Messy Life Mighty Love Podcast
76 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago -A podcast where I share my messy life, the brokenness, and the beauty, as I tell stories from childhood memories to motherhood to my battle with bipolar disorder. Through each story I will lead myself and my listener to the Mighty Love greater than the deepest mess. It's encouragement for the soul who needs to hear of true hope. It's short and sweet, under 10 minutes and delivered weekly. It is my prayer that all who listen would be blessed.
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Is a Messy Soul a Faithful Soul? Part 2
September 11, 2023 17:40 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBA continuation of the discussion of our soul messy and how we can still have very real faith. This episode will encourage you to cling to the hope and faith that comes from a God who is ever faithful. Let’s take this journey together! For more from me visit: http://www.abigailalleman.com
Is a Messy Soul a Faithful Soul? Part 1
August 25, 2023 17:35 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBWhere I begin to unpack the truth of messy souls and how our honest journeys with God amidst the mess leads to deeper, stronger and more resilient faith. I had a lot to share in this area so I am going to be following this up with a Part 2 in my next episode. Hope you listen in!
Messy Race Running and The Importance of Remembrance
June 01, 2023 15:37 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBIn this episode I share my journey of running but more what it is to remember what must be remembered and focus on the truly important. With a focus on Memorial Day but also remembering those who have lived well and are no longer on this earth 🌏, I share things we can all do to remember well. 1 - We Remember 2 - We practice thankfulness 3 - We Live 4 - We Remember the Ultimate Sacrifice. It was a challenging episode to me and I hope it challenges you too in the best of ways… To learn more abo...
The Messy Ways of Listening to God
May 15, 2023 16:16 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBIn this episode I share what gets in the way of truly listening to God and how to work through those things. As always, I affirm the messy of it even while encouraging that the journey is possible. I also share about my new store and self-guided companion workbook to my book ‘A Million Skies’. Please visit my website for more from me: abigailalleman.com and you will also see a ‘Journey With Me’ box which will describe and link to the store and my coaching waitlist. I hope you listen in…
Messy Mental Health: And What We Can Do About It
May 01, 2023 17:31 - 28 minutes - 26.7 MBIn this episode I share from the heart about being open with our struggles, whether with mental illness or just life in general. In this I believe we can see the culture change and shame and stigma in how we all struggle be overcome in Jesus Name! For more from me and Mental Health Resources, visit my website abigailalleman.com 💛
Still Messy. Still Here.
April 17, 2023 18:45 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBHi everyone! I hope you are still with me! I am excited to be back podcasting and updating you on my messy life in which I continue to learn to be present yet listening for what I am to be doing—podcasting or not 😊 You can still find me at www.abigailalleman.com !
Messy Gardening:: Learning from Things Which Grow
July 19, 2022 14:19 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBIn this episode I share more deeply about what I am learning afresh as I plant and tend my garden, both literally and figuratively…Hope you listen in!
The Messy ‘No’ And Why We Need To Say It
April 27, 2022 21:00 - 14 minutes - 13.8 MBNo is a hard word to use at times at least if you are like me. In this episode we explore the no’s we need to say and the no’s God says to us and just how valuable they can be…Hope you listen in!
The State of the Podcast
April 08, 2022 19:30 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBToday is a messy ramble about…THE MESS and the light of the Savior shining through it all. I would love for you to listen in…
The Velveteen Rabbit and the Messiness of Becoming Real
February 24, 2022 18:00 - 8 minutes - 5.95 MBHello There! I hope you listen into this episode as I talk about a beloved children's book and what it teaches us about becoming real amidst all of our mess. This episode is for you if: You need to remember true life does not come from being put together You need to remember you are safe and loved fully by God You need to remember you are not alone in your mess You love children's stories, especially the Velveteen Rabbit May you find today and every day, the certain love found in the r...
Is It Really OK to Be Messy?
