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Holding the Year Gently

January 14, 2019 210 Views 0 Comment
It is that time, we find ourselves still in the lingering glow of the new year. The threshold has been …
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The Place Our Boys Need Us to Meet Them

March 06, 2018 500 Views 0 Comment
It’s evening, we are all gathered around the table, in between pickups and drop-offs, homework and practice, signing forms and …
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  • I want to be so in awe, so busy cheering on other women, so grateful they are stepping into their calling that envy doesn’t even stand a chance.
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The enemy doesn’t go after friendships that live in gossip, comparison, or a fake narrative. He goes after the ones that glorify God. The ones that support, encourage, and celebrate. The ones that are genuine. Let’s guard these friendships forged in esteemed sisterhood.💕👯
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#encourage #loveoneanother #communityovercompetition #wonder #awe #celebratewomen #womenforwomen #livefree #motherhoodrising #authenticfriendship #sisterhood #sistersinchrist #preachingtomyself #friendshipgoals
  • Mamas, it gets easier and it doesn’t. Easier is the word that misleads. Like there is some day that it’s all figured out. It gets different—less physically exhausting, but harder mentally. The things that keep you up at night change.
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We change, we lean in more quickly. We know it’s hard and beautiful all at once, just like it was and will always be. It’s not an indication that anything is wrong, it’s a sign that they are growing, we are growing. That it is going to be alright.
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These days I no longer look for easier, I look for signs of life—forgiveness, redemption, laughter, growth, truth, and love.❤️
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#momofteens #momofteenboys #parenthood #motherhood #boymom #momofboys #growingolder #maturity #godisincontrol #leanintolife
  • I won't pretend
That we can control the night
Or what kind of road we're on
Or where we will see the light
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But right now I'm talking to ya
I'm looking into your eyes
Right now I'm trying to show ya
That we're gonna be alright
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Oh I don't know
What's around the bend
Oh, all I know
Is that my love,
It knows no end
All these pieces they fall in line
Because I'm forever on your side
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Take my hand when you can't see the light
Cause I'm forever on your side
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I will carry
You every time
Because I'm forever on your side💞
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Another trip around the sun, another year added to a life well-lived, for the one who is so well-loved. I’m forever on and by his side.
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#sunsets #birthday #goodman #lovegod #lovefamily #puremichigan #needtobreathe #foreveronyourside #johnnyswim
  • surrender>self

#surrender #itsnotaboutme #humility #truth #recklesslove #allgrace #lovewins #mercy #cruciform #lovedoes #lovealways
#goodnewsfeed #hopewriters
  • Trying to shrink, fold into myself, hide, was me as a little girl. I was asked to not share my grades or achievements to not make my sisters feel badly. I get it as a parent wanting everyone to shine, but for my personality, at that age,  I tried to never shine again. +

When I was 8 or 9, a boy down the street gave me a necklace. I threw it in the garbage and pretended it never happened. I didn’t want to be noticed. I’m not supposed to be noticed. +

I was the tallest girl, so much taller than my sisters and felt like a giant. So I tried to become smaller. Smaller is better. +

I liked sports and ate with my elbows on the table and when I spoke I was loud. I loved making people laugh. It made me forget about shrinking just for a moment. Laughing is good, but just for a moment. +

When I became a mom (and even before) I loved doing all the crafty fun big holiday and birthday stuff. And then I heard the cackles of why show off like that. Why try to make other moms feel bad. Who do you think you are? +

I am a daughter of a God, who placed a crown of flowers on my head and called me His. 🌸🌼🌺 +

#loveheals #standtall #daughteroftheking #lookupchild #crowned #laugh #heartofgold💛 #love #hopewriters #heartday #childoftheonetrueking #shine #bethelight #loved #beloved
  • How wonderful to find beauty still in the trees, before they blossom. 🌱

#slowgrowth #smallbeginnings #growthseason #refining #innergrowth #bloom #blossom #springwillcome #staythecourse #narnia #icestorm #sunrise #nature_good #goodnewsfeed
  • Go ALL IN. Stand vulnerable before Him. It’s just the two of you. Let Him lift you up, exalt you. True humility isn’t about us at all. Let the labels, the pain, the negative words, that critical voice, let it all vanish before Him. Release pride, judgement, fear. Let it be all about Him. Be free. | verse is James 4:10 |
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From the Good News of a Good Man series we’re currently doing. It’s been such goodness, this group walking through growing ourselves and our sons closer to Jesus.💛
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#humility #selfless #allin #freedom #vulnerability #itsnotaboutyou #celebrateboyhood #raisegentlemen #boymom #momofboys #bigfamily #boymomlife #character #menofgod #cslewis #goodnewsfeed #hopewriters
  • “O my son give me your heart. May your eyes take delight in following my ways.” | Proverbs 23:26
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Only God knows what our hearts truly look like from the inside. ❤️ #heartforgod #heartofgold💛 #lovegod #chdawareness #littleandmighty #brave #warrior #kidsheartchallenge

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