Who Do You Want to Become This Fall? A Question Worth Asking First
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Takeaways
- Whether your summer was full or hard, it wasn't wasted. God meets us in every season, and guilt over an imperfect summer doesn't make it any less valuable.
- Instead of asking what you want to accomplish this fall, ask who you want to become. Busyness doesn't build character, it reveals it.
- Before fall's pace takes over, decide now which rhythms you want to protect (quiet time with God, family dinners, evening walks) and which distractions you want to leave behind (comparison, people-pleasing, your phone).
In this episode of Find the Joy, Courtney closes out summer with an honest look back before stepping into fall. She celebrates the season her family just lived, from summer rec baseball and swimming lessons to her kids running wild and free-range across the farm, and invites listeners to do the same: write down a favorite memory, print a photo, hold onto what made this summer good before it's gone.
But Courtney doesn't stop at the highlight reel. She turns to the women whose summer looked different, the ones who worked more than they rested, who carried doctor's appointments, financial stress, grief, or lost patience more than they'd like. Her message to them is direct: that summer wasn't wasted. God meets us in every season, even the hard ones, and the guilt that convinces us an imperfect season wasn't valuable simply isn't true.
From there, Courtney reframes how to walk into fall. Rather than asking what you want to accomplish or how much you can get done, she challenges listeners to ask who they want to become, because busyness doesn't determine character, it reveals it. She walks through three questions to carry into the new season: what rhythms do I want to protect, what distractions do I want to leave behind, and where is God inviting me next. The episode closes with a prayer for fall, asking for a heart that trusts God's plan, finds beauty in small everyday things, and holds onto the promise of a brand new beginning each morning.
Key Topics Covered:
- Looking back on summer with an honest eye, the good and the hard
- Releasing guilt over a season that didn't go as planned
- Shifting from "what do I want to accomplish" to "who do I want to become"
- Protecting rhythms and releasing distractions heading into fall
- A closing prayer for the new season