February 04, 2022 20:00 - 7 minutes - 5.29 MB*Don't forget 'A Million Skies: Secure in God's Strength When Your Mind Can't Rest' releases on March 15, 2022. Pre-order your copy today on Amazon ! In this episode I review the heart of the podcast. Stories and thoughts that remind us all it is more than ok to be messy. For, in our mess we receive deeply and sweetly the all-encompassing love of God. Listen in if you: Are just feeling like a mess and don't feel like it's ok. Need the hope that it's more than ok to NOT BE PERFECT. Are ...
Messy Worries: Learning {Again} to Surrender
January 21, 2022 20:00 - 13 minutes - 9.13 MBHey Friend, So glad you are joining me for this episode! I tackle worry today and how messy it is, but also etch out, although messy, a pathway to trust. Listen in if you: Are often overrun by anxiety Don't struggle often with anxiety, but know it is an issue Want to remember what trust looks like--even in dark places Need to hear about our stories and how they help us in all of this. Here are two links to things I reference and the link to pre-order my book "A Million Skies"! Tim Ke...
Word for the Year:: Looking Back and Forward
January 13, 2022 16:00 - 11 minutes - 7.71 MBWelcome! In this episode I will share a reflection on what I gleaned from my word, 'All' last year. I will also look ahead to what I am already learning and hope to learn from my 2022 word, 'pure'. It's a powerful thing to focus on one word for the year and I encourage you to take your own journey as we all seek clarity in the very real mess. Listen in if you: also have a word for the year and want some encouragement don't have a word for the year, but want to know more about it have ha...
Messy Relationships and Why {Some} Are Worth It
December 04, 2021 18:00 - 8 minutes - 5.62 MBHave you ever felt stuck in a relationship or not sure if it is a good thing for you? In this episode I take a brief look at the ins and outs of messy relationships. In so doing, I hope you can find the grace to navigate your relationships in a more healthy way. Listen in if you: Want to know if all relationships are necessary {Hint: 'NO!'} Wonder if there's something wrong with you in relationships. Want to understand more clearly what makes a good relationship. Need a push to let go, ...
Messy Traditions:: When Things Change
November 20, 2021 17:00 - 11 minutes - 7.61 MBHello! Glad you are here! In this episode I share from my experience with traditions and what it has looked like as things have changed so much over the years. Listen in if you: are not looking forward to the holidays because so much has changed. have trouble with strained relationships in the holidays. don't know what to do or who to please during the holidays. need to be reminded of the Great Feast of Heaven One Day. Thank you for being here with me! Your fellow messy-life journeyer...
When the Roof Caves In:: Learning to Find Laughter in the Hard
November 13, 2021 18:00 - 13 minutes - 9.61 MBHey friend! In this episode you will find a touch of salt mixed with grace as I remember something hard, a story about a roof caving in, and how I can now laugh at this. And my parents, from Heaven, are laughing right with me! Listen in if you: Need to remember, in Jesus, it is all going to be ok. Want to give yourself permission to laugh in the hard things. Desire to know you are not alone in hard places. Could use a reminder that there is a lightheartedness we can know because our for...
Our Messy Stories and Why We Need to Share Them
November 06, 2021 15:00 - 9 minutes - 6.84 MBIn this episode I remember why it is so important to share our stories, it's really self-serving as I prepare to release my book into the world. Speaking of, here are the links to pre-order A Million Skies: Secure in God's Strength When Your Mind Can't Rest: Amazon Pre-Order Leafwood Publishers Pre-Order Now back to the episode. Listen in if you: Struggle to be vulnerable about the hard places with others Have shared your story and it has cost you Forget how God has shared his vulnerab...
Messy Parenting:: How to Love Ourselves As We Love Our Children
October 23, 2021 16:00 - 9 minutes - 6.54 MBHave you ever felt like you're a bad parent? a bad friend? The truth is we can't love others if we aren't loving ourselves, by this I mean seeing ourselves in the perfect way God sees us and receiving His love to give it away. In this episode I talk about my own journey as a mama and what God is teaching me about receiving his love for me... Listen in if you: Think you are a 'bad' or not good parent Need grace to love yourself just as you are today Struggle to consistently love others W...
