woman comes in because you can'tbe that influence.
that was Karee Andrew Weirton.
She was Savannah's second motherand loved her like her own
daughter.
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And I will be eternally gratefulfor that.
Karee is a delightful woman andshe's written a book and I'm
going to give her a formalintroduction Karalee
Anjewieirden is the author ofPocket Miracles and my pre
prayer planner.
She's a motivational speaker andmother of six amazing humans.
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Carol Lee is making appearanceson podcast and putting on
workshops.
She's also presented at variousretreats and events.
Karalee is teaching women todiscover their everyday
miracles, to know theirauthentic selves, and to learn
how to connect with God.
Her Bachelor's of Science FamilyHistory degree, coupled with
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years of experience in familymanagement, teaching, and
leadership, are all part of herlife story.
However, a divinely led PocketMiracle journey has opened her
eyes to see and know Goddifferently and gain greater
love for others, all which comesfrom seeing miracles daily.
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Karalee is an avid story seeker,passionate about connecting with
people in places.
She loves to travel and does soextensively, collecting new and
wonderful stories, friends, andmiracles she can share along the
way.
Find her online at www.
pocketmiracles.
com.
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Welcome Karee, thank you forjoining us on dear daughters of
God.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15 (02:38):
Oh, thank you for letting me join
you.
love all of the episodes.
I've been listening to what youare putting out there and I love
it.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_141546 (02:46):
I appreciate your input.
I remember you told me that youhad to slip in that Second book,
my pre prayer planner, very lastminute, right?
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15-2 (02:56):
I did.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14 (02:57):
we're going to have to get to that.
Tell us about your inspirationfor writing pocket miracles.
How did it all come about?
karalee-anjewierden_1_05 (03:06):
During COVID, I went to a retreat that
someone was teaching and thoughtI was going to get this nice,
relaxing experience.
And instead was, it was allabout, Starting a business for
God.
I didn't know I was supposed tobe starting a business for God.
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They had us studying a bunch of,talks by past prophets and
apostles and women's leaders,and just, teaching us about who
we are, our value.
And that is something, I don'tknow if you knew Stephanie, but
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that's something that I'vestruggled with my whole life.
as a child was very shy andnever really felt worthy.
I don't know if that's the wordI'm looking for, but just never
really felt like I mattered.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_1 (04:09):
Karee, I'm so surprised to hear this.
I did not know this about you.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15- (04:13):
As I grew and I had my children, it
was very easy to advocate for mychildren because it wasn't me.
so going to this retreat Andhaving this idea that maybe God
wanted me to start some businessfor him.
And I had no idea what can Ioffer.
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And as I was on this journey,God took me on this beautiful
journey of discovering how hesees me.
And one of the ways that he didthat was through miracles.
So I had started again, doing agratitude journal
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14154 (04:59):
So you've done it once before.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15-2 (05:01):
I had done it before, but never
really put much stock into it.
And this time I was dealing withsome health issues and there was
a lot of buzz in, online andother places that a miracle
journal can help you healthwise.
And all of these ways, yoursleep and your health and your,
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everything.
And I thought if that's true,why am I not doing it?
So I started doing it again.
But now I'm in this place whereI have been trying to find out
what is it that God needs me todo now?
Because my children at thispoint are mostly grown.
(05:45):
I do still have one at home,that's in high school, but most
of my kids are gone at thispoint.
And I needed to find out who Iwas again.
I'm a mom, but who am I?
And I think most moms get tothat point, right?
Where you hit that place of,okay, where do I fit in the
(06:07):
world?
And that's where I was at.
stephanie_1_05-15-2 (06:09):
approaching that identity crisis period in
your life.
karalee-anjewierden_ (06:13):
absolutely yes.
And I came across a quote byPresident Eyring talking about
if you ask in prayer to have Godshow you his hand every day, And
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that hit me like a bolt oflightning.
I don't know why it struck sucha chord with me, but so I'm
already writing my gratitude.
And as I read that, I was like,okay heavenly father, how can I
do that?
How do I go from where I'm at?
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To where you're promising, thatpromise that he was giving and
the thought came into my mind,add one miracle a day, just add
one miracle a day.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_1415 (07:07):
add one miracle a day.
That was the thought in yourmind.
Just add one miracle.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15 (07:13):
And my next thought was, I don't
have miracles.
So how am I going to do that?
And this journey that he's takenme on to look for those daily
miracles has Changed who I amcompletely, it has brought me
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confidence.
