Welcome to the Be Encouraged! Podcast. I am your host, Jackie Brindle and you are listening to the Believe Series. This is a seven part series. Today is episode # 5 in the Believe Series.

This episode is so special! I believe there is something beautiful about the start of something new, thinking about how things began, and dreaming up how the story will end.

Recently, I’ve been doing a deep dive into my family tree — asking questions I wish I had asked my grandmother when she was still here. Things I didn’t think mattered when I was 17… but now, at 40, I find myself longing to know where I came from and why it matters.

But as I searched for the beginning of my story, it stirred something deeper in me — a curiosity about the beginning. Who wrote all of this? Who dreamed me up before I ever existed?

Have you ever asked these questions before? Have you ever wrestled with God with things you don't understand that happened to us in life or in the Bible, too?

This episode of the BE ENCOURAGED Podcast is personal. It’s a reflection on identity, legacy, and the One who authored it all — God. From Genesis to today, He’s been writing a story of redemption, new beginnings, and purpose… even in the messy parts.

If you’re in a new season — expected or not — I pray this reminds you: God is in the new. He’s in the unknown. He’s in the questions. And He’s not afraid of your wrestle.

Ask Him. Seek Him. I promise, He’ll meet you there. 🤍

Matthew 7:7-8 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be open to you. For anyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and the one who knocks the door will be opened."

Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight"

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