July 14, 2025 • 25 mins
After a year-long break from podcasting, Alexis returns with updates on family life and spiritual growth. She shares how God's timing guided her decision to step back temporarily and return when the moment was right.
• Raising a child with dyslexia and ADHD while supporting a three-year-old with speech delays required full maternal focus
• The podcast hiatus allowed for more organic, pressure-free Bible study and prayer time
• Learning to listen to God in silence proved more challenging than studying scripture
• God opened doors for Alexis to pursue teaching through fully-funded education at Liberty University
• Future podcast episodes will feature testimony sharing, biblical deep dives, and parenting experiences
• Even during the break, podcast listenership continued to grow, showing God's ongoing work
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Hi there and welcome to Proverbs 31 Wannabe.
My name is Alexis Heaslip and Iam a wife, a mom, learned with
(00:27):
you to be a Proverbs 31 woman offaith.
Guys, it has been such a longtime.
I know it's been a little overbreak, but I've missed it so
much.
I have so missed being able tocome on here and talk to you and
(00:54):
grow in our faith together andlearn new things together.
But life happens and so I'mback now.
But I want to give you someupdates as to what's been going
on and why I took a break.
So let's talk.
For those of you who are newhere, hi, welcome.
(01:17):
I am Alexis.
I am a 28-year-old wife and momof two 28 year old wife and mom
of two, and I share what mylife is like as someone who
loves Jesus and wants to raisetheir children and be a wife
that honors the Lord.
So just some backgroundinformation to start and, as
(01:41):
you've seen, I have in the pastdone a lot of different series
that really dive into differenttopics about what it means to be
a woman who not only loves theLord but wants to share that
love and that joy and thatredemption power that we can
(02:01):
only get through Jesus withothers and I went over all sorts
of things like women in theBible.
I had a series on hot topics,maybe like some hot take issues.
I have had a series on how topray with your children and how
(02:26):
to do different things with yourchildren and how to teach your
children how to walk with God,and my last series that I did
was a 16-week in-depth study onMessianic prophecy, all
throughout scripture, andalthough it was so much fun and
it was really in depth and Ienjoyed it so much, it was
(02:51):
exhausting.
Y'all like.
I'll tell you what it was justso much information and after
that 16 week deep dive and Ifeel like, even though it was a
deep dive, we could have goneeven deeper Um, I needed to take
a break because, at the end ofthe day, I have two young
children and they deserve myutmost attention.
(03:16):
First, and my daughter, who'snow three, is just having a
three-year-old child, um, andshe has a little bit of a speech
delay and a learning delay.
So we're catching up.
God has given her her own timeframe, but I needed to take a
(03:37):
pause from my podcast to reallyjust be able to focus on my kids
and focus on the trenches ofhaving young children.
But I feel like I've come to aspot where I am able to bring
(03:59):
this back, because I've missedit.
I've really, really missed it.
And what's really funny is thatI have, for the past year, have
been going back and forth andback and forth as to what I want
to do when coming back to thepodcast and what do I want to do
(04:21):
next, and every time I've triedto jump back into this podcast
for the past year, I'll come upwith an idea, I'll come up with
a schedule in my mind, I'llwrite it out, wanting to record
(04:47):
myself and share with you guys.
It just I've been getting thisinstinctive feeling from the
Holy Spirit and I really do feellike it's one of those Holy
Spirit gut check moments and hekept telling me not yet, not yet
, now is not the time.
So yet, now is not the time.
(05:10):
So, although I don't understandeven now why he kept telling me
not yet, not yet, not yet, whenI kept wanting to come back,
not yet, not yet, not yet, I uhlistened and I put my trust that
God's timing is perfect and wedon't always understand the why
behind that timing.
I still don't understand thewhy behind that, but it's
(05:32):
raining, yes, baby, it israining.
But having this time to nothave to feel like I have to post
and having this feeling where,especially with my son being in
elementary school now and that'sbig boy work with school, with
(05:54):
learning how to read and writeand he's going to be in second
grade, so doing math and reallygrowing in his education and
really growing in his education.
Looking back now I can say Ineeded this time to adjust,
because it is an adjustment whenyour child goes into elementary
school.