It has brought me joy.
It has helped me to see thebeauty around me.
Not that I wasn't seeing some ofthat before, but in a more
direct way.
I compared myself with othersand don't get me wrong.
It's not that I never do now,But it doesn't hold the same
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value for me that it did at onetime.
I wanted to look a certain way.
I wanted to be a certain way Iwanted, those kinds of things.
Now it's more, am I doing whatGod needs me to do?
Am I fulfilling what he hasasked me to do?
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And knowing that even if I fallshort on that, he loves me
always.
And nothing that I could dowould change that, right?
Because that has been part ofthis journey.
As I have seen those dailymiracles and the places that
he's showing up for me, I amloved.
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That is like a warm hug to meevery day writing those down
because that is how he loves meand it can be something as
simple as If I'm running late,I've had six kids.
Sometimes your time is not yourown and you're trying to get
places and you're runningbehind.
there have been days when I willsay a prayer as I'm in the car.
(09:02):
I just need to get there ontime.
And the lights, the sequence oflights and I go right through
them and I, that is not acoincidence to me.
That is a miracle.
That is God saying, I see you.
I love you.
You need this thing.
You've asked me for this thing.
Here it is.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14154 (09:22):
So even the simplest thing, like
the lights being green at theright time,
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-1 (09:29):
Yes.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_141 (09:30):
what stands out to me is that your
focus was not only the miraclesthat were happening in your life
or the simplest events.
Picturing them and seeing themas miracles.
But if you didn't complete whatyou wanted to, you decided that
you would recognize that theheavenly father still loved you
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and nothing you did would stopthat love.
that's a temptation that a lotof us, slip into is thinking
that he is disappointed.
In me and that's just where theadversary wants us to be leaving
I'm not good enough andtherefore, I better not try,
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these principles are too hard.
And so it's better than I nottry because I can't live up to
it.
That downward spiral.
And it doesn't come fromHeavenly Father.
It's really the adversary'scycle down.
And so I appreciate you pointingthat out that you said to
yourself, Heavenly Father stillloved you.
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And nothing was going to takethat love away.
I get it?
Yes.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-1 (10:40):
Yes.
in a world where that, I call itmind chatter.
Where it's so prolific in ourchaotic world, those thoughts
come so easily.
It's so wonderful to have theability to feel God's love and
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to have it drown out thosevoices that would have us
believe otherwise, that we arenot.
Enough that we are not doingenough or doing what we should
be, instead to quiet that.
And to say, I'm moving forward.
(11:24):
I'm doing the best that I caneach day.
And that's all.
God requires of me He loves me,right?
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14154 (11:34):
In psychology, in cognitive
behavioral therapy, they call itcognitive distortions and you
call it mind chatter.
both meaningful terms.
But the point is We all have it.
And we all, Have found ourselvesbelieving it and it's nice to
have a conversation where we canbe speaking about our Heavenly
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Father and recognize where thisis coming from.
This is the influence of theadversary and he would like us
to believe that it's all truebecause he wants to bring us
down.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15- (12:10):
He does.
And I think especially women getworked on very hard maybe
because of our nurturing nature,we have a tendency to believe it
more.
it seems to be among womenalmost more than men.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14154 (12:28):
It does.
I think nurturing is a part ofit.
I think along with that comes aninsecurity, a part of our nature
has an insecurity about that.
It seems like testosteronebrings confidence, but I won't
get it further into the biologybecause I don't know it, but I
do see more insecurity in women,I will say, I see that more
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often than in men and I thinkthat is part of our nature and
with that nature comes wonderfulgifts, but we have to work.
On reminding ourselves of thatmind chatter or that cognitive
distortion is not true.
And it's coming from theadversary and it's there to
bring us down.
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And Heavenly Father loves us andwants us to feel that love.
we can change those thoughts inour minds and it can change how
we feel about ourselves andabout life.
sometimes we just need to prayfor the help to make that change
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in that mind chatter that can beoverwhelming.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-1 (13:35):
Yes.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_141 (13:36):
Yes.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15 (13:37):
And one of the things that for me
has done that is focusing onmiracles.
I'm, if my focus is on God andwhere is God today, where is he
showing up in my life?
If that is my focus, that mindchatter seems for me to not be
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quite so loud because I'mfocusing on something more
important.
And so I don't know if it willwork that way for everyone.
