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Abigail Alleman
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.
A 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
Where 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!
In 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 about me, visit my website www.abigailalleman.com with many links to what I offer online and things I have written over 13 years. Thanks for stopping by this Messy Life Mighty Love Space 😊
In 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…
In 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 💛
Hi 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 !
In 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!
No 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!
Today 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…
Hello 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 reality of our common mess.
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abigail (Abby)
http://www.abigailalleman.com
To pre-order 'A Million Skies' follow this link!
*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 put together on the outside, but forget there's still mess in you.
- Want to be encouraged again in the life-changing message of the gospel
Thanks for listening friend! I trust this episode gives you just what you need today.
Your fellow messy-life journey and friend!
Abigail Alleman (Abby)
http://www.abigailalleman.com
Hey 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 Keller podcast on the Lord's Prayer: click here
Heather Holleman's Book 'Guarded in Christ': click here
Pre-order My Book 'A Million Skies: Secure in God's Strength When Your Mind Can't Rest'
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abigail Alleman (Abby:)
http://www.abigailalleman.com
Welcome!
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 had unexpected things happen which have required all of your trust
- want encouragement to live 'pure' before God this year
I am so thankful for you dear listener and friend! May God guide you deeply in 2022 and beyond! And too, we cry together 'Maranatha' - 'Come quickly Lord Jesus.'
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abigail (Abby)
http://www.abigailalleman.com
Have 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, even for a season, of a current relationship.
- Have the desire to know you are not alone in navigating messy relationships.
I trust these few minutes with this episode, will be time well spent for you!
Exciting news! My book: 'A Million Skies: Secure in God's Strength When Your Mind Can't Rest' is available for pre-order HERE!
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abigail Alleman (Abby:)
http://www.abigailalleman.com
Hello! 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 and friend,
Abby (Abigail Alleman)
http://www.abigailalleman.com
Hey 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 forever with God is real!
Thank you for listening today, friend!
I would love to meet you in this sacred space next time!
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend :)
Abby (Abigail Alleman)
http://www.abigailalleman.com
In 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-OrderLeafwood Publishers Pre-OrderNow 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 vulnerable story
- Want to be encouraged in God's redeeming work in this world
- Would like to hear an endorsement for my book
As always, it's been a pleasure to write, produce and publish this podcast to encourage you!
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abigail (Abby) Alleman
http://www.abigailalleman.com
Have 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
- Want to remember what is most important as parents and people :)
I love spending these few minutes with you!!
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abby (Abigail)
http://www.abigailalleman.com
Hello! 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.
- want to learn more about cross-cultural experiences.
- need to remember what Jesus did to come and save us!
I hope this light-hearted week challenges you to take steps into other cultures and learn the beauty of letting go of perfect to seek to understand new things and new people!
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abby (Abigail)
http://www.abigailalleman.com
Hey 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 this episode and the opportunity to laugh today :-)
Your (funny, I hope) fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abby (Abigail Alleman)
http://www.abigailalleman.com
Hey! 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 sacred space with me!
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abigail (Abby)
http://www.abigailalleman.com
Hello 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 redeemed.
- struggle with mental illness, like I do.
I am so thankful you have chosen to walk this road with me. May the story of your life and its redemption only be beginning as you learn to trust the Great Author and the Greatest Story in new ways. Here's the link to 'To Be Told' which I highly recommend reading.
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abigail (Abby) :-)
http://www.abigailalleman.com
Here 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 lost someone or something significant.
- Just cried over an 'old' grief and are wondering why?
- Are feeling bitterness creep into your hurting places of grief.
I trust this episode will bless you as its writing and the original blog post blessed me.
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abigail (Abby)
http://www.abigailalleman.com
Welcome 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-life journeyer and friend.
Abigail (Abby)
http://www.abigailalleman.com
Welcome 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 abigail.alleman@gmail.com or dm me on Instagram @abigail.alleman
Until next time, may you receive the love of Jesus and this fellow messy-life journeyer I pray you call friend.