Kindergarten was a big year forhim, and first grade was an even
(06:16):
bigger year where we learnedand discovered how his way of
learning is impacted by how Godmade his brain and figuring out
what we can do best for him tosucceed.
It was a challenging year andmy sweet child is dyslexic,
(06:39):
left-handed, dual ADHD and a boy, so it was definitely a year of
growth.
It was a year of manychallenges, but it was also a
year where we helped him realizethat God gives us seasons for
everything, and so there wasjust no way I was going to be
(07:15):
able to consistently do thispodcast in this season.
And that is okay because, atthe end of the day, my top
priority as a mom is to disciplemy children through life and to
plant the seeds of what itmeans to live in a way that
honors God and pray that one daythey come to realize that we
(07:39):
are all sinners, that we allmake mistakes and that we can't
fix ourselves by ourselves.
That's just not how that worksand that we need our God, our
creator, to be the center of ourlife and turn our lives over to
(08:00):
him.
Admit that we are sinners,believe that Jesus is the only
way to heaven he is the only wayto eternal life and confess
those sins and turn our lives tohim.
That is my ultimate job andgoals as a parent is to disciple
my children to the Lord, and ifthat means I have to put a
(08:20):
pause on the things that I wantto do, that's what I got.
To put a pause on the thingsthat I want to do, that's what I
got to do.
But I do feel like we've gottenover this hurdle and I feel in
a really good spot in our homeand also.
This year off of podcastinghelped me to reflect and grow
(08:40):
even more in my faith and reallyhave this opportunity to spend
time in the word without feelinga time constraint as to, oh, if
I don't get my Bible study innow and then I'll be able to
transfer it over to the podcasts.
So this past year has felt alot more organic in my Bible
(09:03):
study time, where it feels morelike a conversation with God.
Now, I'm still a Bible nerd.
I still deep dive and I willgladly share all sorts of things
with you.
This summer I decided tochallenge myself and I am going
through the book of Isaiah thissummer and it might probably go
(09:26):
into the fall as well as mypersonal study time.
And one thing that I've learnedthis past year is that for me,
it's not getting into the Bibleand nerding out that I struggle
with, but what I truly strugglewith is sitting in the silence
(09:47):
of my prayer time, and the pastcouple of months especially has
been a real eye-opener into whatit means listen for the voice
of God and finding tools to helpme examine my conscience in a
(10:09):
way and to just sit and listenand turn to God, so that it's
not just me talking at him butit's me having a true, more
in-depth conversation with him,to where I'm also listening and
looking for what he has to sayto me, not just me talking to
(10:33):
him, and so that's definitelysomething I want to talk about
more with you guys as I enterinto Proverbs 31, wannabe
chapter two.
This past year has also been ayear of me praying about what my
(10:56):
husband and I want our futureto be for our family, especially
because at this moment, we areon a single person income and
God has been so gracious.
God has been providingeverything that we need and it's
been wonderful.
(11:18):
But this past year we have beenpraying about, well, what would
it look like for me, since thechildren are old enough now,
what would that look like for meto find a job where I would be
able to work but still be thepresent mom that my children
(11:40):
need?
And so that is something we'vebeen praying about, and God has
just been opening so many doors,because I love working with
children and I volunteer and Iteach Sunday school and we just
finished vacation Bible schoolat our church and it's so much
(12:05):
fun and I have my associate'sdegree in early childhood
development and we were thinkingabout it and praying about it,
and what better job that willmake it so that I can go to work
but then still have the time tobe with my children in the
afternoon, but then still havethe time to be with my children
(12:27):
in the afternoon, still be ableto put a nice meal on the table
for dinner and be present withthem during the summer, and that
job would be teaching.
And the biggest thing is was howare we going to pay for two and
a half years of college?
And so we've been praying, andpraying, and praying, and I
(12:50):
applied to Liberty Universityand to another university to see
where God would lead us.
And God is so good, god is sofaithful.
I prayed to God for months.
God, if this is where you wantme, make it abundantly clear and
(13:12):
if not, shut the door.
Let your will be done has beenmy prayer throughout this
process, and God was sowonderful and clear and opened
the door in a way that it wasobvious that this was what he
wanted for my life.