Messy Language Learning :: Funny Stories from the Field
October 16, 2021 16:00 - 13 minutes - 9.17 MBHello! Hola! Szia! That's the popular greetings in three languages: English, Spanish and Hungarian. These are the three languages I have learned or attempted to learn ;) In this episode I share funny stories from the cross-cultural language-learning experiences I have had and talk about what it is that Jesus came to us cross-culturally. Listen in if you: need to laugh and hear something funny. struggle through taking yourself TOO seriously. have ever tried to learn another language. wan...
Messy Laughter: Taking Yourself Less Seriously
October 02, 2021 17:00 - 13 minutes - 9.41 MBHey friend! In this episode I pivot from the topic of grief to laughter. It is amazing how sorrow and joy, brokenness and lightness can exist in the same seasons. Today, my prayer is you would laugh with me over funny stories of messy clumsy and otherwise moments in my life. Listen in if you: need a good laugh :-) want to be reminded to take yourself less seriously. need to know that laughter is real amid the hard. want to borrow a few laughs for your bag of laughter. May you enjoy thi...
Messy Grief: Losing Home
September 25, 2021 15:00 - 9 minutes - 6.58 MBHey! Glad you're here! Join me on a journey through the grief we all face at some point of Losing Home. By this I mean any place of security which is no longer ours. It's a real grief and we must figure out how to navigate it. Listen in if you: Feel sad and don't know why. Have wounds from your past you want to work through. Know there's more to your story than you've been experiencing. Want to remember or learn for the first time about your Dearest Love. Thanks for coming to this sac...
Messy Grief: The Kind that Isn't from Physical Death
September 18, 2021 18:00 - 10 minutes - 7.58 MBHello friend, I am glad you are here. In this episode I share the grief which centered on our sudden departure from Hungary after I was hospitalized in a mental ward for two weeks. I unpack a little of what it has looked like to walk that intense, in some ways fathomless, grief. Listen in if you: are facing a grief and no one has died. feel acute pain at a loss and don't know what to do. want to know you are not alone in your grief. wonder if your story, your darkest times, can be redee...
Messy Grief: A Tree of Life Out of a Root of Grief
September 11, 2021 17:00 - 8 minutes - 6.01 MBHere is the original blog post: 'A Tree of Life Out of a Root of Grief' as it was originally posted at {in}courage. In this episode I remember a 'breakthrough' in the healing of my grief over my mother's death. While I speak specifically of this grief, what I learned applies to any grief as we learn how God can and wants to create a tree of life out of every root of our grief. Listen in if you: Feel stuck in processing a certain grief. Don't know if you know how to grieve. Have ever lo...
Messy Grief: Grief As a Constant Part of Life
September 04, 2021 17:00 - 8 minutes - 5.59 MBWelcome to the MLML podcast! Today, I continue my series on grief and talk about how it is a constant part of our lives and what it looks like to know that. Listen in if you: Wonder if you grieve well. Tend to stuff your emotions. Get angry often and don't know why. Want a better answer to dealing with grief. Need real hope that your grief means something. It's not easy to keep talking about grief, but it is important. I hope you continue to join me in this journey. Your fellow messy...
Messy Grief: When Grief Is Acute and Profound
August 28, 2021 15:00 - 8 minutes - 5.83 MBWelcome to the MLML podcast. Today I begin a series on grief, because there are few things messier than this. We are so inundated with grief, it is hard to imagine a day when we are not somehow impacted by it. Listen in if you: are experiencing fresh grief, if you wonder if you really grieved a loss. need the hope that is found in the midst of grief. are desperate to know you are not alone in your grief. I would love to hear your feedback or thoughts on grief. You can email me at abig...
His Hand In Mine and Mine In His: A Tribute to My Beloved Father
August 20, 2021 17:00 - 10 minutes - 7.36 MBIt's been a while since I've been in this space and there's good reason for that. There's been moves, book editing, but most, the caring for my father before he went home to Heaven on August 6, 2021. This episode's main body is the tribute to my father I shared at his memorial service. Listen in if you: Have ever loved someone beautiful and lost them Have known the love of an earthly father Have struggled to know the love of an earthly father Need to remember we do not grieve as those ...