Abigail (Abby)
http://www.abigailalleman.com
It'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 who have no hope
- Are looking for encouragement about the reality of God's love
As my Daddy did, I give you the best I can, my prayers for you in the messiness of your life, from my own messy one.
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abigail Alleman (Abby :-)
http://www.abigailalleman.com
After 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 struggle.
- don't do a good job of cluing in on non-verbal communication.
- need to be reminded of the primary place of compassion in listening.
- desire to love and therefore listen like Jesus--loving the whole person.
I got the 10 tips for listening well from this website:
https://www.skillsyouneed.com/ips/listening-skills.html
Trust you will be blessed in these reminders!
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abigail Alleman (Abby)
http://www.abigailalleman.com
In 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 listen to you
- Want some practical tips to help you listen better (and to share with others)
I trust this series will bless you! It has blessed me to prepare it for you.
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abigail Alleman (Abby)
http://www.abigailalleman.com
In 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 God in all things
No matter where you are at, I believe there is something here for you today...hope you listen in.
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abby (Abigail Alleman)
http://www.abigailalleman.com
In 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 Alleman (Abby)
http://www.abigailalleman.com
In 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 @ abigail.alleman@gmail.com to hear more about a Listening Prayer class I am teaching next Fall.
- Kendra Adachi: Lazy Genius Podcast and 'The Lazy Genius Way' book
Be blessed friend!
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abby (Abigail)
http://www.abigailalleman.com
**In 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-life journeyer, and friend,
Abigail (Abby)**http://www.abigailalleman.com
In 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
In 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 your 2021 is filled with the peace and presence of God.
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abby
http://www.abigailalleman.com
As 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 after we celebrate Christ's birth.
- have ever doubted that there is hope after Christmastime.
- want to have a fresh perspective going into the New Year.
With love this post-Christmas, pre-New Year and always,
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abby :-)
http://www.abigailalleman.com
In 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 the love held in the wooden manger come to make the love found on a wooden cross all the greater.
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abby
http://www.abigailalleman.com
In 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 season in a thoughtful way
- long for the coming fulfillment of a new heaven and a new earth
Trust these minutes will bless you richly!
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abby
http://www.abigailalleman.com
As 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 Have Dreamed' the song which I share the lyrics of...
Your fellow messy-life journeyer, and friend,
Abby
http://www.abigailalleman.com
Today 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 and friend,
Abby
http://www.abigailalleman.com
Today 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, Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abby
http://www.abigailalleman.com
In 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
**Today 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.
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abby
http://www.abigailalleman.com
In 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 the fountain of grace.
- are looking for encouragement to rest.
It's such a delight to be with you each week. I am thankful for you!
Your fellow messy-life journey and friend,
Abby
http://www.abigailalleman.com
In 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 privilege lightly.
Your fellow messy-life journeyer, and friend,
Abby
http://www.abigailalleman.com
In 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 shame.
Thank you for sharing a few minutes of your life with me!
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abby
http://www.abigailalleman.com
In 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, to forgive
- Are in love with the Gospel
May you be blessed today friend by true forgiveness!
Check out my newly re-designed website by using the link below!
I would love to meet you here, next time.
Your fellow messy-life journeyer, and friend,
Abby (Abigail Alleman)
http://www.abigailalleman.com
In 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...next time.
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abby (Abigail)
http://www.abigailalleman.com
**Today'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
**In 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 disappointments
**I hope we meet here today and next time too...
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abigail (Abby)**http://www.abigailalleman.com
After some of my own, literal, messy travels up and down the east coast, I am happy to be back in this space. Trust you are well as I share all things about messy traveling -- literal and figurative -- for we're all together on this 'long road home.'
Listen in if you:
- Can relate to long road trips or plane trips or canoe trips...
- have ever really wanted to get somewhere
- have wondered if you will get there
- long for an end in sight of this messy traveling
- want to know you aren't on this road alone
Trust today will bless you and you receive a hug from me and my team (i.e. kids not being too loud so I can record 😅) on this long road home.
