3D Women Need a 3D God ( And a Great Giveaway!)

Years ago,  I was on a journey to discover true healing and forgiveness and learning to accept and embrace how much God loves me (despite me!). I felt stuck in a rut in my heart and my life, even though I knew God probably had plans for me based on what I’d read in His Word.

It was during that season of life where through a series of divinely designed occurrences, God led me to volunteer at the Charlotte NC Pregnancy Resource Center (I share more about this experience in my book Your Life Still Counts)

I had volunteered there for several months as a counselor before being asked by the PRC Director to consider becoming a bible study leader for a class they were going to begin offering, called Surrendering the Secret. My lips desperately wanted to say no, but something (or I should say, Someone) in my spirit made me say yes instead.

Little did I know that through reading that book and watching the accompanying DVD bible study series,  God would mend the final healing stitches into my broken heart. I thought I was reading the book/study in order to prepare myself to help other hearts find mending, but God had plans for completely mending my heart instead.

The author of that book and study was Pat Layton, who at the time was a total stranger to me .. just another beautiful woman of God who wrote a great book and who I watched preach and teach on a DVD … but she became a woman who God used to help heal and transform my heart in ways I never thought could happen. 

A couple years later, Pat and I crossed paths at a ministry conference, and have been friends and fellow ministry sisters ever since. She is a precious woman of God, just like the one I saw on the video all those years ago, but now I have the privilege of knowing her and her heart on a personal basis. I am so thankful that she followed God’s call on her life so that she could speak truth into mine, and now we can serve Him together.

Recently, Pat published a new book, titled Life Unstuck: Finding Peace with Your Past, Purpose in Your Present, Passion for Your Future, and I admit I couldn’t wait to share it with you! I pray her words will bring you hope and healing and excitement about who you are in Christ. Please take a moment to read a word from my friend Pat .

To enter to win a free copy of Life Unstuck, read Pat’s devotion below, and then leave a comment sharing what it means to you to know that God sees and knows everything about us, but relentlessly loves us still and doesn’t want us to stuck in the muck of life.

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Oh Lord, you have searched me and you know me. Psalm 139:1

LifeUnstuckI grew up in a home with three sisters, in addition to a mom and a female dog named Missy. I have spent the past twenty-five years of my life in full-time women’s ministry.

My slightly “unscientific” conclusion is that we are truly 3-D women.

My philosophy is that at any given moment we are either dizzy, desperate, or digging. Sometimes we accomplish all three in a day, sometimes all in the same minute, but I have decided that all women are 3-D. Don’t believe me? I bet you that one or more of these “Ds” describes your life right now.

Dizzy: Dizzy women live life in a perpetual spin cycle. Constantly juggling the unforgiving demands of life – children, jobs, husbands, responsibilities – the dizzy woman has no time to even ponder what God thinks of her. Dizzy women search for unstuck peace.

Desperate: Desperate women seek God with every fiber of their being. Such women are in a place so intense, so painful, so seemingly hopeless that only God can rescue them. Desperate women search for unstuck hope.

Digging: Digging women just want more. Digging women can be dizzy and they can even be desperate, but they are also daring to dream of their purpose. Digging women search for unstuck answers.

Was I right? Can you see yourself in at least one of those descriptions? Womanhood is not an easy journey. I don’t know about you but I often feel the opposite of “searched” and “seen,” but rather feel invisible, completely unnoticed, like my life is just a vapor moving from one person’s neediness to another. But the truth is God does search you and He does know you. He knows your secrets and He still loves you without exception. In fact, to God—it is all about you.

I can honestly say that I had never (until I dug deep into Scripture), ever uttered the words “It’s all about me,” unless it was a joke. I want you to just stop for a minute and say those words yourself, out loud.

Say it: “It’s all about me.”
Say it: “God is all about me!”
Still don’t believe it? I can prove it! Jesus said so! “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly”. John 10:10 NKJV

Jesus is all about you. He left the holiness of heaven for you.

3-D God

Want some good news? The reason we all live as 3-D women is that you and I were created by and serve a 3-D God. He is not dizzy or desperate, but He is digging . . . for you! God used a pattern of Himself to create each one of us and we were fashioned after a three-dimensional God. The Bible uses some big words to describe our big God.

