*sorry about the sound y'all * Happy Easter Monday! I'm trying to be more consistent with posting, but I promised a reflection of the week on being filled. First be filled. It's difficult to love people on empty. The reality is loved people love people, so how you operate in your everyday life determines your relationship not just with your significant other, but everyone from your coworker to the cashier at the grocery store. The world needs more love, so let's live in this truth today and the rest of the week. Books Mentioned: Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself Book by Nedra Glover Tawwab The Peacemaker: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict Book by Ken Sande Scriptures Mentioned: Matthew 20:28 Matthew 22:34-40 John 3:16 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NLT

Before a quick break, today's episode is all about the good and could have been better journey of my becoming a food writer. What started as an unexpected opportunity became a lesson in self-discovery and strength. Listen for more.

So it's a switcheroo! The SP blog's standard weekly reflection makes a podcast debut. Kay couldn't put in writing the reflection in her heart. Listen to discover how a sermon quote became a revelation for our host on the difference of a renovation and a restoration. If you think we're talking about houses, not quite. Let's discuss. Sermon Mentioned: Blinded by Want - Pastor Sarah Jakes Roberts. Verse of the Week: Psalms 23:3. Don't forget to check out Surrender Perfect's blog and Instagram. SP blog: surrenderperfect.wordpress.com SP IG: @surrenderperfect

If only our Surrender Perfect host could give a dollar for every "umm", this episode Kay jumps back into the flow of podcasting. A little rusty and a little cold, she gives a life update along with a much overdue word of 2022 reveal. Have you chose a word yet? Has it changed? How's life going? Verse mentioned: Isaiah 43:19 SP blog: surrenderperfect.wordpress.com SP IG: @surrenderperfect

It's easy to celebrate and embrace our best moments. What about the messy moments? The moments that no one sees? The moments that don't necessarily feel good at the time but will produce good in your future? The last one is what I want to speak with you on today's episode, Playing Your Greatest Hits and Misses.

A.K.A Confessions of a Recovering Control Freak - Part 1. In this episode, it's all about lessons learned. Particularly, what I've learned from life going nowhere I planned it to and gaining insight about how to handle seasons of the unexpected and uncertainty. Verse of the Day: Jeremiah 29:11. Make sure to check out the Surrender Perfect blog (surrenderperfect.wordpress.com).

The last episode of the Surrender Perfect Podcast. Well sort of. Listen for more info.

Today's episode is all about a simple message that just isn't said enough, Know Your Value! Kay discusses the difference from being valued and being valuable. She also discusses seeing the value in yourself and others. Most of all, for those in the I Don't Know stages of life, she explains the importance of knowing your values. Verse of the Day: 1 Peter 2:9. Make sure to check out the Surrender Perfect blog (surrenderperfect.wordpress.com).

When are we our best selves? Living in an era of Treat Yourself, Do You, Live Your Best Life, etc., it can be easy to confuse our identities, passions, and purpose for what and who surrounds us. But let's be real our best self is equally the morning we get out of sweatpants as it is being on a tropical island. It all comes from the root. When are we our best selves? When we are ourselves! In our most true, authentic and honest self. This doesn't mean you can be rude because serving others is equally important too. Listen for more. Verse of the Day: Psalm 139:14. Make sure to check our Journal Entries section of the Surrender Perfect blog (surrenderperfect.wordpress.com).

In this episode, Kay gives some big (or little) sister advice about living in uncertainty. Specifically, feeling like you don't know the answer to the problem or path your going through. We are no strangers to the I Don't Know stages of life, but when we surrender, listen, trust, and move, we gain the strength, patience and wisdom to understand (or find contentment in not knowing it all). Verses mentioned: Matthew 4. Sermon Mentioned: Bandwagon Believer - Pastor Mike Todd. Make sure to check our Journal Entries section of the Surrender Perfect blog (surrenderperfect.wordpress.com). Post mentioned in today's episode - When God is Still.