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abby
http://www.abigailalleman.com
**Today, I take a look from little child to grown-up in one of the hardest, yes messiest things: Waiting.
Listen in If you:**
- Are waiting for something ;)
- Need perspective on what waiting really means.
- Need to hear again what is most important.
- Want to remember face-to-face with God is our great prize
- Are seeking to navigate deep pain, like grief
- Have hardness in your heart from unfulfilled expectations
I trust you will be encouraged and touched by hope as you wait because you have spent a few minutes at the ML ML podcast :-)
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abby
http://www.abigailalleman.com
**Welcome Friend!
Today I talk about the messy ways of questions, how I learned to ask them, and all they have brought to me in the process.
Listen in if you:**
- have struggled to ask questions of God
- have struggled NOT to ask questions of God
- wonder what His silence in questions is all about
- long to grow in understanding who God is
- long to grow in authentic relationship with God
- long to grow in your intimacy with God
**May you be both challenged and encouraged through today's episode!
Your fellow messy-life journeyer, and friend,
Abby**http://www.abigailalleman.com
In this episode I talk about a recent series of 'messy yeses' and where they led me. I am so thankful for the gift they brought and I want to invite you into the joy of living, yes, you guessed it, in the mess.
Listen in:
- if you have ever been in a situation you feel ill-equipped for
- if you want to receive encouragement in how to live your life
- if you know you are a mess and think that disqualifies you
- if you struggle to see Jesus in everyday life
- if you want to pray for me and the women I met and talk about here
May you know beautiful messy yeses today and always,
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abby
http://www.abigailalleman.com
In this episode I talk about how happy things can and do become sad things and what do we do with this mess? It's a gritty way to walk, but, in sharing my story, I want you to know that you're not alone.
Listen in if you:
- need to know you are not alone in your grief
- struggle to know how to grieve
- wonder why grief is important
- want to know if God cares about you and your grief
- would like to receive encouragement in the process of your grief
- want to be able to offer hope to someone who is grieving
I pray these will be minutes well spent and your takeaways are valuable.
I would love to catch you next time!
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abby
http://www.abigailalleman.com
Happy Father's Day to all the Amazing Dads out there!
I went unscripted today...
Listen in if you:
- Need to remember how perfect messy can be.
- Need to remember God's perfect love.
- Need to see again how messy we all are.
- Are invested enough in my life to hear an update.
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abby
http://www.abigailalleman.com
Today, I talk about our true heart's desires for our own lives and our world. These days have challenged that greatly, yet our desires remain. Because we are made for them.
Listen in:
- If you've wondered if you'll ever experience your heart's desire.
- If these days are messing with your faith.
- If you aren't sure what your heart's desire is.
- If you want to hear some thoughts from God on the matter.
- If you long for Heaven.
I trust you would consider this time well spent as we look together at the desires we are made for...
Your fellow messy-life journeyer,
Abby
abigailalleman.com
Today, I have the distinct honor of sharing an interview with Author Molly Huffman whose book, 'The Moon is Round: A True Story of Extraordinary Loss, Grief and the Fight for Faith' **just released this week. Her story will challenge, inspire and bring tremendous hope.
Listen in if you:**
- Have ever felt like you are alone in your pain
- Have ever felt like you couldn't take one more thing
- Have ever felt like your pain is wasted
- Have ever felt like walking away from God because of your grief
- Love a good story of faith
**I am so blessed to share Molly with you today. Only God can write such a beautiful story and we give all glory to Him for Molly's life and her courage to share it. Trust you are blessed!
Your fellow messy-life journeyer,
Abby**http://www.abigailalleman.com
Today's podcast is inspired by the series 'the Chosen' **(google play app link, also can be found for IPhone) that my family and I just finished watching. We were so captivated by it, it's made us feel closer to Jesus and all he did on earth, ultimately, dying for us and this whole broken world.
Listen in if you:**
- hunger to feel closer to Jesus
- have been struggling with ungratefulness
- feel many worries in these days
- want to remember why you need Jesus' strength
- have forgotten that He truly sees you
**I trust that today's episode will bless and encourage you. Jesus truly does understand ALL of the struggles of our lives, and He is so ready to meet us in them!