(13:36):
Liberty University Online tookmy transfer credits and has been
putting us in a position whereI have been awarded enough grant
money that it completelycovered tuition by grant money.
So God has made it justabundantly clear that this is
(13:58):
the path he wants me to be on.
And there were otheruniversities I applied to, but
God closed the doors and I amtrusting him that this is the
path he wants me on, and it'sexciting.
I am so excited just at thethought of having the
(14:19):
opportunity to be in a careerwhere I get to work with younger
children in an elementaryschool setting, and so this is a
journey I'll be starting on inthe fall with school.
My son will be in second grade,my daughter is going into
preschool in the fall, sothere's a lot of exciting
(14:41):
changes that are taking placethat make me feel like I am in a
comfortable position to allowmyself to come back to this
podcast that I enjoy making somuch and also coming to a
(15:01):
realization that this issomething that should not be a
burden.
This is something that I want todo because I love sharing the
gospel.
I love sharing things that haveworked with me when it comes to
parenting, things that haveflopped, because, trust me,
there are things that I've donein my parenting journey where I
(15:23):
thought it's going to be amazing, but it was a total disaster,
and I want to share that withyou guys, because we are a
community of women who love ourkiddos.
We are a community of women onthis podcast.
I pray that love the Lord andif you're new here and you don't
(15:43):
know who Jesus is, my prayer isthat you can hear the things
that the struggles and the upsand downs that I've gone through
, and it inspires you to open upyour Bible and to see and be
curious about who our God is.
(16:05):
That's my whole goal here forthis podcast is to be a voice
for the Lord for other women whojust want to give glory and
honor to God or are searching toseek who God is, and it's
(16:26):
something that should be donejoyfully, and I feel like the
Lord has put it on my heart to.
I'm back in that spot now andit's exciting and motivating
(16:46):
motivating and it makes merealize that this past year was
a year that God gave to me forgrowth.
Now, what is our podcast goingto look like going forward?
What is the show going to looklike going forward?
I'm not quite sure yet if I'mbeing real, but we're just going
to flow with it, because I feellike that just shows how
genuine I am in this position atthe moment.
(17:08):
Um, I do have an email and Iwould love if you have any
thoughts, if you have anyquestions?
Um, if you have any questions,if you have seen something
online and you're like well,what does that mean?
Are you wanting me to do aseries about something in the
(17:30):
Bible?
Are you wanting me to do athematic study, like we did
before?
I can even talk about thingsthat are happening in the world
with current events, and talkabout how we can talk to our
children about these things andhow we don't have to fear, and
so I can talk about biblicaltopics.
(17:51):
I can talk about politics, Ican talk about current events,
but I want to hear from you, myaudience, as to direction you
would like me to go, because Ihave some ideas, but I love, I
would love to hear your thoughts, because I am here for you, and
in the show notes I will havemy email, alexis, at Proverbs 31
(18:15):
.
Wannabecom and you guys canemail me With any thoughts or
questions, and you can also findme on instagram and facebook.
One idea that I had was, since Iam going through isaiah, the
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idea of shol, like that word,has come up a couple of times
and, if I'm being honest withyou, I don't know a lot about
what Sheol is.
I've had some confusion on thattopic because, growing up
(18:57):
Catholic, I was taught thatSheol is like basically
purgatory, but biblically, nowthat I've grown and I'm not
Catholic anymore, my views andideas based on scripture have
changed, but I still have a lotof questions on what Sheol is
(19:21):
versus like the lake of fire orGehenna.
Are they the same?
Are they different?
What was Sheol like before theresurrection versus after?
These are all these questionsthat I've had on my mind
recently.
So that's one thing that wecould talk about and how to talk
to our kids about it, becausesome of these topics in the
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Bible can sound intimidating andscary to our kids.
But we have the hope of Jesus,if we are a believer in him,
that we will not perish but haveeternal life, and so that is
something that's been on myheart.
(20:03):
But let me know, send me anemail, send me a message on
Instagram, find me on Facebook.
I would love to hear from youguys any burning questions or
topics that you have beenthinking of lately.
