Tag: love
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Sometimes
Sometimes it’s hard to walk this faith thing out. I was praying last night and telling God how frustrated I was. I have been trying to memorize verses to have a more “positive” mindset, and it just felt like a lot of work, reading books, listening to podcasts, and feeling tired. I realized I have […]
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In awe
Driving home from dropping my son off at school, and the song “In Awe” by Hollyn came on. I hadn’t heard this song yet, and a line that jumped out at me was “‘Cause Your Love is overwhelming…”. His love is overwhelming. Now, I like to use the word overwhelmed, but that’s normally when I […]
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Redemption
So I’m watching Downton Abbey and it’s marvelous. Witty, funny, just the right amount of drama and love. The oldest daughter, Mary, has a secret that her and her mother are keeping. She’s afraid it will scar her forever, and she will be a lonely spinster if word gets out. So she pays a man to […]
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Affirmation
I like for God to affirm things in my life. Kind of like Gideon, if you really want me to pursue this show me a sign, I’ll put out the fleece and you make it wet or dry. You know. Clarity. Show me a sign Lord. Then another sign, because I’m not sure that […]
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Out of hiding
When my daughter was born, Frozen had just released on DVD and my mom obliged and got us a copy. I fell in love and so did my anti-napping, two year. So each day after lunch, I’d turn on Frozen and our oldest would fall asleep within ten minutes. And I’d be holding a sweet sleeping baby girl, […]
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Gratitude
Oh my gratitude has grown tremendously in this season of life. Gratitude for creation, for small moments, for quiet, for swinging, and reading. Gratitude typically slows me down helping me stay in the moment. I get joy just thinking about all these moments of deep deep gratitude. A lot of those moments have little to […]
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We all can be brave
“We all can be brave.”-my five year old. Last night I was scrolling through instagram and read a little blurb about Kate Spade committing suicide, how sad and lost she must have felt. And the person quoted from an article stating that we tell girls to be perfect and not brave. I thought “oh man, […]
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A book to read
Everybody Always by Bob Goff. This book. Bob Goff. I think he is pretty great. Not perfect, but hilariously inviting and honest. Those are things I really enjoy. His stories hold you in the moment and you feel like you are sitting in his living room listening to him tell them. They are unbelievable. In those […]
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Acceptance
I learned young you should push back on areas you don’t like about yourself. For example, I don’t like that I get overwhelmed easily, so I’ll pretend I don’t feel overwhelmed. Then struggle and toil against that overwhelming feeling, that is one hundred percent human, and typically make myself more overwhelmed. So I’m writing this […]
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Lasting Change
To change is to give a different position, course or direction. We were talking last night at connect group about change; transformations actually. I’ve experienced some transformations in my life. Most of my own doing. I’ve transformed my diet, I’ve transformed my house, I’ve transformed my landscaping, I’ve transformed my wardrobe before. All external. Some […]
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