The Messy Art of Listening {Part 2}
May 08, 2021 14:00 - 8 minutes - 5.89 MBAfter a hiatus because of the messy days I am living as I sell and leave the home I have made in this world and make way for a new home I do not yet know, I am back. Instead of launching into the many ideas that have come from this messy time, I thought I would finish what I started and do the second part of the 'Messy Art of Listening' series I began a few weeks ago. Listen in if you: struggle to listen well, being patient with others. want to be encouraged you are not alone in the strug...
The Messy Art of Listening {Part 1}
March 20, 2021 15:00 - 10 minutes - 7.19 MBIn this episode, I begin a two part series on Listening, and listening well. For the next two weeks I will take the top 10 things to do to listen well according to this website, and unpack them to help us all think more, amid the sure mess of listening, on how to love others well by really listening to them. Listen in if you: Struggle with knowing how to listen well Need a reminder of what it looks like to listen well Are seeking to heal from a relationship where the other didn't really ...
The Messy Beauty of Surrender
March 13, 2021 20:00 - 8 minutes - 6.1 MBIn this episode, I talk about my journey of learning to surrender, from little girl to present day woman. Sometimes it is all so painful, and bloody kind of messy, but what we gain for the true journey, is worth it. Listen in if you: are holding on tight to something and feeling the call to surrender want to remember how God met you in surrender before need to know you aren't alone in the struggle to surrender want to learn to rest, even in surrender struggle to trust the goodness of G...
When You Have the Heart of a Performer
February 27, 2021 14:00 - 7 minutes - 5.33 MBIn this episode, I look at my own performing ways and how that radical bent is exactly the mess Jesus came to speak into and embrace with his own mighty love. Listen in if you: have ever struggled at perfectionism. want to live life your way. need to know you aren't alone in your mess. hear the 'try-hard' message playing too often and too loud. May God grace you with a special measure of His deep, measureless love for you, today! Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend, Abigail A...
Busy, Busy, Busy and How Messy It Is
January 30, 2021 20:00 - 10 minutes - 7.12 MBIn this episode, I talk about the very real temptation to fill our lives with busyness and how to break that pattern: Listen in if you: Struggle with busyness and the drive for doing more. Want to remember how to balance your life. Know caring for your spiritual life is important. Need a jumpstart in reviewing the activities in your life. Here are some links to things mentioned in this Podcast: E-mail me @ [email protected] to hear more about a Listening Prayer class I am teac...
How to Keep Showing Up
January 23, 2021 22:00 - 8 minutes - 5.9 MBIn this episode, I go unscripted (but short;) about these days and keeping it real and vulnerable as I finish the manuscript for my book. It's hard to keep showing up, but if I can, so can you! Listen in if you: wonder if being vulnerable is worth it. have a hard time showing up with your whole self. desperately want to be free of projecting 'perfect'. need to know you're not alone in the 'messy fight'. I trust you will consider these few minutes time well spent! Your fellow messy-lif...
How Now Do We Live?
January 09, 2021 18:00 - 13 minutes - 9.26 MBIn this episode I talk about the wildly messy, chaotic, tumultuous times we live in and how to follow God in them, or, at least, what this looks like for me. Listen in if you: struggle to believe God is truly in control. want to be reminded that God is upholding all things. are looking for an encouraging few minutes. need to remember the truth of God in His Word. Trust you will be blessed! Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend, Abby http://www.abigailalleman.com
My Word for 2021
January 02, 2021 15:00 - 10 minutes - 7 MBIn this episode, I share my word for 2021. This is my eleventh year picking a word for the year. It has been a truly valuable practice and one I would encourage you to consider, if you don't already do this. Listen in if you: want to learn a little more about the practice of choosing a word for the year. wonder how this is a significant thing. are looking to be challenged in your spiritual journey. already have a word, and enjoy hearing what others' words are. I hope, trust and pray y...
