Well, hello there!
Welcome to Want, Need, Wear, Read, where every week I share four things I can’t stop talking about—an encouragement that spoke to me, a Scripture teaching moment that stuck in my heart, a favorite fashion find, and a book worth the shelf space. It’s a quick, warm, happy 2-minute read; think of it as your weekly Add-to-Cart + Add-to-Heart. You’re gonna be glad you opened this one.
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Something You Want
A (Helpful-Hopeful-Fun) pep for your step.
There is a new season on the horizon for me. Soon my day-to-day will look different in good and right ways and but also sad ways. I’ll lose wonderful community in a way I’ve never known before with the goal of moving forward in where God is calling me.
In the poignant words of Elsa:
“I’ve had my adventure, I don’t need something new, I’m afraid of what I’m risking if I follow you… Into the unknown.”
- Elsa, Frozen 2
All Disney references aside, it’s scary to try new things. Maybe you’re there, too? Over the weekend, I felt anxious, so I reorganized my entire kitchen, as you do, and created a few little vignettes. Creative order helps me feel like I’m accomplishing something even when that something is organizing spatulas. I loved the fresh, new green next to the ordered (read: structured) utensils. While I long for order, I know better than to believe the lie that (a) it solves everything and (b) I’m doing this alone. It may be the ‘unknown,’ but I am not alone, and I am not afraid. Praying this for you during your season of ‘unknown’, too. Now go organize your spatulas!
Something You Need
A compact but powerful teaching moment
Jumping back into Esther this week. In the most well-known verse of the book…
For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?
Esther 4:14
Esther’s cousin Mordecai sends her a passionate, urgent message through a palace official because the threat (mass annihilation of all the Jews in Persia) demands action. We all face moments when our comfort and our calling collide. For active believers, this is a regular part of life by God’s design—not just a one-time crossroad. Each day brings opportunities to choose faith over self. Comfort is not wrong, and calling is not always as dramatic as Esther’s, but scripture meets us where we are. Maybe, like me, you need the reminder: you are not a victim of your calling. God has equipped you with everything you need for this journey. Answering the call may disrupt your comfort, but in its wake, comes the peace you’ve been praying for.
Further reading: Esther 4-6
In chapter 5, Esther approaches the king carefully and strategically. What can we learn from the balance of patience, wisdom, and boldness in how she acts?
Based on Esther 4:14, What do you think Mordecai believes about God in that statement even though God is never mentioned explicitly in the book?
Where do you personally struggle more: taking action, or trusting God with the outcome?
Something to Wear
My mostest favoritest item of the week. You can thank me later.
Full disclosure: I don’t own these shoes. Yet. But I will, for spring. Can a shoe be dreamy? I think so? If they can, in fact, be dreamy, then these definitely are just that!
I present to you: The perfect summer ‘I look like I tried but let me live a little’ shoe.
Something to Read
Fresh takes on all the books I’m loving. No genre loyalty here.
This is an interesting series that requires a preface…..I don’t usually read about dragons. Dragons are fine, and I’m sure they are lovely, but fantasy is not my go-to genre. That said, I really loved this series. I read all 9 books, and it was a purely easy read; not scary nor overly romantic. Honestly, just a good story about how certain powers control and manage information and how it travels through various avenues. If you’re a lover of books, then I really think you’ll enjoy this delightful series.
The endorsement on the cover sold me: ‘Satifyingly complex…[This is] a book in which to wallow’ :) And boy did I ever wallow. :)
