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All I can say is...we tried. #Easter #nofilter #sendhelp
Red, yellow and white roses are stuck into the fence by the dozens. On this Friday we’re stopping by to remember the thousands lost today (and every day) to dismemberment, poisoning and starvation. But each one of those lives lost is also tied to another life crushed. Because no woman with an appointment to end her baby’s life wakes up thinking this Friday (or any day like it) is going to be good. And neither did those friends and followers thousands of years ago think that Friday was very good as they watched an innocent man be brutally tortured and crucified. And yet. What they didn’t know was that their one horrible Friday when the world was plunged into darkness and the earth shook with the weight of sorrow was really a miracle in the making. That one Friday would redeem our ugly days and blackened choices. What seemed so evil would be forever marked as Good because of one man. One man who went through Hell so that every one of us, no matter the past, could have a future hope of Heaven made real. Our darkest hours and worst choices would never again have to be a period on our lives, but rather a comma in the eternal story. We may mourn the brokenness of a world that tells a mother a child’s death is her gain, a world where people are shoved aside and discounted because they are different, a world where injustice seems to win the day and there’s all kinds of bleeding pain everywhere you look. But take courage, for it’s Friday. A very Good Friday. And Sunday is coming. . . . #goodfriday #faith #writersofinstagram #havecourage #hope #prowoman #prolife #wildandbeautifulplaces
This Rainbow Baby of ours put on nearly 2 lbs and grew over an inch in just a month. Maybe no big deal to you until you consider she had only grown a quarter of an inch in the two months before. You know what made the difference? Ending nursing. I gave it my best shot, eating #fatbombs and adding brewer’s yeast to cookies (yum!) and smoothies (not so yum). But this body of mine that does fine with pregnancy just couldn’t keep up to help this little one thrive. And I’m okay with that. Because mamas, there’s no ONE way to raise our kids. Some of us nurse and others do formula, some introduce solids early and others hold off. We have picky eaters and light sleepers and strong wills. We homeschool, private school, public school. We work from home, go to an office or pick up part time projects. We cook all the meals, order out regularly or hand over the kitchen to a spouse. It’s easy to compare all the ways we’re not measuring up to other women, to lay in bed counting our failures from the day and to wonder if just how much we should save up for our kids’ future therapy. But I want to say this to you, as much as I need to hear it myself- we’re doing alright. Maybe even better than that. Are your kids happy and loved? Are they learning the gifts of grace and forgiveness? Are they growing in body and soul? It doesn’t quite matter how they get there. Someday they’ll have their own kids and realize just how easy you made it look and how much you gifted them in your imperfect but extravagant love. At least that’s what I keep telling myself 😉 #parenting #raisingdaughters #grace
I don’t think it’s an accident that our Whole 30 Detox for the Soul wrapped up just as Lent gets started. A cleared out soul ready to walk into forty days of preparation for that Holy Sunday morning. Forty days of letting go, giving up or taking on, all to focus us on the sacrifice that Jesus made on those two wood beams so many years ago. So what will you do? Will you be adding something in, maybe carving out a few (more) minutes in the swirling chaos to pray or read that Holy Book? Maybe you’ll be fasting from a meal, a pleasure, a food item, using that time and that craving to reflect, surrender and lean in. Or maybe you’ll serve your neighbor, your local poor, your parents, spouse or kids, focusing not on the work it takes but instead on lifting up prayers and a grateful heart that we are always given abundantly enough from which to share. Whatever you choose, may these next forty days be ones of intentional soul growing, days of glimpsing more deeply Christ’s suffering and of eagerly anticipating that Resurrection Sunday. . . #wildandbeautifulplaces #whole30 #whole30forthesoul #3x5challenge #lent #faith #cultivatewhatmatters #1000gifts
We’re days away from wrapping up the second month of the new year but it’s never too late to set those resolutions and head confidently in a direction. Because as @laracasey says, “There’s nothing magical about January 1.” But maybe you’re like me and the problem isn’t coming up with goals and action plans and to-do lists. It’s knowing which are the right ones, where I should be spending my time and my brain space. Any number of directions could be good, but which is the best? The pressure of picking the right way, of not wasting the minutes that make the years that make a life can be enough to paralyze you. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Yeah, there’s some great systems and methods for stripping it down to the heart of what matters but at the foundation to any of it is this one secret: Ask the One who made you. This final week of our three stops a day for five minutes we’re going to spend it doing just that. Asking God where He would have us join Him, where He’s already busy at work and if maybe we could come along and watch some miracles happen? Maybe you’re like me and lists of boxes to check off make you feel like you’re doing something worthwhile with your time. But there’s a danger in getting so busy for Jesus that you actually miss Jesus. Final week of #3x5Challenge. Rest of the post at #linkinprofile. . . . . #wildandbeautifulplaces #whole30forthesoul #breathe #askthenact #faith #cultivatewhatmatters
Yesterday the US Senate voted on a bill to guarantee medical care to babies who survive failed abortions. . How do you stand and demand stricter gun control laws to protect children, health care for all and free education for our kids and yet not stand by them when they’re born? . Is a seven pound living and screaming baby not worthy of the same protections outside the womb as a five year old running hard in the park? . We’re not even debating abortion here ladies and gentleman. We’re straight up talking whether a child who is born still gets the same protections as any other air breathing person. . And when you, our elected officials and presidential candidates, vote NO, you’re saying YES to infanticide. There’s no way to gloss that one up. This isn’t a Left or Right issue, it’s a human rights issue. . Remember that when it comes time to make your voice be heard with a vote. . (Image from @lilaroseofficial tweet) #justiceforall #prowoman #vote #babies #prolife
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