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10/07/2026

Seven years ago today, I suffered a massive brain aneurysm rupture. 🧠🩸

Today my husband and I called it: “Happy Everything Worked Out Better Than We Could Have Possibly Imagined Day.” 🙌🏻(Ephesians 3:20 MSG)

If you are where I was, scared, in a hospital bed, or in a season of despair you aren’t sure you will survive, this is for you.

On the day it happened, I prayed, Submit yourself to God, resist the devil and the devil will flee.” In bed, in all the days thereafter, I steadied myself through the pain with the Our Father prayer.

My neurosurgeon told me repeatedly “People don’t live through what you lived through. People don’t live.”

Then, in the hospital, in the space between life and death, I saw Jesus. Seeing Him alive and with me changed everything.

Here is what I want you to know:
It was all the years of hardship leading up to the rupture that taught me to pray.
�The rupture taught me that I am not in control • Jesus is real • His grace is sufficient • and that God can do the impossible.
�Getting the chance to live again taught me to LOVE GOD above all else. His presence has been the greatest gift of my life.

With my priorities reordered: I changed how I prayed and worshiped, and I began taking care of myself as if my life is precious to God (it is!!)

Today, God’s grace carries me like a current into more and more peace and joy. 🌊 It’s such a beautiful place to live. And I never would have found it, had I not suffered.

Here’s the good news.
The same God who met me in that hospital bed is with YOU right now. He is not far away. He is not finished. Do not conform to the world, He is able to do far more than you could ever imagine or request.

🗣️ Tell me in the comments: what has God worked out better than you imagined?

And if you are still waiting on your miracle, comment “praying” and I will pray for you by name today.

Save this for the day you need it. Share it with the woman who needs it now.

With love and faith
Sarah Faulkner, founder of

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10/07/2026

Today is the 7 year anniversary of my brain aneurysm rupture, and my husband and I are calling it by a new name now. (See Substack attached 🥳).

I want to thank you all again for your love and prayers over the years! Some of you went so far above and beyond for me - I know I wouldn’t have made it without you.

Your prayers interceded for, and helped me to heal.

“I thank my God always concerning you. "
- Philippians 1:3

XO
Sarah

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What surviving a brain aneurysm taught me about surrender, gratitude, and loving God above all else.

10/06/2026

Ten years of love. A lifetime of beauty. 🤍🦪

Created to celebrate a beautiful milestone, this one of a kind pearl necklace was thoughtfully chosen by a husband for his wife on their 10th wedding anniversary.

I combined luminous white pearls with extraordinary black Tahitian pearls ~ shimmering with undertones of green, purple, blue, and pink. A striking turquoise accent adds an unexpected touch of color.

Fresh. Modern. Timeless. Equally beautiful dressed up or dressed down.

But what makes this piece truly special is the love behind it. A gift to celebrate ten years of choosing each other, growing together, and creating a beautiful life. 🤍

Handcrafted with love, made to be treasured for years to come.

Wear the reminder. Share the hope. 🦪

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10/02/2026

Something shifted this week.

I came into this public speaking intensive knowing I had a story to tell, but still learning how to carry it onto a stage.

After days of practicing, refining, and being coached by Orly Amor, I completed my training and became an International Speaker. 🤍

I am deeply grateful for every lesson, correction, and uncomfortable moment that made me grow. (There were a lot! 🤭)

For years, I have believed that God can create beauty from the hardest parts of our lives. Now I get to carry that message into rooms I once never imagined entering.

The story is bigger than me.

And I am ready to tell it.

Thank you Jesus.

✨ Beauty born from struggle.

he said, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in your weakness.” - 2 Corinthians 12:9

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10/02/2026

This verse was a beautiful gift when I found it.

“I see one fit, resplendent, and radiant. Unique and irreplaceable.”

For years, I could see my flaws so much more easily than I could see what God saw in me.

Healing has included learning to receive His love and believe what He says about me.

You are not an accident. You are not replaceable. You are deeply loved. 🤍

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09/29/2026

Some things I am praying for, I cannot fix or hurry.

My children. Healing. Relationships. The next chapter.

So I keep coming back to this: wait, pray, trust God, and let Him work.

I do not have to know how everything will turn out to have peace today.

God is still working. 🤍

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09/26/2026

I keep coming back to this:

“Go in peace. Your journey has the LORD’s approval.”
Judges 18:6

Sometimes trusting God means trusting the journey we are on, even when we cannot see where it is leading.

It means trusting where we are going.

Trusting Him with our children and the journeys they are walking.

Trusting Him while we wait for healing.

Trusting Him with the prayers that have not been answered yet.

We do not have to understand every part of the story to believe that God is present in it.

Wherever you are today, may you go in peace.

God is with you on the journey. 🤍

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09/23/2026

“You didn’t choose me. I chose you.” John 15:16 🤍

I love these words of Jesus.

There is something so tender about knowing that He chose me.

He knows me.
He sees me.
He loves me.
And I belong to Him.

The more I understand the love of God, the more I realize that belonging to Jesus changes the way I live.

I can walk through my days knowing I am loved.
I can love others more freely.
I can step into the work He has given me with confidence and joy.

And so can you.

You are chosen.
You are loved.
You belong. 🤍

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09/18/2026

“For by me your days will be multiplied, and years added to your life.” Proverbs 9:11

Wisdom is not simply knowing more. It is listening to God and living according to what He shows us.

For me, that means moving from daily videos to three each week so I have room to prepare, travel, learn, write, and obey where I believe God is leading me.

I am still here, still sharing hope, and still trusting Him with every step. 🤍 S

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