My Word for 2021
January 02, 2021 15:00 - 10 minutes - 7 MBIn this episode, I share my word for 2021. This is my eleventh year picking a word for the year. It has been a truly valuable practice and one I would encourage you to consider, if you don't already do this. Listen in if you: want to learn a little more about the practice of choosing a word for the year. wonder how this is a significant thing. are looking to be challenged in your spiritual journey. already have a word, and enjoy hearing what others' words are. I hope, trust and pray y...
Awkward Silence and Loose Ends
December 26, 2020 14:00 - 9 minutes - 6.3 MBAs 2020 comes to an end, we may say 'good riddance' but there is still much to process and reflect upon of where we have put our energy and found our hope. This podcast is a meditation on what comes after the purposeful waiting of Christmas and how do we sit with all that did and didn't happen this year. Listen in if you: have many thoughts about 2020 and wonder how to process them. are looking for a fresh way to view the post-Christmas let down. wonder at the waiting that continues even...
Messy Advent - Love
December 19, 2020 14:00 - 7 minutes - 5.29 MBIn this episode, I talk about the fourth and final Advent theme, that of LOVE. It's a sweet look at how the Baby we celebrate this time of year represents the most inscrutable and gorgeous forms of love. Listen in if you: Need the softness and surety of God's love Struggle to understand how a baby can represent God's love Are looking for a way to still, ponder and receive this Advent Wonder at the Love of God and want to wonder again May you truly have a blessed Christmas Season and th...
Messy Advent - Joy
December 12, 2020 16:00 - 8 minutes - 6.08 MBIn this episode, I share Joy as seen through a mother and father, Zechariah and Elizabeth, who longed for a child and were finally, in their old age, given one by God. Theirs was a pure joy about the one who would lead many home to God. As I look at them, I talk about moving beyond, even their joy to the deepest joy we can ever know. Listen in if you: need a fresh reminder of what 'true joy' is all about have been waiting so long, and are doubting joy will come want to enter this Advent...
Messy Advent - Peace
December 05, 2020 15:00 - 9 minutes - 6.76 MBAs we walk through Advent, this is the second in a four part series I am sharing with the themes of each week. This week is Peace. In this episode, we look at true peace, how it feels impossible, but is incredibly, made beautifully possible. Listen in, if you: Are looking for thoughtful ways to experience Advent. Are struggling to know peace in these days. Have doubted true peace is real. Want to remember what it is that Jesus has brought peace. Here is the link to the song 'Who Would ...
Messy Advent - Hope
November 28, 2020 15:00 - 8 minutes - 5.93 MBToday I begin a four part series called 'Messy Advent' where I will share meditations on the themes of each advent week. This week we talk about the prophets and how to hope. Listen in if you: have ever struggled for hope. are looking for a way to enter advent. wonder about the history of our hope. want to know what Advent is about. are looking to refresh your hope. I trust this series will bless you. Listen in again, next week, as we look at 'faith.' Your fellow messy-life journeyer...
Messy Thanksgiving
November 21, 2020 16:00 - 9 minutes - 6.43 MBToday I go on a journey of what Thanksgiving (the day) and Thanksgiving (the act of worship) have looked like for me over the years. Listen in if you: want to remember your Thanksgiving Day's of old have ever longed to belong have had to give the hard thanks want to remember in these strange days what matters most desire to know in the pain of grief over lost loved ones, you are not alone May this episode bless you and you have a rich and full day of thanks this week! All the best, Y...
