Ep 249 Living the Grace-filled Life with Jennifer Sakata

Do you struggle with perfectionism or being really busy—just to prove yourself to someone even if that someone is God? Jennifer Sakata is my guest today and she's got some great things to say about busyness, rest, childhood hurt, surrender and grace—because grace covers it all. 

Jennifer, founder of the Living the Grace Life Podcast, speaker, writer, wife and mother of two boys (and two in heaven) is learning all things grace and you will be blessed with how and what she's continuing to learn since we all know we are in process! (That's grace!)

Jennifer helps busy and distracted women overcome the overwhelm of doing more; so they can receive God’s grace to live God’s grace. Her favorite moments as a workshop and retreat leader are those thin-veiled glimpses when someone recognizes Gods grace rewriting their story.

Some gems from our conversation today:

• The three P's of perfectionism, performance and productivity ran my life until I realized I needed to embrace the grace of salvation for my everyday life.
• When I feel ill-equipped to do the next thing and run to God, that's when I see incredible things take place and that's all grace. 
• Busyness with myself at the center is not how God created me to live.
• There's a big difference between being busy with a purpose to serve and glorify God and being busy to prove my worth or solidify my identity.
• Psalm 139 reminded me of my worth before God long before I did anything worthy.
• We need rest to reconnect with God, His love and His true purposes for our daily lives. 
• Jesus became my safe place as a child when I didn't feel protected in my home in my home of origin.

 

 

Jennifer's free resource can be found HERE: Living the Grace Life: One Prayer at a Time 

As well as: 10 Ways to Add More Grace to Your Life

Website: https://jennifersakata.com/

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Podcast: Living the Grace Life