I also want to say thank youguys so much for listening to my
podcast as much as you guyshave been while I haven't been
(20:25):
posting.
It has been so amazing how manyviews I have had on my podcast
this past year, even though Ihave not been posting oh, sorry
for the thunder guys, it'spouring down buckets here right
now but God is so faithful and Ijust want to say thank you.
This past week alone, I havehad over 60 views on my podcast
(20:50):
and I just can't believe it,just can't believe it.
I just can't believe it.
God is at work.
Even when we take breaks, evenwhen we hit pause on something,
god is still on the move and Godis still bringing me viewers
and God is still connecting meto you all and I am just so so
(21:11):
thankful, so thankful.
I am just so excited to be back.
This is just bringing me somuch joy, if anything.
(21:35):
Just know that I love you guysand I do have a goal of posting
once a week, starting this week,and the spirit will be leading
our conversation over the nextcouple of weeks and I also hope
to have a couple of friends onto interview and talk about
their faith journeys, because Ifeel like something that is
missing in the church community,like universal church Today, is
(22:04):
testimony sharing.
I feel like, especially in myevangelical Christian world, in
many churches today it justdoesn't happen and I feel like
that's a disservice.
I feel like that's an extremedisservice because testimonies
(22:26):
are powerful.
Testimonies are God given.
Testimonies are proof that Godcan work and change even the
most stubborn and strong-willedhearts and that testimony that
you can share, even yourself,can give someone hope and you
(22:47):
might not even know that itcould intrigue someone into
opening their Bible to learnmore about who God is.
So that is something that I'mfeeling called to have on this
platform is having people that Iknow, people that I love, come
(23:07):
on here and share theirtestimonies with you all and
share their faith journey, and Ifeel like that's how we grow as
a community Having theseconversations, and I hope that's
something you guys want to hearas well.
But that's all I have for today.
Again, I am so excited to beback.
(23:30):
I am so excited to get back onthis journey Of sharing with you
what it means to be a Proverbs31 woman of faith, and whether
that means it's something I'mrocking or something I'm failing
that's why I'm called Proverbs31 wannabe, because I mess up
(23:50):
all the time the time but it'sknowing that I have a redeemer
who will love me through all ofmy good days and my bad days and
that he will never let go of me.
That is the beauty of themessage of the gospel that Jesus
(24:12):
came and he died for our sins.
So that way, even when we makemistakes, we can ask for
forgiveness and we will be wipedclean, and it's a new day to
start over, and that is what I'mhere to share with you.
It is so exciting to be back.
(24:32):
I can't wait for next week.
Talk to y'all later.
Bye, guys.
Hi there and welcome to Proverbs 31 Wannabe.
My name is Alexis Heaslip and Iam a wife, a mom, learned with
(00:27):
you to be a Proverbs 31 woman offaith.
Guys, it has been such a longtime.
I know it's been a little overbreak, but I've missed it so
much.
I have so missed being able tocome on here and talk to you and
(00:54):
grow in our faith together andlearn new things together.
But life happens and so I'mback now.
But I want to give you someupdates as to what's been going
on and why I took a break.
So let's talk.
For those of you who are newhere, hi, welcome.
(01:17):
I am Alexis.
I am a 28-year-old wife and momof two 28 year old wife and mom
of two, and I share what mylife is like as someone who
loves Jesus and wants to raisetheir children and be a wife
that honors the Lord.
So just some backgroundinformation to start and, as
(01:41):
you've seen, I have in the pastdone a lot of different series
that really dive into differenttopics about what it means to be
a woman who not only loves theLord but wants to share that
love and that joy and thatredemption power that we can
(02:01):
only get through Jesus withothers and I went over all sorts
of things like women in theBible.
I had a series on hot topics,maybe like some hot take issues.
I have had a series on how topray with your children and how
(02:26):
to do different things with yourchildren and how to teach your
children how to walk with God,and my last series that I did
was a 16-week in-depth study onMessianic prophecy, all
throughout scripture, andalthough it was so much fun and
it was really in depth and Ienjoyed it so much, it was
(02:51):
exhausting.
Y'all like.
