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Mom and Dad are here and now it’s officially Christmas! ❤️🎄❤️
I haven’t opened our home to host anything since 4 years ago when we got a dog and I lost complete control of the house. Also because this is a house of boys and the bathroom permanently smells like an outhouse and I’m a little self conscious about all of it. 🫠
But when your parents come to town, it’s time to dust off the plates that aren’t made out of paper and plan a delicious breakfast menu! ✨
The dog was absolutely thrilled to have so many new friends. Also he probably ate more than all of us combined. 😆
All is calm and all is bright! And even the toilets aren’t so bad! 🥲
2 days ago
✨When we wake up, it will be Christmas!✨
I felt the Holy Spirit nudging me to bake a cake for a family very dear to us. I went to the store, bought the ingredients, and carefully followed the recipe. The recipe said multiple times not to overcook the cake because it will very easily become dry. So I watched the oven diligently. But when I pulled the cake out, I could tell it had baked a little too long.
God called me to bake this cake for this family. It wasn’t time to quit, but it wasn’t time to make another cake! So instead of getting discouraged, I chose to pray about it. I asked the Lord to take my offering and make much of it. If He can multiply the loaves and fish, He can moisten up a cake!
Precisely one day after delivering the cake, we received a text stating what I thought was impossible. The cake was good! Delicious even!
Seems silly to pray about an overcooked cake, but I believe God is honored in these small acts of faith. Believing in the impossible was something God asked Mary to do, so why not trust Him to do the impossible here, too?
What impossible thing can we bring to Him in prayer today? He loves to hear from us. He loves to delight and surprise us when we choose to believe He is good and powerful and kind. He is no magic genie, but I think when our desires align with His heart, when obedience is the priority, and we are fully surrendered come what may, we can trust He will do a good thing.
“For nothing is impossible with God!” Luke 1:37
“He satisfies the hungry with good things.” Luke 1:53
Sleep tight, friends!
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5 days ago
Highlights from our week in Georgia visiting my parents…
🧡Seeing my parents. 😍
🤎Reuniting with my older brother and his family who we haven’t seen in 5 years! 🫶🏻
🦃Getting to stay in my parent’s new house. Home is where your mom is. 🤗
🧡Having a bird fly into the house after we got home from dinner on Wednesday night and watching my parents trap it in the bathroom and then go in their with tennis rackets and a trashcan to see if they could get it to fly out the window. Prime entertainment. 🐦⬛
🤎Seeing how happy the boys were to be with their grandparents again. 🤩
🦃Weather that doesn’t make my hair frizz! 🙌🏻
🧡Seeing my parents. 🥹
It was a really great Thanksgiving!
Grateful for all of YOU. Keep seeking Jesus. He loves you!
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1 month ago
Date night in ☀️July☀️ priorities >>
✅ Wear flowy dress 👗
✅ Go see a fun movie 🎥
✅ Eat French fries and also his French fries 🍟
✅ Laugh a ton 😂
✅ Remember why you’re best friends and in it forever ❤️
5 months ago
❤️🤍💙Favorite day!💙🤍❤️
Galatians 5:13 says, “For you were called to be free, brothers and sisters; only don’t use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another through love.”
The Lord gave us some helpful instructions on freedom and we are very much in need of them! May we set our gaze not on division and fighting, but on asking God how we can be a part of the solution - small, faithful acts of Spirit-led love every day to the people in our world.
It is here in America where we can freely and confidently respond to Zion’s request to gather as a family in the living room to pray for the leg pains he has been having. We can bake muffins in our kitchens, leave surprises at someone’s doorstep, share a Bible verse with the grocery store employee, and worship on Sunday with friends.
These freedoms were purchased at a great cost, as many chose to lay down their lives in an ultimate act of love. May we remember. And may that remembering lead us right back to Galatians 5:13 and Jesus’ ultimate act of love. This holy inspiration is what we need to rise each day in humble gratitude for freedom in Christ to pour out, serve, and build His kingdom here on earth!
Happy Birthday America! 🥳
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6 months ago
🎉 NOAH is 16! 🎉
Writing this while you are playing a game of hockey with your little brothers in the living room - because you are awesome and love making your little brothers happy. You are commentating the entire game, complete with buzzer sound effects and crowd cheers. 🥅🏒📣
Moving to a new school this year was not easy. We had some hard times, some big disappointments, some dreams crushed… but you didn’t give up. You kept showing up, believing good is always on the way in God’s plans. And sure enough, you’ve made some new friends, discovered a new passion for running, gave it your all, and even rocked a mullet. 😅
You are strong, creative, full of integrity, purity, wit, fun, wisdom, care, responsibility, discernment, intelligence, and love. We could not be more proud of you!!! ❤️🧡💛
Happiest of birthdays, bruh! 😎
6 months ago
Just really grateful that everyone is smiling! We love you, Hollywood Beach! ☀️🌊🌴
6 months ago
This passage really encouraged me recently! It comes from Jeremiah 17:7-8.
I’m drawn to passages that describe the fruit of a person who loves and trusts God. This is what we are offered every single day in Christ! But I definitely don’t *feel* fruitful, steady, and confident every single day! I am often tossed around by my circumstances, ruled by my emotions, distracted by worldly pleasures, and basically overthinking everything in the universe.
Interesting that the verses just before it say,
“Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength…he shall not see when good comes…”
Maybe we get so focused on what everyone around us has or is doing that we miss standing confident on all the good he is sending into our own lives. We grasp at “if onlys” and “what ifs” so regularly that we are paralyzed to see good or do any good for Him.
Put your hope in God! Look at Him! Command your soul to remember. Stop scrolling. Look your people in the eye. Do something kind for someone! Choose to not be the main character! Tell the overthinking part of your brain to be quiet and thank God instead. Even when it is hard! Deep roots are never formed without some struggle.
This is where we get to be blessed, sisters. Trusting in Jesus (even when it looks a little desperate and needy) will produce strong, fruitful, and confident women in the Lord! 💛🧡❤️💙🩵💚
6 months ago
My parents are moving. 😢
The last 2 weeks have been so sweet. Just soaking up time together… in their home… for the last time.
It’s weird to see everything empty, but if there’s one thing I have learned, it is that home is where your mom and dad are! It has little to do with spaces and decor and everything to do with hearts and spirits.
May we all create homes of love and light and warmth. ✨It travels with you wherever you have to go.✨
I’m grateful they won’t be too far away. And they are already planning to come back for a visit in 2 weeks. 😂
Love you so much, Mom and Dad. You are forever my home! ❤️🩹
7 months ago