The Messy Ways of Being Children of God
October 31, 2020 14:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MBIn this episode I go unscripted about life as the Beloved of God. It is a bit lengthier than normal, but I hope you still listen in! This episode is for you if: You struggle to know life as the Beloved of God You need a reminder of how God brings us home You are seeking to love a prodigal You need encouragement in your journey as a prodigal Thank you for going on this unscripted journey with me, Your fellow messy life journeyer and friend, Abby http://www.abigailalleman.com
The Messiness of Uncertainty
October 24, 2020 14:00 - 7 minutes - 5.52 MBToday I talk about the uncertain times in which we live and how to turn that uncertainty on its head as we become anchored in God. Listen in if you: are struggling with the uncertainty of these days. want to be reminded of the anchor of our souls. desire to remember Jesus and his life afresh. know there is a way to greater peace than you are experiencing. I trust this episode will serve to bless you and keep you in the goodness of our sovereign God who holds all things in His hands. Y...
Messy Rhythms and How to Get in Sync
October 10, 2020 16:00 - 11 minutes - 8.24 MBIn this episode, I share a word about 'World Mental Health Day' and the importance of sharing our stories. I also share about our Messy Rhythms and How to Get in Sync with a few 'tips' (though I am very bad at giving tips). I share from a day I had recently to get 'as much done as possible'...uh oh, you can guess what happened. Listen in if you: struggle to manage your schedule. can drown under an ocean of expectations. have a love/hate relationship with productivity. need to drink from...
Messy Rain and Why I Love It
October 03, 2020 14:00 - 7 minutes - 4.98 MBIn this episode, I talk about my messy, rainy walk and all that I learned from it. I share from Emily P. Freeman's 'The Next Right Thing' Podcast Episode 146: Life With God: Start With Your Senses Listen in if you: have a hard time being messy like dancing in the rain forget that Jesus walked among us and still does have a hard time experiencing God in your moments need to know you are not alone in your messy Thank you for joining me in these few moments. I don't take that privile...
The Messy Cage of Shame
September 19, 2020 16:00 - 8 minutes - 5.95 MBIn this episode, I talk about that long ago spawned villain, shame, and how deeply it can cover us. I share about mental illness and how shame clings to those who suffer. Listen in if you: have ever struggled with shame. need to know the difference between knowing you have sinned and becoming mired in shame. struggle with mental illness or love someone who does. have ever been abused or otherwise been taken advantage of and this has caused shame. need to hear about the healing of our ...
The Kind of Messy that Needs to Be Washed Clean
September 12, 2020 16:00 - 9 minutes - 6.65 MBIn today's episode, I take a look at our hearts, well, at least my heart. It's a messy place, especially in my marriage and I am so thankful for the forgiveness I have found in God and my husband. It's amazing to see our relational messes washed clean in forgiveness! Listen in if you: Need to remember you are forgiven--fully and completely Need to be reminded how that forgiveness calls you to forgive others Want to forgive, but are having a hard time Want to find the strength, in Jesus,...
Episode 26 :: A Wide Open Messy Place
September 05, 2020 15:00 - 8 minutes - 5.8 MBIn this episode, I roam from the pastures of my youth to the darkest days of my mental illness, all with the purpose of showing God's truest desires in the spaces and places of our lives. Listen in if you: need the fresh encouragement of God's presence with you want to hear again how God loves you unconditionally have perfectionist tendencies want fresh food from the Word long for a place where can just, be you. I trust this episode has blessed you. I would love to meet you here...nex...
Episode 25 :: When You Jump Right Into the Messy
August 29, 2020 14:00 - 9 minutes - 6.83 MBToday's episode comes to you unscripted about an important decision I made in my life and my family's life. Listen in if you: are prone to overthink things. wonder if there's a guarantee it won't be messy. want to be reminded of what surrender feels like. ever struggle with holding back from God. need to know you are not alone in the mess. Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend, Abby http://www.abigailalleman.com
Episode 24 :: When Messy Journeys Surprise
August 15, 2020 17:00 - 10 minutes - 7.57 MBIn Today's Episode, I talk about the messy ways of disappointment from my own story--even as a second-grader to the surprise of these days and where I find myself. It's a journey we all must walk and so I hope to be your friend along this way. Listen in if: you have ever struggled with disappointment you have ever had a dream crushed you have had a hard time moving on after the loss you have desperately wanted to dream again but are afraid you want to hear a hopeful story beyond the di...