Simply Blessed: Finding Joy in the Little Things

by Kim Chaffin

Overview

Enjoy each day with God

Why study the Bible? Who are the patriarchs? Am I really saved? Is there a special way to pray? New believers have many questions. But even the most experienced believers can overcomplicate life and fill the day with more busyness than meaning. Often the little things of life show us the true character of God. In Him we can find joy and blessing if we are willing to look.

Simply Blessed contains thirty-one heartfelt devotional stories for the woman seeking to know God for who He is: a loving God who longs to have a relationship with her. Kim focuses on the foundation of a woman’s faith, tackling issues she faces on a daily basis and providing joyful and practical lessons for a woman’s heart.

Discover a God of relationship not religion. He is never too busy. In the humorous, frustrating, and mundane parts of life, God is pouring out His love on you.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781424556038
Publisher:	BroadStreet Publishing Group, LLC
Publication date:	01/01/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

God is in the everyday moments that many people overlook. This is where Kim Chaffin finds lessons from God, practical lessons that find their way from her heart to her keyboard. Kim created Heartfelt Ramblings of a Midlife Domestic Goddess® to help people see that God doesn’t ask us to be religious, but he wants to have a relationship with you and me. He is comfortable, like a pair of fuzzy socks or pajamas that feel so good after a long day.

Priest Lake, Idaho, is Kim’s favorite place to write. She cherishes summer days spent at the lake. Beyond the pages of Simply Blessed, Kim is a contributor for the Whatever Girls Ministry (thewhatevergirls.com) and LivingBetter50 magazine (livingbetter50.com).

God has not only given Kim a passion to write but also the desire to speak. She finds joy in sharing the Lord at women’s events, weekend retreats, and sermons at church.

Kim is a wife of twenty-eight years and a mother of two. She is also a graduate of Eastern Washington University, where she earned a degree in sociology with an emphasis in crime corrections. Kim believes we must never stop growing and learning, which is why she is taking online classes through Portland Bible College.

Her sense of humor and heart for the Lord can be found at her website, heartfeltramblings.com, on Facebook at facebook.com/HeartfeltRamblingsOfAMidlifeDomesticGoddess, Instagram@heartfelt_ramblings, and on Twitter at @Mom4Godalways.
Kim Chaffin sees God in the everyday things that others may so often find mundane. It’s in these day-to-day real-life situations that she finds lessons from God. These practical lessons find their way from Kim’s heart to her writing (The Whatever Girls Ministry and Living Better 50 magazine) and speaking events. Her passion is helping women of all ages raise their eyes to God understand how much He loves them. Kim is a wife of twenty-eight years and a mother of two and makes her home with her family in Spokane, Washington.

Table of Contents

Getting Started

1 Finding God in the Mundane 5

Redeemed

2 Off-Road Driving 11

3 Rags to Riches 16

4 You Are More Than the Choices You Make 20

5 God Loves Even Pigpen 24

6 God Is the Gardener of Our Hearts 29

7 Profitable Living 35

8 Gossip Is Like a Drain 40

9 In God's Eyes, I Am … 44

Where the Healing Begins

10 Check Your Burdens at the Cross 51

11 Clean Out the Cushions 55

12 Failure to Thrive 59

13 Shhh … Daddy Is Here 63

14 God Is Like an All-You-Can-Eat Buffet 69

15 You Can't Control Everything 73

16 From Zero to Irrational in Less Than Three Seconds 77

17 Fear Is Not from God 81

18 The Blessing Box 85

Standing Firm

19 What Are You Plugged Into? 91

20 Foggles 96

21 Cottonwood Christianity 102

22 He Is the God of Constant Opposites 107

23 Don't Bite into the Apple 112

24 Never Leave Wiggle Room for Doubt 116

25 Let No Ivy Take Root 121

26 You Can't Be in Two Places at Once 125

27 Take Your Battle Stance 130

It's More than a Building

28 Why Church? 137

29 You Can't Build a House Without Nails 144

30 What's Really Behind Your Smile? 150

31 Let Go of the Offense 155

Epilogue 161

About the Author 163

Editorial Reviews

Kim Chaffin’s book, Simply Blessed, is perfect for this fast-paced life. She provides bite-sized spiritual lessons through real-life scenarios that everyone can relate to. Simply Blessed is thought-provoking and a great way to start your day!
- Lisa Burkhardt Worley, award-winning author, international radio show host

Kim Chaffin writes just like she talks and how she does life. She puts all of herself into the things she is passionate about. She’s authentic, hilarious, and humble. Kim never misses a chance to find the humor in life, especially at her own expense, and she is faithful to look for God-lessons in everything, even the seemingly mundane.
- Erin Bishop, founder and president, Whatever Girls


Step into a special devotional journey with Kim Chaffin. Her loving, profound, and practical insights in Simply Blessed will draw you closer to the Lord and cleanse your heart on a deep level!
- Jenny Steinbach, associate producer for Making Your Life Count radio of Cru

Simply Blessed delivers daily devotions that fit with everyday life while containing extraordinary truth. Simply Blessed is what I think of as I realize how God meets me in the mundane or the miraculous, able to greet me with joy and fulfillment in either. Simply Blessed is how I feel when I think about the goodness of God in bringing Kim Chaffin into my life. Let God use Kim to encourage you to see and seek Him in the seemingly commonplace, and you will find yourself fully satisfied by Him.
- Suzanne Niles, director of relationship development, BroadStreet Publishing; speaker, coauthor of Fast Friends: The Amazing Power of Friendship, Fasting, and Prayer


While reading Simply Blessed, Kim will take you under her wing and lead you in practical steps on how you can know God more and follow in His footsteps. This is a great read for those seeking a mentor and a friend to journey with through a season of life. Kim is practical, transparent, and simple as she leads you to see Jesus in your everyday life. I recommend Simply Blessed as a tool to refresh your heart and renew your mind.
- Rev. Wendy Torres, board certified biblical counselor, author, international radio show host

As a Christian woman who juggles business, home, and ministry needs, it is vital for me to be connected with God. Simply Blessed offers a lighthearted yet biblically sound account of God at work in our lives with practical steps for growth in our Christian walk.
- Barbara Hollace, author, editor, speaker, writing coach


Simply Blessed is a devotional book that mixes the practical and spiritual lessons of life together into a common thread. Simply Blessed isn’t just an inspirational book—it is a daily life devotional that helps you take complex spiritual issues and turn them into common sense. Simply Blessed packs a powerful spiritual punch!
- Pastor Van Bradeen, lead pastor of Living Stone Church, Spokane, Washington; author, Live Love: Becoming More Like Christ in Thought, Speech, and Action

Simply Blessed is an encouraging tool filled with teachable illustrations and analogies to help us grow in our faith with our Lord Jesus Christ. If you are tired of pretending or performing in your Christian walk, please use this devotional to gain the life of freedom in Christ on a daily basis. May this book, along with the Word of God, enrich you with the heavenly blessing from above.
- Dr. Jack Hancock, headmaster, Northwest Christian Schools


Kim Chaffin is not only a great writer but a prolific one. She is dedicated to providing great content that reflects her heart, her life, and her faith. She has been a popular contributor for LivingBetter50.com, writing articles that every woman can relate to and in a style and authenticity that give others the grace to recognize and accept their own imperfections. I love her honesty, transparency, and humor, but most of all how she weaves in valuable lessons from the Word of God.
- Carol L. Doyel, founder, editor in chief, LivingBetter50

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