But I felt very strongly that Ineeded to write this book and
share the things that God hadshowed me so that others could
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do it too, because it wasamazing to me as I started doing
this and my confidence grew andmy ability to see God every day
and to know he loved me, Iwanted to share it.
And I started sharing it with mykids, Oh, that was a miracle.
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Oh, do you think so?
And then it was outside of myfamily sphere where I would be
with a friend and I would say,wow, that was amazing.
Miracle that just happened toyou.
And they had no idea.
I think most of us have thisgrand idea that it has to be.
if we don't have thoseexperiences, like God parting
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the red sea, it's not valid.
It's not really a miracle.
And I think that's where most ofus, disservice ourselves because
those grand miracles happen andthey're.
Amazing when they happen, God'slove comes in those mundane,
(15:28):
ordinary little drops, or, asElder Dushku was talking about
in conference, those little raysof light.
He may not be giving us a pillarof light, but he'll give us a
little ray here and there tofill our bucket if we're
watching for them, but oftenthey're so small and mundane and
(15:51):
ordinary.
We don't see them.
We don't notice that they'rethere.
And so this is why pocketmiracles, because they're tiny,
they're small, but they happenevery day and they happen
multiple times a day.
If we're watching, if we'relooking where you can finally
start to see them.
Almost hear him say, and here'sthis little treat for you and
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this little experience for you,just so you know, I love you
today.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_141 (16:19):
Yes.
And I can see, of course, thereason why it makes you feel
better about yourself becauseyou feel recognized by your
Heavenly Father throughout theday.
And how significant is that, toknow that He's in those fine
details in your life and wantsthose little moments to go just
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right for you.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-1 (16:45):
Yes.
And then that changes myrelationship with him because
wow, you love me a lot, insteadof seeing him as a harsh God who
wants to punish or who isn'tlistening Your eyes are able to
see he loves me and he loves meso much that he's constantly
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sending stuff my way.
Not just the large miracle whenI need it all the time, he's
sending me these little rays ofhope all day long that I can
draw from and gain strength fromand then turn that to other
people.
I see, Oh, he loves me that muchthat he gives me those things.
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Then I have to turn that aroundand go, wow, look what he's
doing for that person and thatperson.
And he loves them just as muchas he loves me.
And that's where that comparisonpiece gets taken away because he
loves us all the same.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_1415 (17:49):
you began to share it, not just with
your family, but outside thefamily sphere to friends and
pointing out the miracles intheir lives.
And was it at that point thatyou began to wonder?
Maybe I need to write this downso people can see it.
Is that how the book began?
karalee-anjewierden_1_05- (18:07):
Yeah, I think so.
Because at this point I'm stilllooking for.
What is it that God needs me todo?
And at that point was when Ifelt that then put this into a
book, write a book, teach peoplehow to do it so that they have
that ability to see that and dothat for themselves as well.
Stephanie test (18:31):
what an interesting premise that was
given you at that retreat,create a business for God
karalee-anjewierden_1_05- (18:36):
Yeah.
Stephanie test (18:36):
what an interesting premise.
So you already had that in yourmind.
What is my business going to be
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-1 (18:43):
Yes.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14154 (18:43):
of
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15- (18:44):
Or what is my mission?
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14 (18:46):
Okay.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15-2 (18:47):
a mother, certainly a wife.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_141 (18:48):
Yes.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15-2 (18:49):
I already had those pieces, but
that.
That needing to do somethingmore was opening the door for
something else
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_1415 (19:00):
you were in that change time in your
life where you were going tohave, more time.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-1 (19:06):
Yes.
And I wanted it to have purpose.
I wanted it to, I think really,I just needed to know myself and
I needed to know how I fit if mykids are gone and what more can
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I do?
is there something that I'm notdoing?
And somehow this led me to thisretreat.
the way that happened was allmiraculous.
Somebody reached out to me.
I think you should do this, prayabout it.
we didn't have the money at thetime to go.
It was expensive and I prayedabout it with my husband and
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yes, you need to do this.
And it was a big deal.
So that was miraculous.
And then the other part of themiracle is that this journey has
helped me to see who I am.
It has taught me, it has healedme from the inside out,
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essentially.
In places that I was broken,that I didn't know I was broken
and I didn't know how to fix.
I could have never known how tofix.
Only God knew how to fix.
And what a simple thing to just,write some gratitude and look
for miracles.
It sounds so simple when you putit that way,
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_141 (20:34):
Yes.