I'll tell you what it was justso much information and after
that 16 week deep dive and Ifeel like, even though it was a
deep dive, we could have goneeven deeper Um, I needed to take
a break because, at the end ofthe day, I have two young
children and they deserve myutmost attention.
(03:16):
First, and my daughter, who'snow three, is just having a
three-year-old child, um, andshe has a little bit of a speech
delay and a learning delay.
So we're catching up.
God has given her her own timeframe, but I needed to take a
(03:37):
pause from my podcast to reallyjust be able to focus on my kids
and focus on the trenches ofhaving young children.
But I feel like I've come to aspot where I am able to bring
(03:59):
this back, because I've missedit.
I've really, really missed it.
And what's really funny is thatI have, for the past year, have
been going back and forth andback and forth as to what I want
to do when coming back to thepodcast and what do I want to do
(04:21):
next, and every time I've triedto jump back into this podcast
for the past year, I'll come upwith an idea, I'll come up with
a schedule in my mind, I'llwrite it out, wanting to record
(04:47):
myself and share with you guys.
It just I've been getting thisinstinctive feeling from the
Holy Spirit and I really do feellike it's one of those Holy
Spirit gut check moments and hekept telling me not yet, not yet
, now is not the time.
So yet, now is not the time.
(05:10):
So, although I don't understandeven now why he kept telling me
not yet, not yet, not yet, whenI kept wanting to come back,
not yet, not yet, not yet, I uhlistened and I put my trust that
God's timing is perfect and wedon't always understand the why
behind that timing.
I still don't understand thewhy behind that, but it's
(05:32):
raining, yes, baby, it israining.
But having this time to nothave to feel like I have to post
and having this feeling where,especially with my son being in
elementary school now and that'sbig boy work with school, with
(05:54):
learning how to read and writeand he's going to be in second
grade, so doing math and reallygrowing in his education and
really growing in his education.
Looking back now I can say Ineeded this time to adjust,
because it is an adjustment whenyour child goes into elementary
school.
Kindergarten was a big year forhim, and first grade was an even
(06:16):
bigger year where we learnedand discovered how his way of
learning is impacted by how Godmade his brain and figuring out
what we can do best for him tosucceed.
It was a challenging year andmy sweet child is dyslexic,
(06:39):
left-handed, dual ADHD and a boy, so it was definitely a year of
growth.
It was a year of manychallenges, but it was also a
year where we helped him realizethat God gives us seasons for
everything, and so there wasjust no way I was going to be
(07:15):
able to consistently do thispodcast in this season.
And that is okay because, atthe end of the day, my top
priority as a mom is to disciplemy children through life and to
plant the seeds of what itmeans to live in a way that
honors God and pray that one daythey come to realize that we
(07:39):
are all sinners, that we allmake mistakes and that we can't
fix ourselves by ourselves.
That's just not how that worksand that we need our God, our
creator, to be the center of ourlife and turn our lives over to
(08:00):
him.
Admit that we are sinners,believe that Jesus is the only
way to heaven he is the only wayto eternal life and confess
those sins and turn our lives tohim.
That is my ultimate job andgoals as a parent is to disciple
my children to the Lord, and ifthat means I have to put a
(08:20):
pause on the things that I wantto do, that's what I got.
To put a pause on the thingsthat I want to do, that's what I
got to do.
But I do feel like we've gottenover this hurdle and I feel in
a really good spot in our homeand also.
This year off of podcastinghelped me to reflect and grow
(08:40):
even more in my faith and reallyhave this opportunity to spend
time in the word without feelinga time constraint as to, oh, if
I don't get my Bible study innow and then I'll be able to
transfer it over to the podcasts.
So this past year has felt alot more organic in my Bible
(09:03):
study time, where it feels morelike a conversation with God.
Now, I'm still a Bible nerd.
I still deep dive and I willgladly share all sorts of things
with you.
This summer I decided tochallenge myself and I am going
through the book of Isaiah thissummer and it might probably go
(09:26):
into the fall as well as mypersonal study time.
