Instagram post 2197364386242591032_20301831 “We have great demands, but Christ has great supplies. Between here and heaven, we may have greater wants than we have yet known. But all along the journey, every resting place is ready; provisions are laid up, good cheer is stored, and nothing has been overlooked.” Charles Spurgeon
Instagram post 2196768275408829063_20301831 I love these words by @jenwilkin: “Entertaining is always thinking about the next course. Hospitality burns the rolls because it was listening to a story. Entertaining obsesses over what went wrong. Hospitality savors what was shared. Entertaining, exhausted, says ‘It was nothing, really!’ Hospitality thinks it was nothing. Really. Entertaining seeks to impress. Hospitality seeks to bless.” ✨ Cheers to coffee and conversations amidst piled up clean clothes, stacks of paper on the counter and burp cloths everywherrrrrrr.
Instagram post 2195999042747837058_20301831 Being a disciple of Jesus is a lifelong adventure of knowing His great love for us and reciprocating it back to Him. [new blog post]
Instagram post 2193270798621765232_20301831 N E W  B L O G  P O S T — “I have felt so much shame because of the things I’m struggling with. I have felt so much confusion over why certain things feel so challenging to me right now. And I have been exhausting myself trying to make myself ‘better.’ To which God says: Stop thinking you’re out because of how you are right now. Keep coming. You’re in. You’ll always be in. You’ll always be loved. You’ll always be Mine. I won’t give up on you. So you don’t give up on Me.” #postpartum
Instagram post 2191824718843486802_20301831 On repeat — He’s a God of infinite, unfathomable power AND care for my small, seemingly hidden needs.
Instagram post 2188698527575970533_20301831 For Christmas, John gifted me a revamp of my blog (#nerdstatus). I enjoy writing and photos and storytelling. I like Instagram. I like connecting with friends and strangers near and far over things like hair care, God and books. 
Today, so much life happens via the internet and technology, and it might be tempting to think abundant life and purpose are found in online activity. But we were made for loving God and people, not life online. ✨ Real flourishing happens where our feet are planted, in face-to-face connection and presence, and enjoying God most in the places no one else sees. ✨ Right?

I really enjoy having a blog. And sharing stories + graces on Instagram, but the conviction still stands — I don’t live to share it online. I share from the living and breathing I do offline. 
And I pray it adds goodness and light and maybe causes people to linger a little longer on the Lord.
Instagram post 2187517128504388173_20301831 What if thanksgiving is less about mustering or mounting a list of good things and more about a posture of living open to God? Sometimes we’ll feel there isn’t anything to be thankful for, other times we’ll want to cry over the beauty and wonder of life.

Maybe being thankful isn’t only about the reasons but more about surrender. Maybe it’s wherever and however we find ourselves, we [ask and] allow Him to produce in us a discipline of seeing Light, of hearing a different Voice, of abiding in His Presence, of serving in His Kingdom and not building our own.
Instagram post 2187418496979563625_20301831 Spouse — an extension + working out of God’s love, help, fresh air, strength, joy, friendship, grace, sharpening, forgiveness and wisdom for me.
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relationships · 01/05/2015

What I’ve Learned: From Having A Best Friend

That friend that you can actually say back their home phone number and the names of their parents, a rarity in a world where everyone is so connected on the surface. It’s that friend who brings about the best and most meaningful of conversations, about life and love. Sometimes those conversations don’t even involve words. Just sitting. And looking forward. And acknowledging the silence or the pain, the joy or the confusion.

It’s that friend that pushes us and challenges us. They tell us that yes, we did good, but they definitely know we can do better. It’s that friend that we will never have to question if one day we will be without them or if a fight will cause our friendship to rip. We know in 10, 20, 50 years, they will still be the best listeners to the stories we tell.

It’s that friend whom you grow up with, believing you can give them the world. It’s that friend that holds you when you find out for the first time that the world doesn’t always have to be kind to you. It’s that friend that you can tell with conviction, “the world is going to love you.” And then you think in your head, the world would be crazy not to. via

One of the greatest things about having a best friend is that I’m not afraid of showing my heart of hearts. I know she’ll love me through it.