He is omniscient (all-knowing). Psalm 139 reveals a God who knows everything, at all times, for all time
He is omnipresent (ever-present). He is a God who is anywhere and everywhere all the time.
He is omnipotent (all-powerful). God is limitless in His power and is in complete control of all circumstances.

As women, we should be comforted knowing God’s eyes are always upon us, but I know sometimes we are not so sure. There have been many times in my life when I was not so sure God could see me, and even times when I didn’t want Him to see me. Yet when we are able to fully grasp the truth that God knows all our past, is keenly aware of our needs, is with us in the present, and holds every moment of our future, it is then we experience true freedom.

The truth is: When we see ourselves as God sees us, we will believe about ourselves what God believes about us. The good news is that God sees our sin and our running. He also sees us as we are meant to be. He holds us right now! True freedom begins with a 3-D God searching and knowing us as the 3-D women we are. We begin to live the abundant and free life Jesus wants for us when and only when we see what God sees in us and embrace who we are to Him.

Let’s allow ourselves to be searched and known—past, present, and future—by the one who truly sees us. To God, you are not invisible. You are not too broken, alone, or damaged to be seen through His eyes. You have not messed up too badly and you are not too far from His grip to be wrapped up in His loving arms.

Pat Layton,
Author, Life Unstuck (Revell, 2015)

Enter to win a copy of Life Unstuck! Leave a comment sharing what it means to you to know that God sees and knows everything about us, but relentlessly loves us still and doesn’t want us to stay stuck in the muck of life.

*The winner of Stressed-Less Living from Tuesday’s blog giveaway was Kellie Metzker, notified via email. 

82 Comments

  1. Angela on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 8:13 am

    This was awesome way to describe my life sometimes. Right now I am dizzy and digging to find my purpose so that I do not have to be so dizzy all the time.



  2. Tracy on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 8:21 am

    I feel comforted by God’s constant presence. The awareness of His love and guidance always helps lead the way…. Always



    • Phyllis on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 3:52 am

      I desperately want to believe that this is all true. Many times I find myself adding another”D”–doubting.



  3. heather on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 8:22 am

    Wow! That thought overwhelms me!
    I have struggled for so long with feelings of worthlessness, there was a time I could not believe that GOD loved me.
    HE has been doing quite a work in me lately. Though His word, books(like yours),friends and family GOD is showing me the truth: that He does truly love me!
    GOD will continue to walk with me on this road to healing 🙂



    • Pat Layton on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 3:50 pm

      Hi Kendra, I just said a little prayer for you. God sees you sister and knows the desires of your heart!!
      Hugs and blessings, Pat



  4. Kyndra on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 8:23 am

    It is liberating to me to know that God sees and knows everything about me, but still loves me. It used to scare me to be honest, but I now realize that God loves me in spite of me.



  5. Beth on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 8:26 am

    I would like to be able to give the most correct and spiritually glowing answer to “what it means to you to know that God sees and knows everything about us, but relentlessly loves us still and doesn’t want us to stay stuck in the muck of life.”. But I can’t right now. Because I’m not there. I ‘know’ how it should be. But I don’t truly _know_ / have difficulty imagining that truth.



    • Pat Layton on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 3:52 pm

      Beth–I honestly GET this. In fact was even feeling that way off and on while WRITING Life Unstuck. This is the deal–we know we can trust Him even when we can’t feel it. HE SEES YOU!!
      Psalm 139 is an awesome place to start seeing God like He sees you!
      Prayers and Blessings,
      Pat



  6. Lori on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 8:28 am

    Thank you for the reminder that God sees and knows everything about me. I have been stuck for some time and He knows exactly how I am feeling right now. It’s refreshing to let myself say…”God is all about me!”



  7. Paige E on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 8:29 am

    I’m certainly glad to know its not just me. I can be all three of these in one day. So that doesn’t mean I’ve lost my mind, am perpetually unsatisfied with my life (ugh, guilt!) or need to be medicated??? My perspective on life has changed so dramatically and I have come to accept that its not about me. Career, marriage, parenting… it seems to be one sacrifice after another and I’m finally ok with that. But it also seems to push my dreams under water or even worse, break them. I’ve broken up with more dreams than I can name. I’ve let them go. Maybe another season… Right now, so many people need me, it seems. I ask God daily to give me the strength to provide what everyone needs from me. I’m exhausted. I’m scared of failing and scared that I’ll always feel this tired. I’m terrified of missing the one thing God purposed me to do here. What if I go through my entire life and didn’t do what He wanted me to do?



