There Is Power in Writing
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I write all the time.
I write prayers. I write thoughts. I write questions. I write the things I'm wrestling with. I write Scripture. I write what I feel like the Lord is teaching me. I write stories. If something matters to me, there's a good chance I've written about it.
Over the years, I've filled journal after journal after journal.
Some sit on the bookshelf in my office. Others eventually end up in a storage bin tucked away in a closet. Honestly, there are so many now that I couldn't tell you what's written in half of them anymore.
But every now and then, when I'm struggling to hear the Lord or looking for direction, He'll bring one of those journals back to mind.
Not all of them.
One specific journal.
I'll pull it off the shelf, start flipping through the pages, and almost every time I'll come across something I had completely forgotten.
Sometimes it's a prayer I wrote years ago that He's now answered.
Sometimes it's a revelation He gave me in another season that is exactly what I need to remember today.
And sometimes—and this is probably my favorite—He simply lets me see how far He's brought me.
I'll read the words of the woman I was one year ago... or five years ago... and realize I'm not the same person anymore.
The fears that once filled those pages no longer hold me.
The questions I carried have been answered.
The prayers I cried have become testimonies.
And in those moments, I can almost hear Him saying,
"Daughter, look how far you've come."
I love that about God.
He's never bothered by reminding me of something He's already said.
He isn't the kind of Father who says, "I love you," once and expects His children never to need to hear it again.
He reminds us.
He encourages us.
He reassures us.
Again and again, He brings us back to the truths we've forgotten and the promises He's already spoken.
Over time, I realized there is power in writing.
Not because writing itself is powerful, but because God uses it.
Throughout Scripture, God repeatedly instructed His people to write things down.
He told them to remember His works.
To record His words.
To teach future generations.
To return to what He had already spoken.
He knew they would forget.
He knew they would need reminders of His faithfulness, His promises, and His presence.
We're not so different.
We still need places to remember.
We still need reminders of who God is.
We still need reminders of what He's spoken.
And we still need reminders of who He says we are.
That's the heart behind Heartstance.
Heartstance wasn't built because I wanted to publish books.
It was built because I wanted to create a space where people could meet with God.
A space to spend time in His Word.
A space to ask honest questions.
A space to write prayers.
A space to wrestle with Scripture.
A space to hear His voice through His Word.
A space where they could be reminded—again and again—of who God is and who He created them to be.
That's why every book, every journal, every writing experience, every workshop, and every gathering exists.
Not simply to give you something to read.
But to help you meet with God.
To know Him.
To hear His voice through His Word.
To remember what He's already spoken.
And to discover, again and again, who He says you are.
Because sometimes the words we need today...
...are the ones God has been faithfully speaking all along.