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Abundance Through Creativity: A Faith-Centered Guide to Living with More Than Enough

If you’ve ever felt like: You live paycheck to paycheck Your mind won't stop racing You have brain fog You struggle to find your next step This is for you. The issue is that you are living in a scarcity fog.

Michele Delcoure

Apr 232 min read

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Hand holding a paintbrush, mixing vibrant yellow, red, and blue paint on a palette. Soft, neutral background creates a calm mood.

How to Practice Awareness of God Through Daily Creativity

Most people don’t struggle to believe God exists. They struggle to notice Him. Not in the big moments—but in the ordinary ones. In the in-between parts of life that feel like nothing is happening at all.

Michele Delcoure

Apr 183 min read

Practice of the Week When you feel distant from God this week, don’t immediately try to fix it—start by noticing it. Take 5–10 minutes in a quiet space and ask yourself: What is currently taking up the most space in my mind? Where have I been emotionally exhausted or overstimulated? Have I mistaken noise, stress, or distraction for spiritual distance? Then gently shift from analyzing to awareness. Instead of trying to “feel” God, simply practice noticing what is already present: A breath you didn’t have to earn A moment of stillness you didn’t create A small sense of grounding, even if it’s faint Write one sentence in your journal: “Today, I notice that God is not absent. I am learning to become aware again.” The goal is not intensity. It is recognition. Because often, what we call distance is just a lack of noticing—and noticing is where awareness begins again.

Practice of the Week When you feel distant from God this week, don’t immediately try to fix it—start by noticing it. Take 5–10 minutes in a quiet space and ask yourself: What is currently taking up the most space in my mind? Where have I been emotionally exhausted or overstimulated? Have I mistaken noise, stress, or distraction for spiritual distance? Then gently shift from analyzing to awareness. Instead of trying to “feel” God, simply practice noticing what is already present: A breath you didn’t have to earn A moment of stillness you didn’t create A small sense of grounding, even if it’s faint Write one sentence in your journal: “Today, I notice that God is not absent. I am learning to become aware again.” The goal is not intensity. It is recognition. Because often, what we call distance is just a lack of noticing—and noticing is where awareness begins again.

Why God Feels Distant (Even When He Isn’t)

One of the hardest things to untangle in spiritual life is that our feelings don’t always tell us the truth about reality. Feeling distant from God can come from different places. But the cause is not always the absence of God. Often it is the noise around us that drowns out awareness.

Michele Delcoure

Apr 183 min read

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Hands shaping clay on a pottery wheel, close-up. The person is wearing a purple apron, creating a focused and creative mood.

Beyond the Silence: Reclaiming the True Meaning of Be Still

While modern culture associates stillness with quiet meditation, the biblical command in Psalm 46:10 carries a much deeper meaning. In Hebrew, the word for "Be Still" is raphah. In this context, it doesn't just mean to sit in silence; it is an active command to "stop your busyness" or "drop your weapons".

Michele Delcoure

Apr 134 min read

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