HeyJaredLaura L. Smith
Laura L. Smith Tearing down lies to live in truth. Jesus lover, best-selling author of 15 books, speaker, Bible teacher, podcaster, wife & mama of 4 young adults, fan of coffee, chocolate, music, books, and travel.
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Break free from comparison (opens the original)
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That gal wearing the cute set in line at the coffee shop. The college cross country runner who zooms by me on the trail. The friend who has a gift for remembering everything I’ve ever told her. The woman on social media celebrating her new book deal. All lovely people. All created in the image of God. And yet, I compare. myself to them. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XMK9!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-p
What's your superpower? (opens the original)
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We recently played a new board game called Magical Athlete. It has a bag of thirty-six players/characters that all look like they just walked out of the Beatles’ Yellow Submarine movie. 1. The game is super fun—highly recommend. Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.<input class="email-input" name=
What’s Holding You Back? (opens the original)
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Maybe you see or feel or have a stirring about your next step. Something God is calling you into, something exciting or brave or innovative.But it feels steep. Or far. Or hard. Or unreachable. Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.<div c
Why settle for caterpillars when you could have butterflies? (opens the original)
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Something I’ve been working on for a long time just got squashed before it ever came to fruition. It’s disappointing. It’s confusing. I thought this was where the Lord was leading me. But obviously it was not, or else it would have clicked into place instead of fallen apart.<div class="imag
Change of plans.. (opens the original)
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When one of our kiddos was little they were totally thrown off their game if we had a change in plans. Like unable to deal (IYKYK). Their occupational therapist suggested we create “change cards”—just pieces of paper with a bright green triangle on them that said CHANGE. When we had a change in our routine we would hold up a change card to signal there was going to be a change. Something about being told there would be a change and the consistency of what a change card meant helped mitigate the
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