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06/03/2026

Created for Growth

Recently my house has been hit (for the fourth time) with the thing every home with kids experiences at least once...growing pains.

I'm sure all cases of growing pains are the same; they show up as soon as it's bedtime. Currently, it's Hallie, our youngest daughter's turn with the bedtime leg pains. As soon as I get her tucked in and get back downstairs I hear, "Mommm my legs hurt!" I go back upstairs, put a weighted blanket on her (I'm sure there is no evidence backing this actually helps, but I sure do try to convince her it does) and rub her legs.
And every time, I end up telling her the same thing that I've said three times before: “It’s okay. Your body is growing.”

The other night while I sat there with her, it hit me how true that is in so many areas of life. Growth almost always comes with some discomfort. Not just physically, but spiritually, emotionally, and mentally too.
I wish growth looked a little more exciting sometimes. Like one breakthrough moment where suddenly you feel confident and capable and mature. But most real growth doesn’t happen like that. Most of the time it looks slow and stretching and uncomfortable. It looks like learning as you go. It looks like taking a deep breath and doing the thing anyway. It looks like trusting God before you feel ready.
The last couple of years have stretched me in ways I didn’t expect. There have been opportunities and responsibilities that honestly felt bigger than I thought I could handle and hiding under a weighted blanket sounded like a much better option. More than once, I’ve thought, I don’t know if I can actually do this. And if I’m being real, I don’t naturally enjoy being stretched. I like staying in lanes where I already feel confident.

But God has this way of calling us into places that require us to depend on Him instead of ourselves.
When I look back over my life, almost every season where I’ve grown the most started with fear, insecurity, or me wondering if God accidentally overestimated me. But on the other side of those seasons, I can always see His faithfulness. Not because I suddenly became amazing overnight, but because He kept growing me little by little.

Truthfully, I think we expect growth to feel more dramatic than it usually does. Most of the time it’s pretty ordinary. It’s showing up again. Trying again. Taking the step even while you still feel nervous.

One of the sweetest reminders of that lately has been watching that same daughter, Hallie work so hard at school. Our daughter Hallie has dyslexia and learning can be a challenge for her. Every quarter when progress reports come home, we celebrate growth. Not perfection. Growth.

Sometimes the improvement feels huge. Sometimes it’s smaller than we hoped for. But every report has shown movement forward. Watching her has reminded me that growth is still worth celebrating even when you haven’t fully arrived yet.

We don’t look at our kids and say, “Well, you’re not completely where you need to be, so none of this matters.” We celebrate every step forward because growth takes courage. It takes perseverance. It takes continuing when things feel difficult. I think God probably sees us the same way more often than we realize.

Maybe your growth this year has looked spiritual. Maybe emotional. Maybe you’re learning to set boundaries. Maybe you’re healing from something painful. Maybe you’re learning how to trust God again. Maybe you’re still carrying grief and somehow still getting up every morning and moving forward anyway. All of it counts and all of it deserves to be recognized and celebrated.

Philippians 1:6 says, “And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.”

God isn’t frustrated by the process the way we are. He understands that growth takes time. Faith grows over time. Strength grows over time. People grow over time. And sometimes the uncomfortable stretching you’re feeling right now might actually be evidence that God is still growing something in you.
We were created for growth, even when it’s slow, uncomfortable, and comes with a few growing pains along the way.

Kellie Owens

06/03/2026

Created For Growth

Recently my house has been hit (for the fourth time) with the thing every home with kids experiences at least once...growing pains.

I'm sure all cases of growing pains are the same; they show up as soon as it's bedtime. Currently, it's Hallie, our youngest daughter's turn with the bedtime leg pains. As soon as I get her tucked in and get back downstairs I hear, "Mommm my legs hurt!" I go back upstairs, put a weighted blanket on her (I'm sure there is no evidence backing this actually helps, but I sure do try to convince her it does) and rub her legs.

And every time, I end up telling her the same thing that I've said three times before: “It’s okay. Your body is growing.”

The other night while I sat there with her, it hit me how true that is in so many areas of life. Growth almost always comes with some discomfort. Not just physically, but spiritually, emotionally, and mentally too.

I wish growth looked a little more exciting sometimes. Like one breakthrough moment where suddenly you feel confident and capable and mature. But most real growth doesn’t happen like that. Most of the time it looks slow and stretching and uncomfortable. It looks like learning as you go. It looks like taking a deep breath and doing the thing anyway. It looks like trusting God before you feel ready.

The last couple of years have stretched me in ways I didn’t expect. There have been opportunities and responsibilities that honestly felt bigger than I thought I could handle and hiding under a weighted blanket sounded like a much better option. More than once, I’ve thought, I don’t know if I can actually do this. And if I’m being real, I don’t naturally enjoy being stretched. I like staying in lanes where I already feel confident.

But God has this way of calling us into places that require us to depend on Him instead of ourselves.

When I look back over my life, almost every season where I’ve grown the most started with fear, insecurity, or me wondering if God accidentally overestimated me. But on the other side of those seasons, I can always see His faithfulness. Not because I suddenly became amazing overnight, but because He kept growing me little by little.

