Hope always springs eternal.
Welcome to Country Girl Gone City! I’m so glad you stopped by. Pull up a chair, pour yourself a cup of tea, and stay awhile. Here we share faith, laughter, creativity, life’s lessons, and encouragement for the journey.
I’m Amanda Sherrell, an artist and author of Freedom’s Pursuit: The Mystery Girl and The Wisdom Seeker: Tweets of Wisdom. I love seeking truth and discovering beauty along the way.
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Latest Stories
- The Healing Arts: Stress Weaving
I haven’t painted since January. For someone who has spent much of her life creating, that feels almost strange to say. Art has always been part of me. I learned… Read more: The Healing Arts: Stress Weaving - Peace in the Storm: Overwhelmed by the Blessing
“Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.”—Psalm 127:3 Sometimes the very thing we prayed for can overwhelm us when it… Read more: Peace in the Storm: Overwhelmed by the Blessing - Tea Time with Mandy: Twenty Years in the Making
It has been a little over two months since I last sat down to write, and in some ways it feels as though an entire lifetime has passed in that… Read more: Tea Time with Mandy: Twenty Years in the Making - Help and Hope: Stop Walking Around the Furnace
Most people pray for God to remove the furnace. Few stop to consider that sometimes God is waiting for us to walk toward it. And if we’re being honest, most… Read more: Help and Hope: Stop Walking Around the Furnace - Life’s Lessons: The Gentle Things Still Matter
Sometimes healing enters our lives with very small paws. I did not fully realize that until recently. After months of hospitals, exhaustion, difficult conversations, uncertainty, grief, sleepless nights, and emotional… Read more: Life’s Lessons: The Gentle Things Still Matter - The Healing Arts: When Creativity Becomes a Lifeline
Some of the most creative people I have ever met… were also carrying some of the heaviest burdens. Not always visibly. Not always in ways the world immediately recognized. But… Read more: The Healing Arts: When Creativity Becomes a Lifeline