  8. Sandee Story on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 8:34 am

    Beth, your words touch my heart because I have lived in that place for most of my life. But there is always hope. I’ve continued to dig for Him desperately and He is redeeming my pain at last. I feel a breath of fresh life-giving air and I am so grateful. I pray you will feel that same breath of hope.



  9. Allison Weaver on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 8:42 am

    Yes!! this perfectly describes my life.. I would like to say the stages, but stages seem to flow in a mannered pattern. I have been all 3 of these in the seasons of my life. currently I am digging.. digging. I must have more of Him; I cannot breathe without Him! He has brought me out of the deepest darkness and is using all those years of the tortured soul to heal others… which is truly what life is all about! I am so grateful!! and I’m so grateful that you are answering His call, too! blessings and thank you for being faithful and transparent!!! You will never know the depth of His healing power through you until you see Him face to face!



    • Pat Layton on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 3:54 pm

      Allison, I love your words–“I can’t breathe without Him”.
      Oh that they would always be my first spoken of the day…and my last!!
      Beautiful!
      Hugs,
      Pat



  10. Kellie on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 8:45 am

    I am in the desperate category for now! I know God has a plan and purpose for the pain yet I doubt, worry and fear! This battle between Believe and Unbelieve is constant daily!



  11. Becky on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 8:51 am

    Thank you for that message. I am definitely a 3-D woman. Constantly, desperately, digging to become the woman God wants me to be. I have learned so much this past year, and I am so grateful through all my hurt, and pain that I still feel God holding my hand and speaking to me. My life is incredibly overwhelming, but I would be more afraid if I didn’t have faith, and know God has a plan. I also know that He continues to put scripture, and women like you in my life to help me hear His Word through devotions. Devotions and words that come at a time that I am facing those very challenges. I am grateful and thankful that He finds me worthy, worthy of the great sacrifice He made for me, one I cannot even begin to repay. Yet, to know that great love for each of us is such a treasure. I love this Almighty God I serve!



  12. Sherri on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 8:52 am

    I really can relate to being a 3D women latley. Sometimes I am not sure I will ever be ok again…. And have the peace I used to have with God and with myself. One day as I was washing the dishes I felt like such a mess inside… Wondering if I would ever b ok again and a thought came to my mind that “God could handle my mess”.. It was immediately followed by another thought that “nothing I could do could make him love me more and nothing I could do could make him love me less.” I believe that God was trying to reassure me that all was not lost and I believe it in my head but have a hard time applying it in my heart…. but I want to be able to. It is encouraging to think that God ” IS” all about me… But sometimes hard to believe



  13. Jennifer A LeFebvre on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 8:58 am

    Knowing God sees everything I do, say, and think — shows He knows my needs even before I speak them. It also means that He will provide for me in ways I cannot even imagine. He is always there for me — even when I don’t want him to be. He lets me know I am loved at ALL times, not just when I do something good.



  14. Cathy on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 8:59 am

    The 3D description is perfect and right on! Thanks so much for the inspiration. I’m feeling so stuck right now for no reason that I can identify other than I just do not trust. Thanks for reinvigorating my faith in the possibility of the abundant life!



    • Pat Layton on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 3:55 pm

      Thank you Cathy–praying for YOUR Life UnStuck!!
      Blessings to you as you press in for ALL God promises my friend. Take nothing less!!
      Pat



  15. Dot on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 9:02 am

    Yep, I live in that spin cycle as I was desperately seeking God this morning and sharing that with Him. I press in, and it seems like I get caught up again in another tornado of a cycle of things to get done (I am a widow). It never stops. Except if I escape. Reading this devotion told me God knows it all, He jsut wants me. All of me. I am pressing in again . . . Thank you so much for sharing this.



    • lc on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 9:14 am

      I’m desperate for hope.
      I’d say dazed and confused, lost and stuck as well.
      I think it’s very interesting you said it’s all about you/me/us.
      While trying to rid myself of “false humility”, I’ve been repeatedly telling myself, “God loves me, but it’s not about me.”
      I soooo want to go deeper into this area and be Unstuck!
      Thank you for your words. Blessings to you~
      lc



  16. Dawn Deare on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 9:10 am

    This devotion is such a blessing. I am so thankful that God has led me to your blog, Tracie and to Pat Layton’s story. He gave you both such courage to share your stories and so many women are being touched by them including myself. I know that He is calling me to share mine with others and He has been for quite some time. We serve an awesome God that redeems us from our past and uses it for his glory!



