HOST: Jen Guidry Introduction: On today’s episode of the 10Gs Podcast (grit, gifts, goodwill, guts, goals, God, glory, growth, gratitude, and being genuine), I’m talking about the topic of becoming weak so we can grow stronger. My world has been a roller coaster of emotions after my last post-hospital care visit to the hematologist. Today I’m...Read More

About a month and a half ago, I got stabbed by a stingray while down in Port Aransas. I was just entering the water, about to go float on a boogie board. Minding my own business, not worrying about a thing, I slowly walked out into the water. I was about 40 feet in when...Read More

Loan officers across the country are facing unprecedented challenges through the COVID-19 pandemic, but with these challenges, comes extraordinary opportunity. For Jennifer Guidry, this year also presented personal challenges, with a major health scare taking her out of commission during one of the busiest times the mortgage industry has ever seen. Rather than let these...Read More

God puts it on our hearts to commune with Him on behalf of other people. “I will pray for you” we say, but do we actually do it? I feel like most times, it has become more lip service than anything. We say it, but it isn’t real because there is no follow through. As...Read More

Let us never forget… Where we were when we first heard about the attack on our great nation. The shock, the hurt, the anger, the sadness and the tears. Let us never forget how we came together as one nation under God and we were indivisible. Let us never forget those who lost their lives...Read More

She was standing at the doorway of the next chapter of her life. She paused and wondered how many other people in the world were about to do the same thing. Millions, she guessed to herself. Millions of people were at a threshold where there lives were about to change dramatically.  Some are aware of...Read More

One of the things that I have been doing to keep myself busy during my downtime is completing a good old fashioned paint by number. They are making a comeback, ya know! My mom reminded me that my grandparents used to have them in their house when I was young but they were mostly of...Read More

There is a passage in the Bible (Luke 10:39-42) about two sisters – Martha and Mary. To paraphrase, the story goes a little something  like this… Jesus comes into a town called Bethany. He goes to Martha’s house and she basically spazzes out like most of us do when someone important is coming over. She...Read More

Which would you rather have: A miracle or the ordinary? Unfailing love or conditional love? Supernatural or normal? Freedom or slavery? Forgiveness or punishment? Hope or despair? Truth or lies? Grace or judgment? Unchanging and absolute promises or relative truth? Victory or defeat? Strength when weary or frailty? Plans to prosper or failure? The knowledge...Read More

In the tranquil moments before sunrise, I lie in bed, wide awake with tears running down the sides of my eyes into my hair. I am laying there just looking up into a ceiling that I cannot see. Waiting. A million things run through my mind that kept me stirring all night…never quite letting me...Read More