Alowetta

I am so blessed! Always headed forward; living today, planning for tomorrow, and never without an opinion on most things.

[Alowetta @Alowetta]

My kiddo talking about his kiddo 😭😭

[Christian Ross @christianross]

Objects in mirror are closer than they appear.

Go change the world, One.

[ZUBY: @ZubyMusic]

Even if you don't come from a good family, a good family can still come from you.

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

Oh man… not sure how to write this.

Here it goes.

January of last year, I did something I hadn’t done… ever.

I gave Trump credit for doing something good.

I gave him credit for keeping his promises to us in Western North Carolina.

I could never have imagined the volume of hate and anger I received from doing something that was so obviously the right thing to do.

Just giving credit where credit was due.

Saying thank you.

Since that moment, I’ve learned a lot.

I’ve learned that some of my liberal friends were never friends.

They torched our friendship almost immediately… just for thanking Trump.

I learned that many liberals seem to preach tolerance, but aren’t tolerant of conservative ideas AT ALL, it’s just an act to pretend to be moral.

I learned that the greatest organizations in the world are churches… something that was genuinely UNTHINKABLE even 2 years ago.

I learned that the media just… lies.

They lie constantly and without fear of ever being caught.

I learned this lying comes from a bizarre sense of righteous morality that the lie, in the end, will achieve some good.

I learned they cannot be trusted.

I learned that I offloaded my own critical thinking to these organizations, and that many of the news “stories” I believed were true… never were.

I learned what it means to be swatted.

I learned what it’s like to have some crazed leftists send armed police to my home, with my kids in their beds, at 2AM claiming I had been sh0t and to break down the door.

I learned that the only thing in the world that can change a persons mind is kindness is action… because that’s what changed mine.

I learned that kindness is telling the truth, not lying to protect someone’s feelings.

I learned that telling the truth is the most dangerous thing you can do, and that’s why free speech matters so much.

I learned that free speech is never truly free… they will come after your entire life and try to destroy everything in it.

…but it’s worth it

It’s all been worth it.

[Alowetta @Alowetta]

@christianross Lots of hugs to you and M.

[Alowetta @Alowetta]

@christianross @melanieross So happy for you!👏🏼👏🏼❤️

[Megan Basham @megbasham]

All right Google, I’ll give this one to you. This is pretty great.

[Shahriq Khan @RealShahriqKhan]

You know what shook me when I was Muslim?

The story of Hosea. God tells a prophet to marry a woman He knows will betray him.

She does. She runs to other men. She ends up enslaved, sold, used up, worthless to the world.

And God tells Hosea to go BUY HER BACK.

To pay money for his own wife who cheated on him, and love her again. Hosea 3.

I thought it was the most humiliating command in the Bible. Why would any man do that?

Then I realized I was the wife.

I gave my heart to everything but God. I chased other masters. I sold myself cheap. I made myself worthless.

And God looked at me, the betrayer, and didn’t say “you’re not worth it.”

He said, “Name the price. I’m buying her back.”

That’s the Gospel. God doesn’t wait for the unfaithful to come crawling back clean.

He pays to redeem them while they’re still dirty.

Islam told me to make myself worthy of God.

Hosea showed me a God who pays to redeem the unworthy.

The cross was Him naming the price.

Praise the Lord.

[Alowetta @Alowetta]

@status_is_down Yes

[Mike Bales 🫡🇺🇸 @MikeBales]

World Cup visitors, your Buc-ee’s, tornado, humidity, free-refill, deep-fried videos are saving us. In a country that only hears how awful it is, you’re showing everyone there’s still plenty worth celebrating. Thank you — we needed this!
God bless America 🙏🏻🇺🇸

[Alowetta @Alowetta]

@jeff_gluck Awesome photo!

[Five Tool Collegiate @FiveToolCollege]

.@ImpactBsblClub Collegiate's Cohen Ross (@cohenross) drops one into left field for a single.

@ETBU_Baseball

Profile: https://t.co/cIlkK0ndVO

[Alowetta @Alowetta]

I have always admired your singing of the National Anthem, because when celebrities just honor the country, it brings us all together. I believe what you have chosen to do is wrong for you, all of us, and the country. I'm sad to say I will no longer honor you by listening to your music.

[Erin Derham Van Swol @HistoryBoutique]

Before I ever felt God‘s hand on my shoulder, I felt a similar peace on a mountain top.

Matt and I fell in love on a hike.

Our first date was a hike, he proposed on a hike, we hike with our kids.

We pulled ourselves out of hardships and health scares on mountain tops.

But, at the time of these photos, I didn’t have a Church or even even consider myself a Christian.

My only connection to God was through nature.

My epiphany this morning is that every moment of peace experienced, every hardship and every success, was Christ helping me find my way back to him.

He was so patient.

It is overwhelming sometimes, to think about how many times he saw me fail.

I don’t know how to explain it other than one day, I felt his presence in a very real way and since that day he hasn’t left my side.

I was singing in church and felt his hand on my shoulder.

I started crying and just let it happen. I was in so much pain and so overwhelmed with fear and loneliness.

And at that moment, he was there.

I can’t even type these words without crying.

That was a year ago.

It felt like magic.

This morning, I am so full of gratitude to be a Christian with an incredible church, family, and the natural world all given to me (and you) by God.

My prayer is that all of you have felt this or feel this one day too.

God isn’t attached to any ideology or political party.

He is there for every single person on this earth, and your life will be irrevocably changed for the better when you let him in.

[ZUBY: @ZubyMusic]

Massive shout out to everybody doing their best to raise upright, competent children.

You are literally securing the future of mankind. May God bless you, wherever you are.

[James Woods @RealJamesWoods]

When we lose the House in September, John Thune will be single-handedly responsible. But he’ll still be richer than all of you, so he just won’t care.

Republicans are seriously more dangerous to America than the foul Democrats. At least the Democrats show you how vile they are.

[Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 @TulsiGabbard]

The quiet moments are often the most important. Last night just before Cabinet members walked onto the House floor for the President’s State of the Union, we joined together in prayer, giving all thanks and praise to God, and praying for the clarity and strength to listen to Him, serve Him, and do His will.

[Alowetta @Alowetta]

@mattvanswol I Talk to Jesus. A Lot. Sometimes at very high volume. Standing outside... Jesus saves me.

[@Chicago1Ray 🇺🇸 @Chicago1Ray]

BOOM 💥

Trump says he's boycotting the halftime show & watching Kid Rock at TPUSA

Hit that (RP) button If you're gonna turn your TV off right as the first half ends or if you're going to boycott the Super Bowl entirely

@NFL @nflcommish

Goodell is tagged, let him hear you 👍

[Brett Craig @bac37]

Brands will spend 8M today per ad.

We spent less than 50k on this ad I had the privilege to write and direct.

It’s been seen by 40+ Million.

And there is not a single ad in my career that I cared more about or am as proud of.