  17. Christina B on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 9:11 am

    I can relate to the 3 D’s, especially dizzy. I’ve been ‘stuck in the muck’ for a long time, struggling with issues related to low self-esteem and feeling like I just can’t get it right. In my head, I know that God loves and treasures me, but despite all of my digging, I don’t always feel it in my heart. Thank you , Tracie and Pat, for your beautiful words of encouragement.



  18. linda on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 9:11 am

    Why is it soooo hard to accept that it’s all about me? Why, as women, do we fight it? What freedom to admit this is truly biblical!
    This IS indeed our father’s sentiment towards us.
    We are robbed when we think otherwise. Thank you for sharing this!!!!!

    Knowing that He knows me better than I know myself, that he actually understands better than I why I made THAT choice, why I said THAT thing, why I did WHAT I did, draws me closer to his unconditional love for me.

    The two of us against the “world”.

    He is ‘for me ‘and loves me in all my unworthiness.

    He doesn’t stand across the chasm of my sin, over pointed finger in judgment
    Instead He walks incomplete devotion with me saying, “This is the way, walk with me.



  19. Pamela on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 9:16 am

    I was doubtful I was a 3d woman, but here I am dizzy and digging with memories of desperate. What a confirt that God knows all our dimensions and loves us fully!



    • Pat Layton on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 3:56 pm

      Pamela, I completely agree. My week was bruised by a terminal diagnosis of a loved one. We are always moving in and out of DIZZY, DESPERATE AND DIGGING! Right?!!
      In His Grip–with you,
      Pat



  20. Jodi Breaux on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 9:20 am

    This devotional struck a chord in me that goes deep. I can remember even as a little girl looking for significant all my life. In my life as a wife, mom, and teacher, I do feel stuck and quite invisible, so it was difficult saying the words, “It’s all about me” because it hardly ever is. When things become all about me, guilt and shame rise up in me. Well, that surely is not from God. So I’m choosing today to believe His truth. Thank you for the encouraging words, Tracie. You seem to know what to say and right on time.



  21. Janet on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 9:21 am

    Explains exactly how I feel, now I have a name 3 D. I appreciate Pat’s insight that to God – it all about me. How refreshing and tearful to see this approach. The reminder that God is: omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent is helpful knowing that we are not too broken to be seen through His eyes.



  22. Lynn on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 9:24 am

    This is in direct opposite of what we are taught even in the church. In fact I’ve actually told my children, “it’s not all about you.” due to their being self centered.
    It felt weird having those words roll off my tongue “It’s all about me.” But it felt good too, because I do feel invisible every day.
    Thank you for this insight. I’d love to win this book to start “digging”.



  23. tamara on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 9:25 am

    Love this.. I feel so stuck in my circumstance and love that fact of looking at myself through God’s eyes. I can feel His love surrounding me and loving me and guiding to face another day and become the best child/daughter He would want me to be!



  24. Courtney on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 9:27 am

    I am totally the dizzy woman! It is awesome to know that God is pursuing me even when I’m totally consumed by my crazy life



    • Pat Layton on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 3:57 pm

      Hi Courtney, just loved the simplicity of your response 🙂 My life is DIZZY as well.
      Blessings in it today!!
      Pat



  25. jessie on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 9:33 am

    Its a great comfort to be reminded that nothing surprises God. He knows our needs before we even present them! He is there for us every step of the way



  26. Ellen Cole on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 9:36 am

    Gosh…it means that I don’t have to be perfect to be loved! I don’t have to be afraid to try anything new, because if I fail…it’s OKAY.



  27. Karen on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 9:38 am

    I didn’t realize it but I am definitely a 3D woman. I have things in my past that I am not so proud of. I know God has forgiven me and I know he has a plan for my life but I can’t hear or see it.



    • Pat Layton on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 1:05 pm

      Karen, I have been where you are!! Trust me–God wants to use your past to lead others to HIS future. I encourage you to do the work you need to do to get UNSTUCK and on the path to FREE LIFE!! It is so much fun!!
      Hugs,
      Pat



  28. Suzanne Shaw on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 10:18 am

    I really connect with this, because I have been all three of these at one time or another in my life. Right now I can gratefully say that I feel that I am the Digging Woman. The Lord has been opening doors for me to use my past to help others. I have been divorced twice. I am now a facilitator for DivorceCare, a wonderful Bible based study for those that are separated or going through a divorce. The Lord has taken those broken pieces of my life, with them He is continuing to help me shape my future and help others!