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abigail (abby)*abigailalleman.com* On Instagram: @abigail.alleman**
How are you friend? These days are trying, aren't they? Do you wonder if there can be any blessing in them, or what those blessings might be? I have some thoughts and share them with you on this podcast.
Listen in if you:
- cannot take another moment of quarantine.
- feel like you're alone in how to do this season of life.
- don't want to hear a 4-step process, nice and tidy.
- have hope that maybe there is a rainbow of promise in this.
I trust your time spent with this podcast will be time well spent!
Your fellow, messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abby
http://www.abigailalleman.com
Today, I had the great privilege of having my twin sister, Sara on the podcast! We bantered a bit about the messiness of it and hopefully said some encouraging things about being twins!
Listen in if you:
- Are a twin or know a twin (so basically everyone should listen in)
- Have ever doubted how uniquely you are made
- Have ever wondered what it would be like to be a twin
- Just want to be reminded of how our messy lives show God's mighty love
So blessed to have you join in today!
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abigail
http://www.abigailalleman.com
In this episode I share the journey God has me on, in these unique days, to understand more deeply my scarcity mentality and His desire for my true abundance. You may be surprised, challenged, but I pray you are deeply encouraged.
Listen in if you:
- Think more about what you don't have than what you DO have
- Feel you have more time in these days but aren't getting anywhere
- Believe God wants less than your abundance
- Need to be healed from pains of childhood lack
- Would like to spend time in lament over the death of Ahmaud Arbery (at the end of the episode)
I truly hope and pray the few minutes you spend with me on this topic, you would consider time well spent where God enters in and touches you.
With love, your fellow messy-life journeyer,
Abigail
abigailalleman.com
**Welcome! In today's episode we go back to a messy story about my twin sister, a neighbor friend and I when we were about 8. It's something we can laugh about then but it was...YOU GUESSED IT...a BIG MESS then!
Listen in if you:**
- Need a bit of homespun joy found in childhood stories
- Want a jump start to remembering your own story
- Tend to forget about how much you have been loved in your life
- Have really hard childhood memories, but want to find God's love even there
- Would like to share a few minutes with your kiddos listening in to something good
**Thank you for spending a few precious minutes with me. I trust you will consider them time well spent. It is a great privilege to me that you would be here with me and I won't take it for granted.
Your fellow messy-life journeyer,
Abby ☺**http://www.abigailalleman.com
On today's episode, I have the treat of interviewing my friend, who is a newly published author, Gina Butz (follow link for Gina's book on amazon). Gina's book and the wisdom she shares here are all about navigating messy transitions or changes. And don't we all need that!
Listen in if you:
- are experiencing change or transition (hello, EVERYONE :)
- need the reminder that it is ok to be a mess
- want to hear a testimony of mighty love in messy life
- have ever gone through a big move or life change
- like to hear about a book before you buy it;)
- want to be encouraged that you are NOT ALONE!
So, thankful to be a host this week and experience community while recording this podcast!
Your fellow messy-life journeyer,
Abby
http://www.abigailalleman.com
**I wanted to take the opportunity to do a special Easter Messy Life Mighty Love Podcast. The truth of Jesus' sacrifice and all that accomplished is the heart of MESSY LIFE MIGHT LOVE. This podcast would not exist if Jesus weren't real.
Listen to this podcast if you:**
- Need to look freshly at the death of Jesus
- Need to look freshly at the resurrection or ultimate victory of Jesus
- Want to take a few minutes to 'go there' on this weekend
- Are wondering how this Easter will be with all that's going on
- Aren't sure about all of it, but want to hear a believer's perspective
**I truly pray this weekend is blessed. I am praying for that, dear listener, right now.
Your fellow messy-life, mighty-love journeyer,
Abigail**http://www.abigailalleman.com
**Today, I share a little more deeply about the isolation which led me straight into the darkest, most gut-wrenching time of my life. My heart in today's podcast is to see the wilderness and desert of our isolation turn into the beautiful promises of Isaiah 51:3:
" For the LORD comforts Zion,
He comforts all of her waste places,
And makes her wilderness like Eden,
Her desert like the garden of God.
