February Log: Month 3 of darkness. Kids are practicing Careless Whisper on a recorder. It's cold and the dogs won't poop outside. Attending endless middle school concerts. The Girl Scout cookies have come but can't eat them because I haven't lost holiday weight. Things are bleak.
I can hear my kids making fun of me downstairs. They think I'm in the shower. Someone just sarcastically yelled "Yes you need to empty the dishwasher, no I dont care if it's your turn. Do it because I said so. I fund your whole lives, feed you, and keep all you bitches alive." 🤣
Just because you don't see the harvest doesn't mean the seed didn't take root. If God met all of your expectations, He'd never have a chance to exceed them!
Me: this is the hero
brain: ok
Me: they are loyal and brave
brain: hm
Me: then they try to do something good--
brain: [attention wandering]
Me: --but accidentally do something very very dark
Me: so actually this is a villain origin story
goblin brain: OH HELLO!!!!!!!!!
I'm one of those people who constantly questions whether or not, "am I good enough or even the right person for this?" Whatever it may be, 9 out of 10 times that question will pop into my head.
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It's… https://t.co/kqIB6haFjh
I can't get over this case in Texas. A mother decided that her 7 year old boy is really a girl because he liked the movie Frozen. The husband insisted that he's a boy. Courts got involved. Jury just ruled that, yes, the boy is a girl and he will now be "transitioned" into one.
A simple and heartfelt prayer we can all lift up today…
Jesus, I don’t want to be a secret-keeper with my faith. I want to be a bold and gracious truth-proclaimer. For You. With You. Because of You. Me, the girl whom You loved and redeemed.
"I'll be doing NaNoWriMo so I won't be online as much in November!" we writers say, looking you dead in the eye as we lie because we'll totally be online twice as much to complain how hard it is to write this book we chose to write.
“Money and success can never satisfy the deepest longings of our hearts, no matter who we are. God made us for Himself, and when we leave Him out of our lives, an emptiness is left in our hearts that cannot be filled—except by Christ.” #BillyGraham
If someone takes a chance on you, prove them right. Give your all and seize the opportunity at hand. Know that you are working for something larger than self. Be diligent. Be grateful. Succeed or fail, it will say more about who you are than the most carefully constructed verse.
Sometimes God loves us too much to do the very thing we’re begging Him to do.
I know how incredibly hard that can be, sweet friend.
But faith in God forged in the crucible of utter disappointment is the purest of all forms of trust.
No matter what you are facing, try to remember: YOU ARE NOT ALONE. There’s no storm God won’t bring you through. There’s no obstacle God won’t help you overcome. There's no enemy that God won't defeat. There's no heartache that God won't heal. Don't give up. #worldmentalhealthday