And one thing that I've learnedthis past year is that for me,
it's not getting into the Bibleand nerding out that I struggle
with, but what I truly strugglewith is sitting in the silence
(09:47):
of my prayer time, and the pastcouple of months especially has
been a real eye-opener into whatit means listen for the voice
of God and finding tools to helpme examine my conscience in a
(10:09):
way and to just sit and listenand turn to God, so that it's
not just me talking at him butit's me having a true, more
in-depth conversation with him,to where I'm also listening and
looking for what he has to sayto me, not just me talking to
(10:33):
him, and so that's definitelysomething I want to talk about
more with you guys as I enterinto Proverbs 31, wannabe
chapter two.
This past year has also been ayear of me praying about what my
(10:56):
husband and I want our futureto be for our family, especially
because at this moment, we areon a single person income and
God has been so gracious.
God has been providingeverything that we need and it's
been wonderful.
(11:18):
But this past year we have beenpraying about, well, what would
it look like for me, since thechildren are old enough now,
what would that look like for meto find a job where I would be
able to work but still be thepresent mom that my children
(11:40):
need?
And so that is something we'vebeen praying about, and God has
just been opening so many doors,because I love working with
children and I volunteer and Iteach Sunday school and we just
finished vacation Bible schoolat our church and it's so much
(12:05):
fun and I have my associate'sdegree in early childhood
development and we were thinkingabout it and praying about it,
and what better job that willmake it so that I can go to work
but then still have the time tobe with my children in the
afternoon, but then still havethe time to be with my children
(12:27):
in the afternoon, still be ableto put a nice meal on the table
for dinner and be present withthem during the summer, and that
job would be teaching.
And the biggest thing is was howare we going to pay for two and
a half years of college?
And so we've been praying, andpraying, and praying, and I
(12:50):
applied to Liberty Universityand to another university to see
where God would lead us.
And God is so good, god is sofaithful.
I prayed to God for months.
God, if this is where you wantme, make it abundantly clear and
(13:12):
if not, shut the door.
Let your will be done has beenmy prayer throughout this
process, and God was sowonderful and clear and opened
the door in a way that it wasobvious that this was what he
wanted for my life.
(13:36):
Liberty University Online tookmy transfer credits and has been
putting us in a position whereI have been awarded enough grant
money that it completelycovered tuition by grant money.
So God has made it justabundantly clear that this is
(13:58):
the path he wants me to be on.
And there were otheruniversities I applied to, but
God closed the doors and I amtrusting him that this is the
path he wants me on, and it'sexciting.
I am so excited just at thethought of having the
(14:19):
opportunity to be in a careerwhere I get to work with younger
children in an elementaryschool setting, and so this is a
journey I'll be starting on inthe fall with school.
My son will be in second grade,my daughter is going into
preschool in the fall, sothere's a lot of exciting
(14:41):
changes that are taking placethat make me feel like I am in a
comfortable position to allowmyself to come back to this
podcast that I enjoy making somuch and also coming to a
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realization that this issomething that should not be a
burden.
This is something that I want todo because I love sharing the
gospel.
I love sharing things that haveworked with me when it comes to
parenting, things that haveflopped, because, trust me,
there are things that I've donein my parenting journey where I
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thought it's going to be amazing, but it was a total disaster,
and I want to share that withyou guys, because we are a
community of women who love ourkiddos.
We are a community of women onthis podcast.
I pray that love the Lord andif you're new here and you don't
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know who Jesus is, my prayer isthat you can hear the things
that the struggles and the upsand downs that I've gone through
, and it inspires you to open upyour Bible and to see and be
curious about who our God is.
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That's my whole goal here forthis podcast is to be a voice
for the Lord for other women whojust want to give glory and
honor to God or are searching toseek who God is, and it's
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something that should be donejoyfully, and I feel like the
Lord has put it on my heart to.
I'm back in that spot now andit's exciting and motivating
(16:46):
motivating and it makes merealize that this past year was
a year that God gave to me forgrowth.
Now, what is our podcast goingto look like going forward?
What is the show going to looklike going forward?
I'm not quite sure yet if I'mbeing real, but we're just going
to flow with it, because I feellike that just shows how
genuine I am in this position atthe moment.
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Um, I do have an email and Iwould love if you have any
thoughts, if you have anyquestions?
Um, if you have any questions,if you have seen something
online and you're like well,what does that mean?
