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your purpose and calling?

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Discovering your “why” might seem an overwhelming task. But here’s a beautiful thing—your life itself is filled with hints to your purpose and place. That divine calling is far more than a job you might hold. It’s the way God Himself has crafted you to love and serve others well—at home, at work, in your community, and around the world.

Use this guide to provide you with some great glimpses into how God has uniquely designed YOU!

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Meet Ronne

Hi there, love. I’m glad you’re here.
We’re in this together, and I am for you.

I offer hope for you, my purpose-weary warrior, and help you see God’s absolute delight in your design. I walk and keep walking. Cheer and keep cheering. You see, I believe that you are hand-crafted by God for a life that is rich and vibrant and filled with stories. That’s why I invest, and dive deep to remind you of how beautifully you are formed. Consider our time together an ongoing conversation about life and love and what a powerful thing it is to be fully human, and yet still the image and likeness of our Creator. I cherish most the stories that I witness being written in the lives of women with the power to restore the breaches around them. God holds the pen in those stories, “That one—I hold her. And that one—she is My delight. And that one—never snatched away.” I share those stories with you—because those stories will be your story too, and I can’t wait to celebrate your story with the world.

I am a mouthpiece of celebration for women. Redemption is our theme.

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TODAY, REMEMBER THIS.

I just submitted the first of a year's worth of stories for QARA about amazing leadership qualities carried within the DNA of women. The digital magazine is for 20-somethings, and for the past two years, I feel like I've been the resident Golden Girl or Yoda there. I could write about hot trends, but instead I'm writing about timeless truth.

I wish someone would have taken the time to tell me about all that it means to be fearfully and wonderfully designed in the image and likeness of God. I think I would have spent far less time falling prey to comparison, competition, complaint, and condemnation. I would have simply embraced this life more—but not in that "condescension laced with anger disguised as positivity because deep-down inside you're still scared as all-get-out" way.

Today and every day, this is what I want you to remember. In the beginning, God hand-designed us. Then He breathed life into our lungs. He blessed. He provided. He promised. And then He said, "This is very good." Genesis 1:31 says that God surveyed everything He had made, savoring its beauty and appreciating its goodness.

Today, take a moment to look in the mirror. Appreciate the beauty and savor the goodness of the creation of you. Then ask the God who created you to reveal the beauty and goodness all around you, to renew a Genesis 1 heart within you, to give you the boldness to embrace His love for you. You are indeed fearfully and wonderfully made for this very time and this very life. Every twist, every turn, every glorious victory and magnificent defeat holds within it the opportunity for that God-designed DNA to reflect His glory. Every decade is a story waiting to be told of restoration, of new life, of fresh grace, of fierce faith. It's not an easy road, mind you. But it's a worthy one.

We're in this together, in the challenges and celebrations. By the way, i'm adding two more things to my 60 at 60 list: master 20 full push-ups, and straighten my legs fully on a monkey stretch. I only need 8 more things to complete the list. What should they be?

#AmWriting #CelebrateOneWoman #Psalm139 #HopeWriterLife #HopeWriters #RiseUpWriters #Writing #Author

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YOU ARE THE OBJECT OF HIS AFFECTION.

Before time became time and "This is very good" was spoken over flesh and bone and sinew, our eternal Father God set you as the object of His affection. His Living Word illuminated skies and painted landscapes with brilliant bands of color for you. His breath filled the lungs of humanity so that you would have life in your lungs too.

Then His Living Word took breath and form and revealed in Jesus the Christ the depth and breadth and width of His eternal affection—and the fidelity of great love in redeeming every breath that had been silenced.

You are here, love, because His delight is in the journey with you, His future is with you, His hope is for you. As it was before time became time, so it is now. He has set you as the object of His affection. You are here, love, with His outstretched hand and a walk in the cool of the afternoon. Today, feel His breath in your lungs. Today, take the hand and touch the sky.

We're in this together, and I am for you.

#AmWriting #Devotional #ForYouLove #Inspired #Hebrews2 #CelebrateOneWoman #Writing #Author #WritingCommunity #HopeWriterLife #HopeWriters #Prayer #GodsLove

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YOU ARE MY EBENEZER. I CELEBRATE YOU.

Stack the stones. Stack them high. Raise an Ebenezer.

What’s an Ebenezer, you ask? It’s the marking of a future celebration.

The Bible shares that Moses, Jacob, Joshua, and Samuel all stacked stones. Some marked moments. Others marked territory. And still others marked entire generations.

Some stones could only be seen in close proximity. Others could be seen for miles. And every stone was a story of hope, a tale of overcoming, a reminder of God's presence in beauty and pain and green fields and raging floods.

And in the New Testament, Peter says WE are the Ebenezers. We are stones brought to life by a most loving Lord. Moments and territories and generations live within us.

This mirror is an Ebenezer.

It’s filled with stories from seven women who have walked the long road together. The handle is from a wedding. The cracked turquoise beads represent grace in its fulness. There’s a cowboy for the rodeo rides and a wing for soaring, handmade jewelry, reminders to believe and keep loving no matter what, found objects, broken things, and hope shared in strip club ministry.