One of the greatest things about being a best friend is the joy of loving someone — & being present — through the thickest and the thinnest.

We’ve been together since we made up our secret handshake in 2nd grade. We’ve been through valleys and mountaintops together, seasons of distance — sometimes geographically, sometimes emotionally.

I’ve learned a lot from her — she’s strong, beautiful, determined, outgoing.

I’ve learned how to be brave and take chances.

I’ve learned to step out of my comfort zone.

I’ve learned to not get stuck inside my head, bogged down by my anxieties. (She’s pretty great at lovingly calling me out on that.)

I’ve learned to believe the best in people.

I’ve learned what it means to love continually.

She rocks — thankful & happy she’s my best friend.

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Instagram post 2197364386242591032_20301831 “We have great demands, but Christ has great supplies. Between here and heaven, we may have greater wants than we have yet known. But all along the journey, every resting place is ready; provisions are laid up, good cheer is stored, and nothing has been overlooked.” Charles Spurgeon
Instagram post 2196768275408829063_20301831 I love these words by @jenwilkin: “Entertaining is always thinking about the next course. Hospitality burns the rolls because it was listening to a story. Entertaining obsesses over what went wrong. Hospitality savors what was shared. Entertaining, exhausted, says ‘It was nothing, really!’ Hospitality thinks it was nothing. Really. Entertaining seeks to impress. Hospitality seeks to bless.” ✨ Cheers to coffee and conversations amidst piled up clean clothes, stacks of paper on the counter and burp cloths everywherrrrrrr.
Instagram post 2195999042747837058_20301831 Being a disciple of Jesus is a lifelong adventure of knowing His great love for us and reciprocating it back to Him. [new blog post]
Instagram post 2193270798621765232_20301831 N E W  B L O G  P O S T — “I have felt so much shame because of the things I’m struggling with. I have felt so much confusion over why certain things feel so challenging to me right now. And I have been exhausting myself trying to make myself ‘better.’ To which God says: Stop thinking you’re out because of how you are right now. Keep coming. You’re in. You’ll always be in. You’ll always be loved. You’ll always be Mine. I won’t give up on you. So you don’t give up on Me.” #postpartum
Instagram post 2191824718843486802_20301831 On repeat — He’s a God of infinite, unfathomable power AND care for my small, seemingly hidden needs.
Instagram post 2188698527575970533_20301831 For Christmas, John gifted me a revamp of my blog (#nerdstatus). I enjoy writing and photos and storytelling. I like Instagram. I like connecting with friends and strangers near and far over things like hair care, God and books. 
Today, so much life happens via the internet and technology, and it might be tempting to think abundant life and purpose are found in online activity. But we were made for loving God and people, not life online. ✨ Real flourishing happens where our feet are planted, in face-to-face connection and presence, and enjoying God most in the places no one else sees. ✨ Right?

I really enjoy having a blog. And sharing stories + graces on Instagram, but the conviction still stands — I don’t live to share it online. I share from the living and breathing I do offline. 
And I pray it adds goodness and light and maybe causes people to linger a little longer on the Lord.
Instagram post 2187517128504388173_20301831 What if thanksgiving is less about mustering or mounting a list of good things and more about a posture of living open to God? Sometimes we’ll feel there isn’t anything to be thankful for, other times we’ll want to cry over the beauty and wonder of life.

Maybe being thankful isn’t only about the reasons but more about surrender. Maybe it’s wherever and however we find ourselves, we [ask and] allow Him to produce in us a discipline of seeing Light, of hearing a different Voice, of abiding in His Presence, of serving in His Kingdom and not building our own.
Instagram post 2187418496979563625_20301831 Spouse — an extension + working out of God’s love, help, fresh air, strength, joy, friendship, grace, sharpening, forgiveness and wisdom for me.
Instagram post 2187116267244465542_20301831 Happy Thanksgiving! Someone pass the butter...
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