Truthfully, I think we expect growth to feel more dramatic than it usually does. Most of the time it’s pretty ordinary. It’s showing up again. Trying again. Taking the step even while you still feel nervous.

One of the sweetest reminders of that lately has been watching that same daughter, Hallie work so hard at school. Our daughter Hallie has dyslexia and learning can be a challenge for her. Every quarter when progress reports come home, we celebrate growth. Not perfection. Growth.

Sometimes the improvement feels huge. Sometimes it’s smaller than we hoped for. But every report has shown movement forward. Watching her has reminded me that growth is still worth celebrating even when you haven’t fully arrived yet.

We don’t look at our kids and say, “Well, you’re not completely where you need to be, so none of this matters.” We celebrate every step forward because growth takes courage. It takes perseverance. It takes continuing when things feel difficult. I think God probably sees us the same way more often than we realize.

Maybe your growth this year has looked spiritual. Maybe emotional. Maybe you’re learning to set boundaries. Maybe you’re healing from something painful. Maybe you’re learning how to trust God again. Maybe you’re still carrying grief and somehow still getting up every morning and moving forward anyway. All of it counts and all of it deserves to be recognized and celebrated.

Philippians 1:6 says, “And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.”

God isn’t frustrated by the process the way we are. He understands that growth takes time. Faith grows over time. Strength grows over time. People grow over time. And sometimes the uncomfortable stretching you’re feeling right now might actually be evidence that God is still growing something in you.

We were created for growth, even when it’s slow, uncomfortable, and comes with a few growing pains along the way.

Kellie Owens

05/27/2026

Created for Faith

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1

The other day, my six-year-old told me that he wanted to buy a cyber truck whenever he is older. I responded by explaining that if he wanted to drive a cyber truck, he would need to have a good career to make a significant income in order to buy the truck. This unseen dream of a future cyber truck I knew could not be possible without partnering his desires with a substantial plan.

Like my son, we all have unseen dreams, hopes and wishes. Women might desire children, marriage, a certain type of church community, to travel or to obtain a certain level of wealth. They might even desire a specific type of luxury vehicle.

These desires are not inherently evil. But for every Christian, our most preeminent desire should be to please God. Hebrews 11:6 states: “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”

As Christ followers, we express where our faith truly lies by how we order our life’s plans. When we order our plans around God’s revealed intentions in His holy word, our lives are built by faith in God. As we seek God’s voice, He reveals his desires for our future.

When we obey sacrificially and faithfully and pursue the things of God, our Father delights to reward His children for our obedience. We work faithfully for God because we do believe He loves us, He has the best plan for us, and that He will fulfill our hearts desires in His way, and in due time.

Perhaps the most beautiful part of the faith process is how that our hearts change as we seek Him. Psalm 37:4 says “Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.” As we delight ourselves in the plans of God, our desires transform to please Him.

My son might one day get his cyber truck. But my prayer for him more than anything else is that He will one day know the delight of pleasing God. It reminds me of the old song lyrics that say:

“I'd rather have Jesus than silver or gold
I'd rather be His than have riches untold
I'd rather have Jesus than houses or land
I'd rather be led by His nail-pierced hand”

I believe with everything in me, that we were created to place our faith in Jesus. There is no other way to have peace, joy, and life abundant, apart from faith in Jesus Christ. May we all remember the joy it is to trust in Jesus today.

India Goostree

05/23/2026

Getting ready for our Southern Indiana Regional Event tomorrow!
We are excited that Joyce Rubia and her family will be joining us as well as Sarah Capehart with Alegria Accessories!
Don’t miss out on this event- join us at North Friendship church in Lynnville IN tomorrow at 8:30am!

05/19/2026

Its not too late to register for the Southern Indiana Regional Event! Join us Saturday May 23rd at North Friendship Church!

05/14/2026

Headed to N Indiana/Michigan Regional Event!
Come join us!!

05/13/2026

Created for Motherhood

I’ll never forget when God called me to motherhood. I was reading my Bible when I felt the Lord impress upon me that I would soon be a mother. Although I had no idea when it would come to pass. My husband and I had been trying for a while, and we were hopeful that we would soon see our miracle.

Soon after that moment, I received an outward confirmation at my church. A godly man came up and said “India, India, go read the Shunnamite woman. She is you!”

In 2nd Kings 4:17, Elisha prophesies to the Shunnamite woman, “At this season, about this time next year, you shall embrace a son.” Little did I know, I was already pregnant with my firstborn son.

The call to motherhood is truly miraculous. It is what we were created for. Whether through the natural process of childbirth, the miraculous process of adoption, or the spiritual process of discipleship, every woman is called to mother the next generation. We were created to nurture, to correct, to admonish, to comfort, to speak life, to birth life, and give our lives to the call of motherhood.

When I received the prophecy about my pregnancy, I had no idea what was in store. Thousands of diapers, doctor's trips, learning to homeschool, the many tears I would cry and the prayers I would pray for my children. I also have no idea the failure I would often feel, how humbled I would be, and how that motherhood would push me completely to the end of myself. But that is exactly where God wants us to be!

Matthew 16:25 says ““For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.”

