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June 27, 2018June 27, 2018

An Announcement–I Must Follow Him

May 31, 2018May 31, 2018

Another Year Gone, Another Year Coming

May 23, 2018May 23, 2018

A Response to GQ

April 26, 2018

He Proves His Faithfulness

April 19, 2018April 20, 2018

Kindred Spirits in Honest Agony

April 13, 2018April 13, 2018

Faith That Stands

March 20, 2018March 20, 2018

Where’s Your Armor?

February 19, 2018February 19, 2018

Peace & Rest, Faith & Works

February 15, 2018February 15, 2018

Stress or Peace? Which Do You Prefer?

November 9, 2017

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Relationships are meant to change us, meant to help us grow, meant to move us out of our comfort zones and challenge us. But I think I’ve overlooked something until this morning 🤔⠀ •⠀ •⠀ This lady right here...there’s no other woman I would’ve wanted as my mom. Yes, she is quiet. If you’re not part of our family it’s likely you haven’t heard more than 10 words proceed from her mouth. But be assured she is the most wise and the most detailed person you’ll ever meet. We discussed the other day that she often wishes she could go back to our childhood and show us a more outgoing faith on her part. But I disagree with this desire. Because she showed me something invaluable in her willingness to worship Jesus according to the way He created her. Her comfort zone is loving in the smallest details. I was a shy child, always more comfortable around my parents than I was around my peers, so there were many Sunday mornings spent with me sandwiched between my parents in the sanctuary. My mom couldn’t have been able to take in many sermons with me silently distracting her. But I have vivid memories of looking up at her during worship. While my dad has always been outgoing in his worship, with his hands often raised to the sky, my mom was much more subtle. Her worship came in the simplicity of keeping her eyes closed. Looking back, I appreciate that because in her one-on-one worship time with Jesus she stuck to who she was created to be—A woman who loves according to how God made her. And there’s absolutely no shame in that. She showed me and her two other children what it looks like to dedicate yourself to the finer details of life and how you can well take care of others in those details just as much as you can well worship Jesus in those details. ⠀ •⠀ •⠀ So how did He create you to worship Him? In the details? In the curiosity of your heart? In the outward, outgoing example you give? Whatever it is, don’t be afraid to be yourself in your relationship with Jesus 🌟 it’s the most important relationship you’ll ever cultivate, so go for it! 💞
Tested out my nifty fifty at my favorite beach last weekend. It was a moment of rewarding myself for being able to get a good amount of stuff done earlier that day...and now that we’re about a week removed from that day, I honestly can’t remember what I accomplished 😂 I guess the important thing is I took a photo? Maybe? 🤷🏻‍♀️ ⠀ •⠀ •⠀ Received a change in perspective today. I think it’s pretty normal for anyone to get into a sort of rut as we go about living our lives. Sometimes we may not even be aware of it happening, this ever deepening rut continuously forming beneath us. Suddenly we’re stuck and instead of focusing on finding our way out, we just want to understand how we got there in the first place. I’m always quick to lay blame on myself. I obviously got too busy or the emotions of everyday life have just done too good a job of holding me down. But yesterday and this morning, God (just like He always does) supplied a clear reason to get outside of myself. The reason: the realization that my life, my priorities, my desires, my plans are not the end-all, be-all of life. HE IS. He and everything about Him and His gospel message are the end-all, be-all. And it pulled me right out of the rut I’ve been digging for weeks now. ⠀ •⠀ •⠀ So what can you think of or dwell on that will change your perspective today? Or more accurately, realign your perspective to where it’s always meant to be? ⠀ •⠀ •⠀ #neveralone #photography #learning #gettingpersonal #vulnerability #newjoureny #sheislight #lampandlight #gritandvirtue #strengthandcourage #havecourageandbekind #darlingmovement #soulscripts #communityovercompetition #gritandgrace #propelwomen
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