But that was the very exercisethat brought you healing.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-1 (20:38):
yes.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_1415 (20:40):
Was there a scripture that was
motivating you during this time
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15 (20:47):
One that actually came to me during
this retreat is in first Nephichapter 17.
And this is where Nephi is.
told they're near the ocean.
And Nephi is told to go up intothe mountain and to talk to God.
So he goes into the mountain totalk to God.
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And while he is there, God says,build a boat, build a ship.
And for whatever reason, thistime it struck me.
Did he know how to build a ship?
Had he ever seen a ship?
Did he know how to make thingswatertight?
there were so many questions,right?
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As he asks him to do this thing.
And, in our day and age, atleast you've seen a picture of a
ship, right?
But who knows what hisbackground was at the time.
If God had asked me to dosomething like that would have
been to say, Oh, I can't dothat.
There's no way I can do that.
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I don't know how, right?
Nephi's response is none ofthat.
His response is, where do I goto get ore to make tools?
already in his mind, he's goingand doing the thing.
And how do I get to that pointwhere I can go and do that
thing?
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That terrifies me.
Being in front of people, evenspeaking to groups, all of those
things that those were all fearsthat I had that I can't do that
because that puts me out thereand people can see, and maybe
they'll see a flaw and maybethey'll, but if you're doing it
for God, it makes it easier forme to do those things because.
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I'm on his mission.
It's not for me.
It's for him.
And then it just takes all ofthat pressure away.
Now I'm not saying that Ihaven't had my moments of fear.
I have started and stopped allalong the way as I'm like, I
need a deep breath.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_141 (22:54):
Huh.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15 (22:56):
But that scripture was enough for me
to say, if Nephi could get tothat point where he knew he
could ask God for something, andhe didn't have to fear it.
I can get to that place too.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_141 (23:14):
Yes.
I can see why that was suchmotivation for you.
It's the very story that's beenmotivating to me.
Is Nephi building, being askedto build that ship and then
being left to do it so much onhis own at times when his
brothers didn't want anything todo with it.
(23:35):
Yes.
And he kept going forward justknowing if Heavenly Father asked
me to do it, there's got to be away that I'm going to be able to
do it.
And what's interesting is I findthat It's easier to look at his
life and think he did it, thanto really do it yourself when
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you're in a position.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-1 (24:00):
Yes.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_1415 (24:01):
Why is it so much harder when it's.
You're the one that's been askedto do something like, wait a
minute, I can't do that.
I could do the ship,
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15-2 (24:13):
I can ride on the ship.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14 (24:14):
Human nature.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-1 (24:15):
Yes.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14154 (24:17):
So grateful for the scriptures that
give us that guidance and thereminders that if we will put
our faith in our Savior, in ourHeavenly Father, that they will
lead the way.
But we need to put our faith.
In them and work as if it alldepends on us and then they'll
step in and help.
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Yeah.
Yeah.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15 (24:41):
And that belief is everything that,
that trusting that belief thateven that hope, the scriptures
talk about if you just have thefaith of a grain of mustard
seed, which is itty bitty tiny,it's that hope that.
What God is telling you is trueand that belief blesses your
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life so much.
I can't even imagine goingthrough life and not seeing the
miracles that I have seenbecause they have absolutely
changed me, changed who I am.
If you talk to my family, any ofthem at this point and say, what
was the difference between momthen and mom now, worlds of
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difference.
I'm not even the same person.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_1415 (25:36):
How would they describe the
difference?
Do you have words to help usunderstand the difference?
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15-2 (25:44):
I think, some of the words that
they've used, you seemed unsureabout yourself, mom, or you
always put yourself down or yousecond guessed yourself It's so
good to see you doing somethingthat you love doing something
that's bringing you joy.
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You're so much happier.
You're so much more.
Fulfilled, they can see tangiblythat I'm a different person and
that my fears have left me.
maybe not a hundred percentbecause we're human and they're
going to keep raising their headand the adversary is going to
keep trying, especially when youstart to figure out how to get
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closer to God, you betterbelieve he's going to be pushing
back with everything that hehas.
And that's the importance ofwriting it down, of recording
it.
Because when you record thosemiracles, those gratitude, those
things that God is putting inyour life every day, when you're
doing that, you have proof, youhave evidence that God is there.
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And so when the adversary triesto fill your mind with all of
this chatter of who you aren't,and you can't do that, and why
would you even try?