  29. Kristy on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 10:29 am

    It’s something like being on Survivor. And you’re nearly naked, dirty and sweaty. But now it’s time for the challenge. The one where you have to go through a maze to get the flag. And you have a guide, sitting in a booth overhead. Everyone is yelling. Your team is cheering. Your opponents are yelling wrong directions and trying to confuse you. And all you have to do is the hardest thing in the world: quiet all the other voices and listen to the one that can get you out of the maze safely.



  30. Lori A. on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 10:33 am

    This is mind blowing if you really think about it.



  31. Cj Denman on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 10:35 am

    Thank you for this post. I have been feeling very invisible for months now and wondering if God really does see me and this post has answered my question, at least intellectually that is. I feel I am all three of the D’s and really need to find peace.



  32. Suzette Buffa on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 10:39 am

    Some days I’m so dizzy- with life, work, home, children, responsibilities. I need the peace that only God can give, but sometimes it’s hard to stop…



  33. Nina Ruth on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 10:46 am

    I’m desperate…having had to file bankruptcy, receiving rejection after rejection on job applications, unmarried and childless, loss of my beloved dog…the list feels endless…but I’m DIGGING!! 🙂

    I know Whom I have believed in and am persuaded that He is ABLE!!



    • Pat Layton on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 1:05 pm

      Praying for you right now Nina!!
      Pat



  34. Barbara Gregory on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 11:11 am

    I want to believe this with my whole heart. It is so hard I am all three D’s and I want that to change



  35. Nita Davidson on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 11:33 am

    Such a relief to know how nam not the only when feeling “dizzy”!!! Your description of 3D women is so spot on!!! It is so rewarding and reassuring knowing we have a heavenly father to lean into and know he loves us 3D women!!!



  36. Martha T. on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 12:14 pm

    Excited to be reminded that God is 3-D!



  37. Trina Murphy on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 12:45 pm

    I, too, am that desperately, digging woman, especially after this last year. I lost my husband just 3 weeks short of our 22nd wedding anniversary in March, 2014. Though I have been a Christian since I was 12 years old, I have not truly lived it until now. Becoming a widow and single mother to two teenagers has given me a broader perspective on my life and how I really haven’t lived it the way I know I should. I am proud to say that I am a 3-D woman because it means that I am also admitting that I can’t and don’t do this life alone! Can’t wait to read the whole book!



    • Pat Layton on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 3:59 pm

      Oh my Trina–sometimes the pain seems more than we can bear. Remembering with you that God has us in His good grip. He sees, He knows, He cares for you sister!!
      My hugs and blessings,
      Pat



  38. Bethany on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 1:21 pm

    It is my everything….He is my Everything…,to know that He is El Roi. To know that He sees me, the good, the bad, and the ugly. And still holds me. Still pursues me. Still has my back. Still loves me. Still cheers me on. Still guides me. Still protects me. Still CHOOSES me. Not because He HAS to, but because He wants to. He is El Roi, and He sees me.



  39. Virginia on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 2:04 pm

    I feel like I am always dizzy and digging. I have been desperate at times. The idea of God seeing all of me is very comforting. It is wonderful to know that no matter what I am going through in life, no matter how much I hurt, someone is always there, loving me! Praise God!



  40. nancys1128 on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 3:00 pm

    I love the 3-D woman idea! And I can certainly be any or all dimensions at any given point in time. This book sounds like an excellent addition to my library. It will be a wonderful follow-up to my recent reads.



  41. Carla on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 3:21 pm

    I was very dizzy before losing my job. I am still desperate and digging for God and my purpose. I have felt too broken and scarred by my past to be worth anything to God. I feel invisible to God sometimes. I am still trying to accept God’s love and that I matter to Him. Prayer is usually me just crying at His feet wanting His love and acceptance. Some day, I hope to get to the place where I understand I already have that.



  42. Christy on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 4:42 pm

    Oh it means the world to me that God would & could possibly still use me after all my sin & damage for His great glory! Praise You, Jesus!



