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Have you ever wanted so badly to fix a friendship that you didn’t know when to stop talking and simply start praying? One of the hardest things I’ve learned is that no amount of explaining, defending, or convincing can change someone’s heart. Only God can do that. This year, the Lord taught me what it […]

When Trusting God With a Friendship Means Stepping Back

Multiple blooms of a large tall bearded iris with a royal purple color with a yellow "beard".

Waiting on God

Have you ever found yourself waiting for something only God can do? The kind of waiting where you’ve prayed the same prayer(s) over and over. Where you wonder: Will today be the day? Waiting has a way of testing our faith. We want to see progress. We LONG for answers, we look for signs that […]

photo of Jessica LaRen an Ocala Florida photographer in a field of larkspur flowers

I wasn’t sure on writing about this because it is very personal, but the thought about it kept entering into my head weeks after. I talked to God about it and I had this sense that someone somewhere may need to read this one day or will recognize a similar experience in their own life. […]

A Personal Story of Surrender, Healing and Trust

mother daughter sunflower session

When Loss Feels Heavy, Remember This

I didn’t know where to begin or how to write this… I decided well…..start from when you found out….. I had seen my friend tagged on Facebook the next morning after July 4th in a post about her, her daughter Mila and her mother and father in law missing and that Eddie her husband is […]

First time mom standing in a spring time open field holding her baby bump while looking down at it.

Questioning If Photography Is Where God Wants Me I had been posing the question in my mind: Is photography what God wants me doing? This past May I moved back to my home state of Florida. I had lived in Texas for the past 7 1/2 years………wow………writing that I can’t believe I was there that […]

Wondering if Photography Is What God Wants Me Doing