You can go back and you can readand you can say, Oh, on this
day, these are the miracles thatGod gave me.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_141 (27:19):
Yes.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05- (27:19):
Those words are not true.
I can believe in what I'vewritten down on this page and I
don't have to listen to what mybrain is telling me is truth.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_1415 (27:33):
And that is one part that I really
appreciate about your book.
you give the opportunity forthem to write down those
miracles right within the book.
So you guide them on how to getthere, but then they have space
to write down those miracles inthe book.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15 (27:55):
and even some prompts to get you
started.
Again, we don't think ofmiracles every day.
And so to get you to, it's apractice thing.
It's like anything else, just apractice to get yourself
looking, knowing where to look,what you're looking for to find
those little nuggets I would sayevery time, ask God, show me
(28:19):
today where you are, let me seetangibly where you are, and then
write those things down so thathe knows that you're serious
about that question and he'llshow you, and it may be one a
day.
Or you may have one in a weekAnd then all of a sudden they'll
just start to open up and you'llsee them everywhere.
(28:40):
Pretty incredible.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_141 (28:41):
Yes.
I had one happen yesterday andit was, unusual because, I
planned on doing recording andthe week had filled up and this
was the day yesterday that Ineeded to record and I was
terribly behind because I'm verygood at procrastinating and
fears behind my procrastination.
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There I am in this situationwhere I must do it.
But in my prayer, I had saidthat morning, help me to help
someone today and before I getto recording, I get a phone call
from my daughter and she's inUtah County area and that's
about an hour away.
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she has locked her keys in hercar, and an extra set of her
keys are in my house, and she'sstuck.
And she's asking, Will you comeand bring my keys to me?
And I thought, at first I waslike, this is my one day to
(29:46):
record.
That was, in the back of mymind, then I thought this is
exactly what I have just askedfor.
I've just asked if I could helpsomeone today and if I could
strengthen relationships with mychildren.
And I get this phone call and Isaid, I would love to, I'll be
(30:08):
there at this time.
And it was delightful.
And I felt like that was mymiracle for the day is to
connect with my daughter, Emma,to have that opportunity to go
see her and take the keys.
It wasn't about the keys.
And I was just jolly all the waydown, I can't tell you how many
(30:28):
times I've locked my keys in mycar.
So it's about time I had theopportunity to return the favor.
But it wasn't until today, as Istarted into this interview, or
preparing this morning for thisinterview that I looked back and
thought again, you know what?
I didn't write that miracle downin my pocket miracles book.
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So I'm going to go back and I'mgoing to write that miracle down
in my pocket miracles book.
Because now I have a place towrite down.
I want to remember that HeavenlyFather is looking out for me
every day, because like yousaid, when the adversary comes
and starts that mind chatter andwants me to feel low and wants
(31:14):
me to doubt, I have a place towrite.
when you've written somethingdown, especially by hand, you
remember it, and it changes you,and it stays with you.
If you don't remember it, it'sthere to refer to, and later it
will bless your lives.
How many times I've gone back tojournals and found something
faith promoting, an experiencethat I'd completely forgotten.
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thank goodness I'd written itdown.
So you've opened this door forso many of us to have those
faith promoting moments becausenow you're giving us an
opportunity to write them
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-1 (31:53):
Yes.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14 (31:53):
guide us to doing it.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-1 (31:55):
Yes.
And then to have a place thatwill become a keepsake for just
you, but your posterity to seefor themselves, God has been
there.
He's been there all along.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_141 (32:13):
Yes.
I better be sure to mention, howdid this one come along?
My pre prayer planner.
Now this was hurried at the end,right?
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15- (32:23):
It was, I had started teaching this
at a couple of retreats and thiswas an evolvement after I had
found my miracles and mygratitude and I wanted to
uplevel my prayer and I hadprayed, how can I do that?
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What do I need to do to really.
communicate with you in talkingto God.
How do I really communicate withGod in a personal way?
Because growing up, my parentswere great at teaching us to
(33:04):
pray and to use the prayerlanguage that's more formal, but
that made me more formal.
And yes, I believe that God,he's the almighty, right?
He's the God of the universe andall universes.
So there is respect that needsto be there, but he's also our
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Father and he wants to hear fromus and he wants to hear, not
just thank you for, I need.
He wants to hear today is sohard for me and this is why, but
this is where I saw you show upfor me.
And I'm so grateful for that.
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Are there other things that Ineed to be doing?