Joy and gladness will be found in her,
Thanksgiving and the voice of song."
Listen in today:**
- If you have ever believed a lie about yourself
- If you are struggling with feeling alone, especially in these days
- If you long for deeper communion with God, but wonder how to begin
- If you need to hear someone's own journey to know you are, indeed, not alone
- If you want some tracks to run to get you through these isolating days
**I trust the few minutes you take to listen will be a blessing to your heart and a comfort to your soul.
Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend,
Abby:-)**http://www.abigailalleman.com
**Welcome to the Messy Life Mighty Love Podcast!!
Special thanks to my niece for the re-brand! Love you!
Today we talk about our messy homes, literally and figuratively. We also look at the purpose and gift that can be found in them in these incredibly unique days!
Listen in if you:**
- Wonder if these days of everyone at home, or nearly everyone, can be good or beautiful.
- Are thinking of your messy home more than mighty memories.
- Want to be thankful for health, but don't know how to show it.
- Need a reminder that you are not alone in these days.
- Ever made donuts with your mom, or did something else messy with her or your Dad!
- Would like to hear of someone else's messy 'what was I thinking?' moments.
**It is my hope and prayer that these few minutes you spend with me you would consider them well spent...
With mighty love to you!
Your fellow messy-life journeyer,
Abby:-)**abigailalleman.com
Today, I talk about something I spent 10 years doing--playing lacrosse goalie. As with many things, it isn't until you really look at these past experiences, often messy, that you see the mighty love of God breaking through, then and now. And, while there really are lessons for my own life, there are lessons for us all as we live out these uncertain days.
Listen if you feel:
- you need to remember what God has taught you.
- you need to remember what God has brought you through.
- your story isn't something you lean on.
- afraid and are looking for an anchor in these days.
- it is hard to believe you have the strength to face what is coming.
- you need to remember the faithfulness of God.
I truly consider it a privilege for you to share a few minutes of your day with me! May God bless your heart richly because of this Messy Life Mighty Love podcast!
Your fellow messy-life journeyer,
Abigail
abigailalleman.com
**Today is a day where we just open it all up...my messy fear, and yours. I share with great compassion for you and your journey and just how hard it is to live in these days amidst a petrified world.
Listen in if you:**
- Have ever, even a little, struggled with fear (so, yes, this is for everyone)
- Have felt shame for your fear
- Feel fear right now, especially with Covid-19 (the coronavirus)
- Wonder how the Word of God truly helps us, especially with fear
- Want encouragement for your life as God's beloved
- Want to look poignantly at our Savior, Jesus
**I trust God will meet you in this little longer, 13 minute, podcast. I truly count it a privilege to walk a tiny bit of your life today with you!
Your fellow messy-life journeyer,
Abby :)**http://www.abigailalleman.com
In this episode, I go deeply into the pain of our messes. I do this through sharing about my, at times, very strained relationship with my Mother, even while I seek to honor her beautiful legacy. Sound messy?
Tune into this episode if you have ever felt:
- Strained in your own family relationships
- You were alone in your own unique mess
- You wanted to bury the messy and just move on
- You aren't sure you can trust God with the deep messes
- Like Jesus is far away
I hope if you join me in this podcast, you will feel like it has been a few minutes well spent.
Your fellow messy-life journeyer,
Abigail Alleman
http://www.abigailalleman.com
Today, I make a sharp departure from using metaphors with yummy food. Instead I use metaphors related to manure, yep, manure. It has always been my 'smell of home' and of a love mightier than the thrones of many kingdoms.
Listen in if...
- You are a farmer or appreciate farming ;)
- You think you have things in your life that just stink.
- You want to find perspective on these things.
- You are willing to hear from a gentle voice.
- You are struggling with mental illness or know someone who is.
- You have a significant hardship and you're hurting.
- You are looking for hope!
Here's my website: abigailalleman.com There are free resources for your journey!
