I'm so excited to be back

behind the mic, just you and me chatting today. This podcast is all about helping you know God's

word, love God's word, and live God's word. If you've been listening

to the podcast for any amount of time, you've heard this before, but I just feel like it needs to be

said again for those listening that are new as well. When we know God's word by reading it,

knowing God, it helps us to love God more. It grows our relationship with Him. And then in turn,

when we love God,

it actually helps us to live our faith more. It gives us the tools. It gives us the desire

to actually live the word, live out our relationship, our intimacy with him in real life. So I'm

excited that the podcast can be a tool to help you do that.

Today's episode is just a solo one between you and I. And I'm going to get really,

really real about a time in my life where absolutely everything came crashing down.

I had a breakdown. I had a burnout moment. It was intense. It was prolonged. It was a season where I was very disconnected from God, where I felt like I wasn't right in my mind or my body or my emotions or in my

spiritual life. And if you're listening to this today and you feel absolutely worn out,

if you feel like God is just getting the leftovers of your life,

you feel like you're on the verge of breaking down or you already have. I hope that this episode

gives you some solace, some compassion, but most of all, some tools ahead to move forward to

keep up with God when frankly you're just trying to keep your head afloat when you're just trying to keep up with

life this episode is really writing the coattails of my new book called overbooked and overwhelmed

subtitle how to keep up with God when you're just trying to keep up with life that comes out in

two weeks august fifth is the day that it hits shelves and it will be in your hands. And so in

anticipation of that, since honestly I have not talked about it a ton on the podcast, which is all

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