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The Devoted Dreamers Podcast

Whether you have a dream in your heart or aren’t sure what God might be calling you to, The Devoted Dreamers Podcast will encourage you on the journey. This space is dedicated to sharing stories every week of women who are following Jesus and pursuing their God-given gifts in beautifully imperfect ways. You’ll hear about the fears and challenges that threaten their dreams as well as the joy, courage and confidence that comes from following Jesus even in the unexpected…especially in the unexpected.

I’m your host, Merritt Onsa, and my prayer is that this show will meet you where you are in your walk with God. I hope you will come away from the podcast each week with encouragement to begin pursuing your own dreams even when you still feel flawed, imperfect, unfinished and not ready. Because if you wait until you are perfect, you will never take the first step. Join us!

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252 || Do You Need to Add More Playfulness to Your Dream or Your Parenting? || Joy Wendling

Sep 21, 2022

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How do you faithfully pursue a dream despite your limitations? 

Mother of five little girls, Joy Wendling relishes the dream God has given her to help other moms enjoy their motherhood and incorporate playful moments with conversations about faith. But there are days when her own sin and brokenness make her feel disqualified from pursuing this dream. That’s when she reminds herself to trust that God’s faithfulness is bigger than her brokenness.

Maybe you have felt unqualified and inadequate to convey the message God has given you to share with others. Maybe the enemy has told you that you’re too broken, imperfect, or messed up to carry any goodness, hope, or encouragement to others. 

Let this conversation with Joy encourage you through practical steps to integrate playfulness into your life and allow the Lord to meet you with His grace, mercy and faithfulness to do the work in and through you, despite you. 

In this episode you’ll also hear Joy and I discuss: 

  • A definition of play, how Jesus played, and how that informs playfulness for us
  • How we are meant to enjoy the abundant life
  • Nurturing an awareness of God’s presence with you in your dream

Joy is a mama of five fun and fabulous girls, a podcaster, a parent coach, and a speaker with 20+ years of ministry experience and a Master’s in Youth, Family, and Culture from Fuller Theological Seminary. She loves to equip and encourage Christian families to grow closer to Christ through play and to help parents disciple their kids through discipline. Joy does her best to enjoy the abundant life Christ offers through daily play and adventures in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.

You can listen to Joy on her podcast Playfully Faithful Parenting where she shares playful discipleship tips each Monday and parenting devotions each Thursday.

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