Some may see it as a whimsy. But it is an Ebenezer.

Yes, the mirror is stones stacked high. But the Ebenezer that is seen for miles and miles is you—the ones who don’t walk away, the ones who lift each other high, the ones who keep praying even your knees are bruised from kneeling.

Hannah, Sarah, Lisa, Kristy, Niki, and Courtney—you are the jewels that shine. You are women who are truly changing the world right where you are. Thank you for your kindness. You set the example for me. I follow gladly.

We’re in this together, you know. I celebrate you and can’t wait for the rest of the world to know you.

Stack the stones. Stack them high. Raise an Ebenezer.

And hey, celebrate your people today.

#CelebrateOneWoman #AmWriting #Ebenezer #Thankful #Gratitude #Celebration #Writing #Author #Prayer #HopeWriterLife #HopeWriters #RiseUpWriters #CheersToTheYears #OneWomanCanChangeTheWorld

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PROCLAMATION.

I found a note tucked away in a folder labeled Rumblings. At first, the words caught me off-guard with their boldness. Then I smiled. The note was written five years ago. And though I might phrase things a bit differently these days, I still find myself saying, "Yes and amen" to the proclamation and quietly cheering for the woman brave enough to pen it (because that woman was writing the words hoping she might believe them someday). Five years ago, I wrote these words as I clumsily embraced the idea of telling a bigger story—a story about the impact of women on this world. I felt disqualified. I was scared.

And yet, I wrote the words. And then I wrote the story.

So I'll let this tucked away note serve as my #FridayIntroductions. I'm Ronne and I'm a Hope*Writer. Now, tell me about you. What is your bold proclamation? What are the words you want to believe? What idea are you ready to embrace? What story of yours needs to be told? I want to know. And I want to walk beside you. We're in this together, you know.

And now, the note:
I can't not speak grace and hope, can't not narrate redemption and rescue. It's in my bones now. It catches me off-guard with its wonder sometimes. It's not who I was. But it's Whose I am.

I want to know your story. And the deeper story. You don't weary me. You don't inconvenience me.

I am built for battle and I don't shy away from the war. Because we are at war. I don the armor and stand firm for us.

I am unafraid to dance. Randomly. For no reason at all.

Even at my age, I am comfortable in my skin. I love the lines on my face that reveal where laughter has been. I rather think they're sexy. I stand as a testimony that age is nothing to be feared but rather something to celebrate.

I am a 10. So are you. Even on your worst days, you are a 10. Designed by God with exquisite creativity, shaped with tender divinity. Made on purpose with purpose for purpose. (Don't believe it? Message me and we'll talk). #AmWriting #HopeWriterLife #HopeWriters #Author #Writer #CelebrateOneWoman #OneWomanCanChangeTheWorld #RiseUpWriters #Encouragement #Manifesto #Proclamation #GrowingOlder #Boldness #Courage #Story #PowerofStory

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THE LABORING DAYS.

Last week, I shared thoughts about the real miracles of quiet time. Over the weekend, I wrote about getting older and growing in grace. And I may have written reminders about being the delight of God, and His gift of creative power.

You might think that words of wisdom are born from lessons learned. But often, they’re the voices in the wilderness announcing the lessons still in labor within us.

If you’re having a day that feels more like labor and less like words of wisdom, rejoice. There’s sweet redemption yet coming to life in you.

We’re in this together, and I am for you. From salvation to salvation, we are the beautiful lessons.

#amwriting #writing #celebrateonewoman #hopewriterlife #hopewriters #riseupwriters #encouragement #wisdom #quiettime #aginggracefully #cheerstotheyears #becoming

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LIFE IS HERE.

We watch the ground, the trees, the sky. We watch, longing for the infinitesimal flicker, the tiniest bud, the smallest fissure.

Life. We watch for life to appear.

And this is truth, love. This is truth unlike any other.

Life is here. It is here for us. It is flicker become flame, bud become branch, fissure become flowers that never die. Life surrounds us, holding in His hands all that we sense and all that we long for still. Life invites us in and pulls up the chair and says, "fill your lungs - and shout out the joy." Yes, life is here.

God is here. He reveals His creativity in all of creation. He shines and He blooms and He covers us all in life to bring us to Life. And that Life is for us—it becomes our life at the shout. Life paves the path for us to walk, it gives space for standing, it gives shelter for rest. And all Life asks is that we do not hide, that we do not refuse the path and the space and the shelter, that we do not say we have filled our lungs if we have not yet breathed.

So breathe, love. When life appears in blue and green and brown, breathe. When Life appears in flame and branch and flowers that never die, breathe and shout. Life is here for us, love. It is here.

Ever since the creation of the world his eternal power and divine nature, invisible though they are, have been understood and seen through the things he has made. Romans‬ ‭1:20‬. #amwriting #celebrateonewoman #foryoulove #hopewriterlife #hopewriters #creation #prayer #writing #writer #author #riseupwriters

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Ronne is a regular contributor for Orange Leaders and QARA.

You'll also find her articles at The Redbud Post, The Mudroom, Scraping Raisins, Huffpost, and more.

Ronne is a member of Hope*Writers and Redbud Writers Guild.

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