I have heard many women say that they “lost themselves” in motherhood. I want to remind you, that can be a very good thing! When we lose ourselves, we have the opportunity to discover the strength of God. God created us for motherhood. And when we feel as though we are incapable, that is when we can discover the supernatural strength that the Holy Spirit provides in our weakness.

I believe as mothers, we are often harder on ourselves than God is on us. We can set impossible expectations for ourselves to be impossibly fit, be an impeccable housekeeper, an equal provider, a present wife, and a peaceful disciplinarian.

The truth is, while we are hard on ourselves, God is gentle with us. Isaiah 40:11 says: “He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young.”

So this Mother’s Day, whatever season you find yourself in, encourage yourself to remember that the God of miracles has created you for motherhood. You may be in a season of waiting, a season of doubt, a season of joy, or a season of reflection. Wherever you find yourself, I know that God is in your season. In every moment, His presence is enough. Remember these truths as you celebrate the miracle of motherhood. May your motherhood be filled with God’s presence as you pursue His presence today.

India Goostree

05/07/2026

Ladies in Northern Indiana/Michigan area your Regional Event will be next Saturday! (5/16) at South Side GB Church in Mishawaka, IN!
If you haven't registered yet - you need to Soon! You don't want to miss out! To Register go to: www.gb-women.com/registrations or PM me here!

05/06/2026

Created for the Next Generation

Mother’s Day is coming up and it's one of those days that can hold a lot of different emotions all at once.

For some women, it’s a really sweet day filled with celebration and gratitude. For others, it’s a little more complicated. Some are celebrating, while others are grieving. Some are exhausted in the middle of raising little ones, and others are longing for something they haven’t experienced yet. Some miss their moms deeply, and some are trying to figure out how to navigate relationships with their own children as they grow older.

Then there's another category; women who have spent years pouring into people they didn’t actually give birth to, but have still played a significant role in shaping their lives. And no matter how we feel about actual Mother's Day, this is a category we can all be a part of.

Because I don't think the influence of a woman was ever meant to stop at biology alone.

Before many women ever become mothers, they are already nurturing people, encouraging people, teaching people, and praying for people. They are showing up, creating safe spaces, and investing in others in ways that often go unnoticed. It’s just part of how God has wired many women, and whether they realize it or not, they are already shaping the next generation.

You see it in a grandmother who faithfully prays over her family every day, even when no one else knows. You see it in a mom who is completely worn out but still gets everyone ready and to church because she knows it matters. You see it in a teacher who takes extra time with a student, or in a woman at church who notices someone sitting alone and chooses to sit with them. You see it in the friend or mentor who keeps answering the phone, keeps listening, and keeps reminding someone not to give up.

Most of those moments don’t feel very big at the time. They’re not flashy, and they usually don’t come with recognition. But, goodness, do they matter deeply.

Because shaping a generation rarely happens in one defining moment. Most of the time, it happens slowly, quietly, and consistently over time.

Scripture reminds us of this in Psalms 145:4: “One generation shall commend Your works to another…”

That verse is such a clear picture of what we are called to do. Faith was never meant to stop with us. It was always meant to be passed down.

And that doesn’t just mean traditions or memories, although those are meaningful too. It means passing down faith, wisdom, hope, truth, and the way we live our lives.

The next generation is paying more attention than we often realize. They are watching how we respond when life is hard, how we handle disappointment, and whether we trust God when things don’t make sense. They are learning what faith looks like not just from what we say, but from how we live.

And one of the most encouraging parts of this is that you do not have to be a biological mother to have that kind of influence. Some of the women who have shaped my life the most did not give birth to me. They are women who encouraged me, prayed for me, corrected me when I needed it, and believed in me before I believed in myself. They made room for me and helped me grow, and that kind of influence stays with you.

I think sometimes women underestimate how much impact they’re actually making because what they’re doing doesn’t feel significant enough. It feels ordinary, repetitive, or unseen. But the truth is, those everyday moments are often where the most lasting impact happens.

You never really know what God is doing through your consistency.

And I know there are women who feel like this message might not apply to them. Some feel too young to lead or influence anyone. Others feel like they’ve already lived their season and that their moment has passed. Some feel like they don’t have enough to offer or that they’ve made too many mistakes. I feel like I live smack dab in the middle; an equal mixture of parts too young and too old.

But if you are still here, God is not finished using your life. Young or old. You can learn from women ahead of you and you can teach women behind you. I see being smack dab in the middle a gift for both.

There is still purpose in your story, still influence in your voice, and still power in your example.

In 2 Timothy 1:5, Paul reminds Timothy that the faith he carries first lived in his grandmother Lois and his mother Eunice. That’s such a powerful picture of generational faith. The strength of one person’s walk with God was directly connected to the faithfulness of the women who came before him.

That’s what legacy looks like. It’s not about perfection or having all the answers. It’s about showing up consistently and living out your faith in a way that others can see.

So whether you are raising children, mentoring younger women, serving in your church, loving people in your everyday life, or simply trying to follow Jesus faithfully in your current season, what you are doing matters.

Someone is learning what faith looks like because of you.

Kellie Owens

04/30/2026

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