Are you wanting me to do aseries about something in the
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Bible?
Are you wanting me to do athematic study, like we did
before?
I can even talk about thingsthat are happening in the world
with current events, and talkabout how we can talk to our
children about these things andhow we don't have to fear, and
so I can talk about biblicaltopics.
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I can talk about politics, Ican talk about current events,
but I want to hear from you, myaudience, as to direction you
would like me to go, because Ihave some ideas, but I love, I
would love to hear your thoughts, because I am here for you, and
in the show notes I will havemy email, alexis, at Proverbs 31
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.
Wannabecom and you guys canemail me With any thoughts or
questions, and you can also findme on instagram and facebook.
One idea that I had was, since Iam going through isaiah, the
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idea of shol, like that word,has come up a couple of times
and, if I'm being honest withyou, I don't know a lot about
what Sheol is.
I've had some confusion on thattopic because, growing up
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Catholic, I was taught thatSheol is like basically
purgatory, but biblically, nowthat I've grown and I'm not
Catholic anymore, my views andideas based on scripture have
changed, but I still have a lotof questions on what Sheol is
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versus like the lake of fire orGehenna.
Are they the same?
Are they different?
What was Sheol like before theresurrection versus after?
These are all these questionsthat I've had on my mind
recently.
So that's one thing that wecould talk about and how to talk
to our kids about it, becausesome of these topics in the
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Bible can sound intimidating andscary to our kids.
But we have the hope of Jesus,if we are a believer in him,
that we will not perish but haveeternal life, and so that is
something that's been on myheart.
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But let me know, send me anemail, send me a message on
Instagram, find me on Facebook.
I would love to hear from youguys any burning questions or
topics that you have beenthinking of lately.
I also want to say thank youguys so much for listening to my
podcast as much as you guyshave been while I haven't been
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posting.
It has been so amazing how manyviews I have had on my podcast
this past year, even though Ihave not been posting oh, sorry
for the thunder guys, it'spouring down buckets here right
now but God is so faithful and Ijust want to say thank you.
This past week alone, I havehad over 60 views on my podcast
(20:50):
and I just can't believe it,just can't believe it.
I just can't believe it.
God is at work.
Even when we take breaks, evenwhen we hit pause on something,
god is still on the move and Godis still bringing me viewers
and God is still connecting meto you all and I am just so so
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thankful, so thankful.
I am just so excited to be back.
This is just bringing me somuch joy, if anything.
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Just know that I love you guysand I do have a goal of posting
once a week, starting this week,and the spirit will be leading
our conversation over the nextcouple of weeks and I also hope
to have a couple of friends onto interview and talk about
their faith journeys, because Ifeel like something that is
missing in the church community,like universal church Today, is
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testimony sharing.
I feel like, especially in myevangelical Christian world, in
many churches today it justdoesn't happen and I feel like
that's a disservice.
I feel like that's an extremedisservice because testimonies
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are powerful.
Testimonies are God given.
Testimonies are proof that Godcan work and change even the
most stubborn and strong-willedhearts and that testimony that
you can share, even yourself,can give someone hope and you
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might not even know that itcould intrigue someone into
opening their Bible to learnmore about who God is.
So that is something that I'mfeeling called to have on this
platform is having people that Iknow, people that I love, come
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on here and share theirtestimonies with you all and
share their faith journey, and Ifeel like that's how we grow as
a community Having theseconversations, and I hope that's
something you guys want to hearas well.
But that's all I have for today.
Again, I am so excited to beback.
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I am so excited to get back onthis journey Of sharing with you
what it means to be a Proverbs31 woman of faith, and whether
that means it's something I'mrocking or something I'm failing
that's why I'm called Proverbs31 wannabe, because I mess up
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all the time the time but it'sknowing that I have a redeemer
who will love me through all ofmy good days and my bad days and
that he will never let go of me.
That is the beauty of themessage of the gospel that Jesus
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came and he died for our sins.
So that way, even when we makemistakes, we can ask for
forgiveness and we will be wipedclean, and it's a new day to
start over, and that is what I'mhere to share with you.
It is so exciting to be back.
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I can't wait for next week.
Talk to y'all later.
Bye, guys.
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