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Exploring the Wild & Beautiful Places of Faith

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Slow down to speed up. . Slow down to detox and get rid of everything clogging our soul. . Slow down to retrain our ears and heart to hear the voice of God. . Slow down to ask God what HE thinks and therefore what He would have US think about a person, a problem or a position. . Slow down so that when we go, we’re going in His direction. . Slow down. . Deep breathe in. . Deep breathe out. . . #3x5challenge #wildandbeautifulplaces #friday #cultivatewhatmatters #writersofinstagram #faith
It’s been a week of small, hard stops. Three times a day for five minutes to try to slow the breath, quiet the noise and declutter the soul. . One week in and I’ve already missed a few, days when the alarm clock blared and I just couldn’t drag myself up because of long hours and short sleep the night before. But this isn’t about some sort of list to check so we get up each day knowing mercies are new and there’s always the chance to start afresh. . Our first week, those of us taking the 3x5Challenge focused on those couple of verses by the Poet Songwriter King. Verses that made us check what was racing the heart, what was making us heavy with anxiety. Because as People of the Cross, we’re blessed beyond all measure, walking in the sureness of His hand and we certainly don’t have time to be wasting on worry. . But sometimes we do. Or, as I learned this week, a lot of times I do. Oh, but a week of every day letting the timer on my phone remind me to stop and check my heart meant a week of facing that anxious spirit and letting go in the moment of whatever had me feeling ragged and rushed. . And maybe you too discovered last week that the more you sat and were still, the more you let The Word shine bright into the corners of your heart, then the more you started to see why you were feeling tired, anxious, depressed, insecure or any other of the hundred ways the Devil likes to keep us distracted. . This week, we’re taking The Word that is sharper than any two-edged sword and hacking away at the root of our discontent, discouragement, defeat, despair and general disconnect. We’re sweeping out the lies that have long lingered to make room for a fresh reminder of Truth. . Click the link in profile to find some words that might speak straight to your particular situation. And free wallpaper downloads of the above images thanks to @jacquelinefabricius . What verse will you be writing on your 3x5 card? Comment 👇🏽 . . #3x5challenge #wildandbeautifulplaces #whole30forthesoul #faith #cultivatewhatmatters #linkinbio #writersofinstagram
Could there be a way of finding peace in the midst of the dishes, the diapers, the work deadlines and coffee dates? Could we learn to practice God’s presence like that monk who found Him while peeling potatoes? . Why should the mystics and the monks get to be the ones experiencing the deep peace of walking close to our Carpenter King? Might there be a way of slowing down in our days in order to speed up in our running after Him? . Those of us desperately saying yes, we’re signing up around the globe to take the 3×5 challenge. A month of three times a day, hard stop for five minutes to gather the thoughts running wild, slow the breath and check the heart. . To focus for those minutes so that our hours and days move to a better rhythm. . I struggle to quiet the frenzy in my head and turn away from the to-do list, so I’m writing down on a three by five card the Words I need to keep my eye on the prize. Just a little white card with some black notes to help mark the five minute stops three times a day. . It doesn’t matter a wit when you make the time, what matters is that the time gets made. So we set our calendars, write it on post-its on the fridge or time the alarm to remind us. Remind us and reset us. And we carry our 3×5 cards with the Words we need to think on and let sink deep into our gray matter. . Read the rest of the post for how we’re starting this #3x5challenge, Whole 30 for the soul. #linkinbio . I hope you’ll join in! Share when you’re making your hard stops, what verse you’re using this week and how it’s going. And tag a friend! Because growing is better together. . . . #3x5challenge #whole30forthesoul #wildandbeautifulplaces #detox #writersofinstagram #faith #cultivatewhatmatters
I’ve been feeling the rundown ragged chaos of a new year and more than a body detox, I need a soul detox. A Whole 30 days of hard stops to reset the mind and heart. . Maybe you too? . I’m launching the #3x5challenge and inviting you to join me because gracious knows I need the accountability. . Click the link in my bio for more info. Who says you can’t start something new on February 4th? . . . #3x5challenge #wildandbeautifulplaces #faith #cultivatewhatmatters #whole30
They cheered on the floor of the State Senate while Lady Liberty, she must have been shedding a tear. She’s standing there holding that torch to welcome the tired, the poor, the outcast, and right behind her on the shores of New York, they’re stripping little girls of the right to live. . Sure, those girls are still sitting cozy in the womb but tell me, if we’re fighting for women to be respected, to be given a voice, to be seen as equal in the eyes of all, whats the difference between five minutes before she breathes air and five years after? Or even fifty? . A woman, no, a person, they don’t magically get some sort of status if they’ve lived long enough, done enough or made enough of a difference. Otherwise, how many of us would be disqualified today? . No, girl, if we can’t celebrate you in the womb AND fight to support you when you’re outside walking heavy through hard choices of adulthood, then we haven’t really made any progress. If we have to ask a woman to kill her babe in order to thrive, to make her pick between her life and that of another, then we haven’t yet figured out how to really be FOR women. . A woman doesn’t need for you to solve her pregnancy. She needs you to right the injustices that make that baby seems like a burden instead of a promise. . A woman doesn’t need more ways to sacrifice her children on the altar of independence. She needs you to step into her circumstances and inject hope and help for the long haul. To become the community that carries and loves and serves extravagantly so that she and her children can flourish. . A woman doesn’t need our judgement or our shaming for past choices. She needs our humble acknowledgement that we too have stumbled and failed and then watched life still miraculously rise from the ashes. . A woman needs for us to champion her value, her strength, her possibilities from the moment she is marked by her DNA, as well as through all the moments after when she’ll learn to walk out her unique expression of those few chromosomes. . (A little more in the comments 👇🏽) #prowoman #prolife #prolove #newyork #liveaction #prolifefeminist #women #justice
Start ‘em young #myplmorning #manchesterunited #wildandbeautifulplaces #soccer
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