  43. Jane on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 5:21 pm

    It’s a good thing that He’s relentless…when I wander off the path, despair of finding solutions, forget that I belong to Him…He doesn’t.



  44. Christianne McCall on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 6:41 pm

    I feel like all three of the “D” words! I am still coming to grips with the fact that God loves me no matter what. I struggle to love myself and try to please everyone else to gain happiness. I have to pray for more faith that God is with me and that’s all I need.



  45. Hope on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 7:14 pm

    What an unfathomable thought…the Creator of all makes it all about me. Will I ever be able to fully comprehend His love for me? Will I ever be able to trust that He, in all is holiness, knows me completely—sins, flaws and all—and still He loves me unfailingly, pursues me relentlessly? How can it be? Oh I wish I could just meditate on this powerful, life-changing truth for days until it finally takes root.



  46. Amy on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 9:05 pm

    All about me….God is all about me? Oh how much I needed to hear that. To breathe it in and believe it. Thank you for sharing this message.



  47. Korrine on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 10:44 pm

    He knows your secrets and He still loves you without exception. In fact, to God—it is all about you.

    This provides me with such hope because I so often feel stuck in my afflictions and like God is not going to deliver me but I know that God is all about me!



  48. julie on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 10:53 pm

    Digging!! 🙂 for purpose and meaning. Praising God for today.



  49. Michelle Hass on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 12:39 am

    I lived for years thrashing around in the darkness of low self -worth , guilt and shame. When I was finally face down in the dirt and broken enough to hear the guidance of the Holy Spirit, God stepped in and turned my life upside down. Every morning I ask our Lord and Savior , where is it He will send me today. That muck was once crippling, but God called me to Rise and serve Him. The peace that I have found by humbling embracing my transparency is priceless. We were truly called to live unstuck. HE will never leave our sides. 1 Peter 2:21 To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.



  50. Pam Cruz on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 1:21 am

    Stuck in the muck. I am an eternal optimist and encourager, and i have met Jesus Christ.. He has done nothing but prove loving, tender, faithfulness.. how do I wind up in the muck? How do I remain in hope when stuck feels still and hope hurts? I know He has a plan for me… most of the time.. :/
    Love and blessings,



    • Pat Layton on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 1:08 pm

      xoxoxo Pam Cruz! I love you!!



  51. Debbie on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 2:22 am

    Thanks for the awesome blog post! I am reminded of a time several years ago when I was at my wit’s end, pretty much fed up with how I operate, plus the struggle to change poor habits and such. Feeling so down and helpless, I asked God. “What are you going to do with me?” I immediately heard, “I’m going to love you anyway.” 🙂 The moment was so powerfully embracing in God’s love for me and growing to know that I am His chosen, treasured, and dearly loved.



  52. Barbara on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 8:08 am

    God has brought me full circle on my own spiritual journey recently. I would like to give this book to a friend of mine that is defining her life purpose through her marriage and not seeing her true value as a woman of Christ. She is “Desperate” realizing that her life can have purpose through Jesus Christ.



  53. Liana on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 10:23 am

    Thank you! I need to read this again and sit with it and feel it. It is so comforting and I’ve felt so alone but I am not at all. I try to do my work for God but the 3 D’s pull me away. God bless!
    Liana



    • Pat Layton on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 1:08 pm

      Liana, I want to encourage you to BLOOM right within those 3D’s.
      Remember what the enemy means for evil God uses for good! Embrace the place you are in right now and He will take it from there!
      Blessings sister,
      Pat



  54. Sandi on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 10:33 am

    God has already been graciously working the peace for situations in my past and I recognize He still is.
    The last month God has let me know this is a problem. ” Desperate women search for unstuck hope” – With children graduating and my life being a stay at home mom, I am looking to see where God can really want this servant to use the unique talents He has put in her. There are times, sad to say, when tears flow and I listen to the lie that says the uniqueness that I felt and experiences in my early walk has melted away never to return.
    I am a digger though. My walk with God is relentless. Even though my last statement makes is sound as though I am in a rough place, I am not letting go. I will go deeper in my walk with God. The physical activities are uncertain. I will write, read and worship.
    Your last two posts have been spot on for me in my present walk. Thanks.



