On today’s episode, we are wrapping up our mini-series entitled “off to college we go”…from the perspective of those who have already walked this road. I am sitting down with two mothers, Kelly Cheshier and Kathy Little, who are very transparently sharing about what life looked like when they dropped their children off for college and how the Lord met them in those “darker nights of the soul.” They are also testifying to the beauty they beheld as they saw the Lord work in the life of their college student, as well as in the lives of their remaining children at home. In other words, we are discussing the faithfulness of God and how He nurtures our faith in every season of life.

Today I am sitting down with my friend, Sabrina Miller, who is also sending her daughter, Shelby, off to college…next week!   

Sabrina and I are candidly chatting about our feelings, emotions, and thoughts about our daughters' upcoming launch to college.  We are also learning to counsel our hearts as well as take our emotions to the Lord, the Creator of them.

Even if you don’t find yourself in this season of sending kids off to college or school, I hope you find this episode relevant and encouraging.  Sometimes these changing seasons can be a process as we work through our emotions and bring the whole range of them to the Lord, seeking what He would have for us to learn.

In this first episode, I am sitting down with my oldest child, Emma Grace, and her friend, Shelby Miller, who are both headed off to college this fall. We are discussing how they are preparing for this next season, both in being on their own as well as remaining grounded in the truth of God’s Word. They also have some encouragement for those parents who are in the throes of parenting small children…these days matter, and the seeds you are planting continue to reap dividends.

What thoughts come to mind as you think of heading off to college in a few weeks? As you reflect on the past 18 years, what practices have deepened or cultivated your relationship with Jesus? How do you keep your eyes and hearts fixed on Christ in a world filled with noise, distractions, and spiritual warfare?    What do you think it will look like to take all the tools you have learned over the years and apply them to “go and make disciples?”

I hope this conversation brings great encouragement!