Episode #57: Abiding in Christ through Rest, Solitude, and Prayer with Wendy Blight

The Refuge Podcast with Jennifer Elwood

Wrapping up the interviews for Season 3 of the podcast is one of my favorite Proverbs 31 writers, Wendy Blight. I met Wendy on the ‘red bus’ in Israel in 2015 and I’m so thankful to connect with her all these years later.

If you followed the podcast last year, you’ve noticed God pointing me towards a greater understanding and experience of rest. So when I saw Wendy’s new book announced, Rest for Your Soul: A Bible Study on Solitude, Silence, and Prayer, I had to know more.

During our time together we discussed:

• A reminiscence about our time in Israel
• how she was led to write a Bible study on this topic
• Her process of abiding in Christ as she healed from overwhelming anxiety
• The importance of renewing our minds with Scripture repeatedly in order to retrain our brains to focus on Jesus and not circumstances
• What the reality of rest, solitude, and prayer feels like and the benefits to our minds and hearts from regularly
• The verse that inspired her writing of this book: Psalm 46:10, “He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth” (NIV).

Stay tuned for next week’s episode when I deep dive into Psalm 46:10 with Lynn Cowell.

Wendy’s bio: Wendy is a wife, mother, author, Bible teacher, attorney, and the Biblical Content Specialist for Proverbs 31 Ministries. Her heart's desire is to connect women more deeply with God's Word. To learn it, pray it and know with confidence they can tackle any problem life presents through it.

Wendy has a new release coming out in August, "Rest for Your Soul: A Bible Study on Solitude, Silence & Prayer." She’s authored four other books, Hidden Joy in a Dark Corner, Living So That, I Know His Name and 1 John: Walking in the Fullness of God’s Love. Wendy has been a featured guest on Oprah Radio, The 700 Club, Family Life Today with Dr. Dennis Rainey, Revive Our Hearts with Nancy Leigh DeMoss and Building Relationships with Dr. Gary Chapman. Wendy lives with her husband, Monty, in Charlotte, North Carolina and loves most when her children, Lauren, Morgan and Bo come home to visit and fill their home with lots of love and laughter!

You can follow her journal at www.wendyblight.com, Instagram, and Facebook.