Nancy Kerr Step Out In Faith

Nancy Kerr Step Out In Faith “Encouraging women 55+ to rediscover purpose, courage, and joy through faith in Jesus — because it’s never too late for a new season.”

Nobody warns you how strange it feels to watch your last child practice walking across a stage that means the house is a...
09/11/2026

Nobody warns you how strange it feels to watch your last child practice walking across a stage that means the house is about to go quiet for good. She is proud, genuinely, deeply proud, and grieving at the exact same time in a way that does not make logical sense but feels completely true anyway. 🎓

She has stopped trying to choose between the two feelings. Grief and joy were never meant to cancel each other out. They can exist together, side by side, the same way they have for every mother watching a child step into the next chapter while she quietly steps into one of her own.

Has a milestone with your child ever brought both pride and grief at the very same time?

09/11/2026

Finding Strength in Shared Struggles

After my diagnosis, a nurse handed me a flyer for a support group meeting in a church basement across town, and I remember tucking it into a drawer with absolutely no intention of ever going. 🩺 I told myself I could handle this privately, the way I had always handled hard things before.

Three months later, exhausted from carrying the weight of it entirely alone, I finally pulled that crumpled flyer back out and walked into that basement room. Eight women sat in a circle of folding chairs, and by the second meeting I was crying openly with strangers who somehow understood every single thing I had been too afraid to say out loud to my own family.

I stopped needing to explain myself the moment I sat down in that room. I think some of the deepest relief comes not from fixing the hard thing, but from finally not having to carry it completely alone anymore. 🤍





Half of them will admit they did not finish the book this month. It rarely matters. They show up anyway, because somewhe...
09/10/2026

Half of them will admit they did not finish the book this month. It rarely matters. They show up anyway, because somewhere along the way this book club became less about the reading list and more about the women who gather around it. 📚

There is a particular kind of community that forms slowly around a shared ritual, whether or not everyone keeps up their end of the assignment. The real reason they keep showing up is not the plot twists or the discussion questions. It is the chance to sit in someone's living room once a month, tea in hand, and simply be known by people who have watched each other through every season of life for years.

If you belong to a group like this, the kind that gathers for one reason but stays for another entirely, you already know how rare that is. What is a group or gathering in your life that means more to you than its original purpose?

Some things are too precious not to pass down. Finish this in the comments: "The one thing I want my grandchildren to re...
09/10/2026

Some things are too precious not to pass down.

Finish this in the comments: "The one thing I want my grandchildren to remember about me is..."

I would love to hear from you below.

09/10/2026

Letting Go to Live Again

For three years my late husband's closet stayed exactly as he left it, his shirts still hanging in the same order he always kept them, his shoes lined up by the door like he might walk back in any moment. 👔 I told everyone, and myself, that I was simply not ready. For a long time that was completely true.

Last month I finally opened that closet door and began folding each shirt slowly, one at a time, thanking God quietly for every single memory tucked inside the fabric. Some shirts I kept. Others I gave away to our son and grandsons, who now wear pieces of him without even fully realizing what they are carrying.

I have learned that letting go does not erase someone. It simply makes room, finally, for the rest of my life to keep moving forward alongside the memory of his. 🤍





The rejection emails piled up faster than she expected at fifty five, each one chipping away a little more at the confid...
09/10/2026

The rejection emails piled up faster than she expected at fifty five, each one chipping away a little more at the confidence she used to take for granted in her career. It would be easy to believe her usefulness had an expiration date. 💼

She has decided not to believe that. This uncertain season does not mean God has run out of plans for her. It might mean He is clearing space for something she has not even considered yet, a purpose that does not look like her old job title but matters just as much, maybe even more. The waiting is hard. It is not the end of her story.

Have you ever walked through a season of uncertainty that ended up leading somewhere better than you expected?

“My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.” — Psalm 73:26 🤍I do not h...
09/10/2026

“My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.” — Psalm 73:26 🤍

I do not have to be strong every second.

I do not have to pretend I never get weary.
I do not have to carry every burden in my own strength.
I do not have to have everything figured out.

When my strength runs low, God remains steady. 🙌

He is the strength of my heart.
He is my portion.
He is enough.

My weakness does not disqualify me it reminds me where my strength truly comes from. ✝️

She sat in the car for a full minute after hanging up, heart pounding, half expecting the phone to ring right back with ...
09/10/2026

She sat in the car for a full minute after hanging up, heart pounding, half expecting the phone to ring right back with someone upset at her for finally saying what she needed to say. It did not ring. The world did not end. 🚗

For most of her life she believed love meant being available for absolutely everyone, no matter the cost to her own peace. This season is teaching her something gentler and truer. Love can say no. Love can end a conversation that has turned unkind. Boundaries were never about pushing people away, they were about protecting her own heart enough to keep loving well.

What is a boundary that felt terrifying to set but ended up being exactly what you needed?

09/10/2026

Stop Ignoring Pain: Find Your Freedom Again!

For three years I told myself my knee pain was simply part of getting older, something to quietly manage rather than actually address. 🦵 I stopped taking the stairs at church without really noticing I had made that choice, just quietly rerouting my life around a problem I never wanted to name out loud.

My daughter finally got tired of watching me wince climbing into her car and booked the appointment herself, driving me there before I had a chance to cancel like I usually did. It turned out to be something simple, a brace and a few targeted exercises, nothing dramatic at all. Within weeks I was back to climbing stairs I had quietly given up on years earlier.

I am learning that stewarding this body sometimes means letting someone who loves us push us toward help we have been quietly avoiding out of stubbornness or fear. Sometimes the bravest thing is simply showing up to the appointment. 🩺





God is not done surprising you — stay expectant. 🤍You have not seen the end of His goodness.You have not seen the fullne...
09/10/2026

God is not done surprising you — stay expectant. 🤍

You have not seen the end of His goodness.
You have not seen the fullness of what He can do.
You have not exhausted His ability to make a way.

So do not let disappointment teach you to expect less from God.

Keep praying.
Keep trusting.
Keep watching.
Keep your heart open to the unexpected ways He may move. 🙌

God is still writing the story.

And sometimes the answer looks different than you imagined—but better than you could have planned. ✝️

Stay expectant, sis.

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