And can you show me that askingthat receiving that knock and it
shall be opened, right?
The ask and you shall receive.
And so that's where I was inwanting, because I was feeling
that love from God, I wanted toexpand that.
(34:12):
And now I want to have.
Meaningful conversation to you.
Like Enis, how does he pray fora whole day?
How does he spend that time onhis knees praying And this is
what came.
And it's just simply preparingbefore you pray, to invite the
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spirit in, to have the spiritshow you what are the things
that I need today or that I needto talk with God about?
What are the things he needs meto talk to him about?
So that when I go to thatprayer, I'm focused, my mind
isn't everywhere.
(34:57):
It's right where it needs to be.
And I can have a mighty prayerwith God and it can be, two
minutes, or it can be 20minutes, depending on what I
need that day or what I havetime for.
But I've already taken the timeto make sure that it's focused
and it's where God needs it tobe.
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And It has really made adifference for me in the way
that I speak to God and in ourconversations with each other.
And it has become aconversation.
I guess that's the difference isthat before I would pray, I was
praying.
It was not a conversation andnow it's a conversation.
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And at the end of the day, I canadd that to my gratitude or to
my miracles.
Thank you for Our conversationstoday.
I needed those.
I needed to hear your voice.
I needed to know what you needed
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_141 (35:56):
yes.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05- (35:57):
makes it more intimate.
It makes it more meaningful.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_1415 (36:04):
All right.
So a place to prepare for prayerand write it down.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-1 (36:09):
Yes.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_1 (36:10):
You're focused and ready for that
prayer.
So it becomes more than a wishlist and a few thank yous, but
more like a conversation.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15 (36:23):
And how many of us maybe get a
prompting or hear something andit goes in one ear and out the
other, you may act on it or youmay not.
And that was the other part ofit I need to be more intentional
on following through onpromptings.
And when you've written it down,I've got highlighted now where I
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can go back and say, this iswhere God needs me to do
something.
And have I done that thing?
Not that it has to become achecklist, but to go back and
say, Oh yes, I remember this issomething he wanted me to do.
I haven't done it.
Oh, look, it's showing up again.
This is something he reallywants me to do.
Yeah, and never to beatourselves up about it again, if
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we're moving forward, if we'retaking that step at a time,
that's enough, that's all Godneeds from us, but he wants us
to be trying and he wants us tobe focused on him.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_141 (37:24):
Yes.
Oh, it's been delightful.
Karee, thank you so much forjoining us today.
I'm so grateful that you wrotethis book.
I told you how it's alreadyinspired me and helped me along
in one of my projects.
How do people find you if theywould like to reach out to you,
Karee?
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15- (37:43):
my website, pocketmiracles.
com.
You can find me there and allthe things that I'm doing or
social media on Instagram.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14154 (37:54):
is there anything else that you'd
like to share before we go?
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-1 (37:57):
Yes.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14 (37:58):
Good.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15-2 (37:59):
I would love to share just how
important this is, not just foryourself.
For me, that was the first thingthat I took was that God was
healing me, but what it has donefor me is to help me to find
God.
And that is the purpose forwriting the book is if you are
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in a place in your life whereyou have doubts and where you're
not sure where you stand.
In your beliefs, in yourknowledge of a heavenly father I
would ask you to pray, and justhave that little small amount of
(38:49):
faith and hope to believe and tolook for those miracles.
And as you look for those dailytouch points that God is sending
you, that you would be sincerein realizing and recognizing
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that he is there for you.
And that he loves you.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14 (39:12):
Thank you.
I'm so glad you shared thatintent with us, but what you've
learned through this journey ofwriting Pocket Miracles and your
prayer book, that really was themost important lesson in this
whole affair is that HeavenlyFather is there for Amen.
Amen.
All of us.
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you are an angel.
Thank you for joining us todayand for writing this book.
We're so grateful that you arewilling to come and we look
forward to, seeing you in thefuture at one of your retreats.
karalee-anjewierden_1_05- (39:48):
Thank you.
I hope so.
And thank you for allowing me tobe on today.
And to reconnect with you yes,love Savannah does hold a
special place in my heart.
She always will.
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14 (40:01):
Gary,
karalee-anjewierden_1_05-15- (40:02):
So
stephanie_1_05-15-2024_14 (40:03):
Thank you.
I told her that, what you hadsaid, and she was very touched.
She loves you too.
All right.
We will say farewell for now.
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