  55. Patricia Blomeley-Maddigan on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 11:00 am

    I am definitely a “desperate” woman. (Maybe I should re-phrase that…!) The description took my breath away. I am not sure how to move on from here

    Patricia



    • Pat Layton on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 1:06 pm

      Praying for you right now Patricia–God sees you and knows your every need.
      Blessings and cyber HUGS!
      Pat



  56. Susan on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 11:33 am

    Wow! This is the 2nd devotional I have read regarding her book and both have resonated with me. I would love to read more & use it to encourage other women. Thank you for sharing it with us. God bless!



  57. Dian on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 1:16 pm

    I’ve experienced and continue to experience all three stages (dizzy, desperate, and digging) on my life’s journey. With God’s guidance, I aspire to be more of a digger in search of my best self in Him. Until then (in the words of a popular song that I love), I am just thankful that God sees in me what I can be!!



  58. Stephanie on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 1:26 pm

    Thank you for sharing this post and book. I would love to read this book. It was very encouraging to be reminded that God is for me. Despite the 3Ds in my life God is in control and has my best interest in His hands. Thank you and God Bless!
    Stephanie



  59. Sheila on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 3:26 pm

    I so enjoyed reading your devotional post. My situation is this my husband of 25 years left me for a much younger women……15 years ago I see him at all the family get together we have a daughter who is 40 and a son who is 36….and we have 5 grandsons and 1 granddaughter. I have had about 5 falls in the past 12 years and I was living with my son and his wife and twin boys they moved to Iowa job transfer. So then I moved in with my daughter and her hubby and 4 kids. I do not have a house it was sold 12 years ago. So I always feel some what disconnected. I am 64 years old and feel kinda lost..Don’t get me wrong I love my kids a lot and so thankful to God for them. They have there own life to lead, I had foot surgery last fall 9 pins and 3 fusions. Still having problems with it . I know God loves been I have saved along time and go to a very wonderful church. I guess I can’t understand at this time in my life I have no husband to share life with. I thank God for being my “Daddy” I guess some where in the 3D’s I fit in….. Thank-you for listening. Love to all!!



  60. Vickie on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 5:01 pm

    I’m in the ‘digging’ phase of life and enjoying it immensely!



  61. Mandy P on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 5:31 pm

    Wow, how this spoke right to my heart! I have been a 3D woman for so long now, I didn’t even realize WHAT I was. This explains it perfectly. First, I became that during the last 2 years of my marriage while trying everything to save it. Then my dad became sick with Alzheimer’s and I left my job to help my mom with his care and other things that she could no longer manage. She became ill shortly after and passed away 5 months later. I take care of my dad now, with help, and deal with moms estate and things that need to be done. I have a son also who runs a business, is building a house, and relys on me for everything. His dad has never been much help. I have been having health issues lately. But I always put my family first. It’s who I am. I have been dizzy and desperate for as long as I can remember and have felt myself digging more and more this year…trying to find God and trying to find myself.



  62. Linda N on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 6:10 pm

    In public situations, I most often put on a happy face and brave front even when I may be feeling anything but happy and brave. I am so sure that if others knew the “not-pretty” about me, they wouldn’t really like me. So really getting it that God does know the “not-pretty” yet still loves, treasures, and values me is sometimes hard to grasp. As I spend more time studying God’s Word with fellow sisters in Christ, I’m starting to see that He delights in me and it almost crushes my heart with joy. Thanks for the chance to win a copy of Unstuck.



  63. Tricia on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 6:38 pm

    3D Woman; I think I have probably been each of these places at different times of my life. RIght now I feel like I am digging.



  64. Melba on Sunday, July 19, 2015 at 3:34 am

    I believe but Lord help my unbelief…. I have a tendency to let fear/ anxiety get in the way of living in the freedom He gives. How do I overcome my fears?



  65. Jennifer on Sunday, July 19, 2015 at 10:32 am

    I am definitely all 3-D. And my soul is tired from juggling it all – really need to learn to surrender it all to God.



  66. Dawnielle Alden on Sunday, July 19, 2015 at 10:45 pm

    It’s so comforting to know that God loves and accepts me just as I am but He is more than willing to help me become the Woman of God He designed me to be and that he can heal my shattered broken heart and soul.



  67. Jess F on Monday, July 20, 2015 at 5:12 pm

    Am definitely all 3D, I need to remember that God has me in His hands.



  68. Deb on Monday, July 20, 2015 at 6:48 pm

    Love the truth of “it’s all about me”. As I’ve learned to live in God’s love for me, it has been transformational! Would love a copy of the book!



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