Blessings today and always,
Abigail (Abby) Alleman
Today I talk about two of my favorite meals my mama, now nearly 18 years since she went Home, used to make. Although it can by cheesy (haha) to talk about lasagna and baked ziti and what we can learn from them, I have found we truly can see a lot about ourselves. Truly, the messy things in our lives, on every level, have much to teach us about the nature of God's mighty love and all of the ways He chooses to reveal it.
Listen if you need:
- encouragement around the homespun things in your life
- to remember the gift of people who have served you messy food
- a reminder that it's not about having it all together
- grace for today
Thanks so much for giving me 10 minutes of your time! I don't take that gift lightly!
Abby :-)
In this episode, we take a step back and look at 'messy' from the mouth and heart of a two year-old. In the end, we find how 'messy' describes us, and our first parents, well. We all lose our way and end up in some or many messes, yet there is a Mighty Love breaking through, with a plan to rescue us when we are helpless to clean ourselves up. It's a heartwarming, and yet so much more, kind of story. My favorite. Listen in!
Intro: “Messy Life. Mighty Love.” Podcast
Hello, welcome to the ‘Messy Life. Mighty Love.’ Podcast. I am Abby, your host, storyteller, fellow journeyer and friend.
Life is Messy. It’s like that scrumptious lasagna, whose pieces spill out and slide all over and possibly get on fingers and for a little, or not-so-little one, around the mouth, on the shirt and perhaps pants too. But this mess is also full of love. And it’s a mighty love like the one filling the hands and heart which made the lasagna.
Life is also messy like manure. To the nose unfamiliar it is simply the stinky poop of a cow. But to someone like me who grew up surrounded by manure on the dairy farm my family worked, it is the smell of home and of a love mightier than the thrones of many kingdoms.
Yes, truly, Life IS messy, but it is equally mighty in love.
In this Messy, Mighty podcast I want to open my life and ask you to jump right in with me. Whether its scrumptious lasagna or stinky manure, I want to lead you to the love found in every part of our messy lives.
When I first thought of starting a podcast, I was going to focus on my most recent, tragically messy journey with bipolar disorder. I was going to push hard into the blood and guts of it and lead you, the listener, to the very real hope I have found amid mental illness.
But, when I thought more and prayed, I realized this would be a disservice to you and me. You see, although I have fought hard these past five years and have won true hope, a big part of my healing has come through remembering the whole of my story. It has come through seeing my life like that mighty ‘oak of righteousness’ Isaiah prophesies about for the people of God. It has come through a good God showing me how the soil of my tender little heart which first trusted Him has grown many, many roots branching out below and producing fruit above. Its not a proud thing to see it this way, its an identity-in-God and life in Him which cannot be shaken, come hell or high-water kind of thing. This perspective has been essential for my own healing and I believe, it is essential for your healing too.
To understand the dark hand of mental illness, it’s pivotal to recognize how it slices through brains and hearts and spirits building the case that it is all a person is. I know it has done that to me. And nothing was messier then when I ended up in a mental ward in Budapest, Hungary. Then, just one week after my release, we left a life my three kids, husband and I loved one week after I got out of the hospital. It was an unbelievable, tragic mess. And the steel fist of bipolar disorder threatened to level me for good.
Yet, I found a precious paradox, the most glorious hope in that mess. A Mighty Love which the depths of hell, and the broken mess of a fallen world could never, ever destroy.
And it has emboldened me to grow stronger and stronger as I own my story and look at all the messes of my life, both big and small, and find the mighty love therein. For here, I know, I, and maybe, just maybe, you too, will be healed.
So, each Thursday, beginning next week, you will find a new episode. Here I will share a story from my messy life and lead us to the mighty love therein.
Whether you struggle with mental illness, like me, or a chronic illness or a rebellious child or strained family relationships or any other kind of deeply painful mess, I hope you will be reminded of times outside of this current mess. Times inside of your story when the love of someone which reflected the mighty love of God, can truly be seen. In this faithfulness, that I partake of through sharing my story, I also offer to you with loving hands.http://abigailalleman.com