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This new year we’ve tried to be intentional about the tone in our home, morning and evenings. When the girls wake and as the day winds down, setting our hearts and our minds in the right direction. To that end, @gen1_4 created a playlist of songs with lyrics and rhythms that keep us mindful of the One.... while still giving our kids a good taste for music 😏 If you want to check it out, you can find it on Spotify. Maybe the words and music will breathe fresh life into your daily routines, giving your family songs to gather around, songs to dance to and songs to call favorites. #music #faith #familytime #routine #newyearnewyou #wildandbeautifulplaces #spotify

We’re walking into 2020 with sick kids and a messy house and zero New Years “goals.” Yet somehow, I think we will be just fine 😏 This past year, and really, this last decade, surprised me constantly. Who knew I’d end up married with four daughters, living in my home town, working full time? God, that’s who. And that’s enough for me to hold onto walking into a new decade. So if your new year is starting off behind, messy or just plain terrible, remember that it doesn’t define what the next year will become. We don’t have to have nailed down the right goals or start off the right way for the future to unfold well. Focus more on how and where you’re rooted and the growth will come from there. And rest in knowing the best surprises of 2020 and the decade to come will likely be the ones your didn’t meticulously plan for, that moments of great joy may be wrapped in unexpected pain and that you don’t have to have it all figured out. Happy New Year! #wildandbeautifulplaces #hesgotthis #newyear #2020 #faith #goalsetting

World, meet Hadassah “Haddie” Noelle Hyatt. After a slow start, she came flying into the world on Friday Dec 6th, at 6:46 pm, a hefty 6 lb 3 oz 19 inches. May you be like your name, little one, standing as a woman of righteousness in a world gone crazy, compassionately but bravely pointing people to that Most Holy Birth that changed the world so many Christmases ago. #wildandbeautifulplaces #raisingstronggirls #rainbowbaby #thatsdarling #parenting #birthannouncement #familyof6 #sendcoffee

Soaking up these last few moments with her as the baby.⁣ ⁣ People ask if we “planned” to have these latest two 15 months apart. No friend, I don’t “plan” chaos. 😏⁣ ⁣ But a miscarriage will show you how little you control and what a gift every new life is. So if God wants to pour out more blessings this way, who are we to complain?⁣ ⁣ Family of six, queen of four princesses, here we go... ⁣ ⁣ #parenting #wildandbeautifulplaces #raisingdaighters #miscarriage #faith #familyofsix

Two weeks ago I stood in front of 600 people and gave them an invitation. An invitation to get involved in the greatest human rights issue of our time, an invitation to be part of something big, to sow their resources into changing the lives of other people. Sure, you could say it was really just an invitation to give money. Kind of like all the emails and asks and pleas flooding your Inbox today on #GivingTuesday. Or... you could see those asks as something bigger: an opportunity to leave a legacy in ways you couldn’t do by yourself. A chance to partner with groups that are every day giving of their blood, sweat and tears to try and leave the world a better place. An invitation to make your mark on the world. But yes, these groups can’t do it without your money. Simple math, simple truth. We at @liveactionorg, like countless other groups, exist because thousands of people sow their dollars into us in the belief that it will reap a harvest beyond what they could imagine. That it’s worth whatever they sacrifice in order to save a life. This #GivingTuesday, I hope you’ll consider partnering with one or two groups that you admire, groups that are helping shed light, speak truth and bring hope to the broken and dark places of this world. These aren’t asks for money. They’re invitations to make history. #givingtuesday #liveaction #generosity #reapwhatyousow #prolife #opportunity

I’m wiping up one kid’s throw-up in the middle of the night when I finally concede that this is a hard season we’re walking through. It snuck up on us and now we’re smack in the middle trying to survive each day and not let the whole circus come crashing down.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 𝗪𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Because this time around, we’re not lacking for work. This time around the bank account is full enough that we get to pour out rather than simply take. This pregnancy, we know where this baby is going to be born and that we’ll be bringing her back to not just any home, but to our home.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ You can have abundance and 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 need to accept help.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ You can be humbled by the goodness of life and 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 struggle with the day-to-day.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ You can welcome the changes and 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 feel like you’re failing to thrive in it all.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ This first week of Advent, I crawl back into bed after putting yet another child back to sleep and wonder if maybe that teenage holy Mama felt the same two thousand years ago?⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ As the birth of her Son drew near, could she have been both rejoicing at the season she was in and 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 calling it hard?⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Read the rest of “Monday Motivation: Can a Season Be Both Good AND Hard?” at #linkinprofile⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣ #wildandbeautifulplaces #advent #lifeishard #lookupchild #faith #writersofinstagram #parenting

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