Some weeks we feel unwell: a head cold, a hard season, a Sunday-night heaviness we can't quite name. And our first reach is for a little sugar. Recorded partly from Miches in the Dominican Republic, this episode starts at a steakhouse table where Marlena said no to dessert, then goes back to a Friday evening when her whole house went down with a cold, and the whisper she heard in the middle of it: "I was already healing you, even before you started getting sick."

In this episode:

• Why the little nudges are often God preparing you, the way Joseph filled the barns before the famine
• The Sunday scaries and the everyday sugar we reach for: scrolling, snacking, over-planning, numbing out
• Two ways we strive: the woman who feels she's not enough, and the woman who believes she always has to be the strong one
• Protection, not punishment, and what an empty field teaches about waiting
• A word for anyone living with chronic illness, and for the caregivers beside them
• Abiding grace: the grace that stays, wave after wave
• The recipe for restoration: rest, nourishment, and time

This week's one step: The next time that Sunday-night heaviness rolls in, or you catch yourself pushing through a day you have no business pushing through, stop for one breath and ask: Am I reaching for sugar, or am I letting God heal me?

This week's challenge: Pick one thing on your list and let it wait, on purpose. Then do the restful thing instead.

Mentioned: The Abiding Grace Planner — a gentle place to catch the nudges and walk your season with Him.

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