Beverly Lynn

french fries, coffee, people & photography.

[Beverly Lynn @BevyLynn]

It’s been 3 years since I first tried the best ice cream I’ve had & in August I have been working for this company for 2 years. So think what you will, I am currently an artisan ice cream maker. It’s been a journey, I love my job and am killing it.

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[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.

[Shane @sbliss89]

New level of Catholic guilt unlocked: the pope wants to know why you haven’t finished that draft yet.

[The Real Estate God @TheRealEstateG6]

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[Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson]

An Aussie discovers Texas Road House for the first time. Epic!

The World Cup needs to be permanently held in the US. It offers the most for the teams and the fans. 🤣🇺🇸🇦🇺

[Matthew Loftus @matthew_loftus]

I wrote a book. It's not about Christian Nationalism. It's about a problem that's far more vexing, pervasive, and (dare I say it?) toxic.

Therapy culture uses the imprimatur of science to spread ideas that make people psychologically sicker.

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[Beverly Lynn @BevyLynn]

@JoshuaBarzon 3

[Beverly Lynn @BevyLynn]

@bobbyfijan @lymanstoneky We also want non-members! It’s a way to get kids into a church who have never been in a church before! It’s cheap childcare for some parents, yes but we get a chance to love those kids like Jesus!

[Beverly Lynn @BevyLynn]

@bobbyfijan @lymanstoneky A lot of the VBS programs around here charge. It’s a mix. Ours is $25 but we cap it for families with lots of kids and have tons of scholarships. If we didn’t, our no-show rate would be insane and we have waitlists every year. Definitely doesn’t cover the costs.

[Beverly Lynn @BevyLynn]

@SketchesbyBoze Encouragement for you. This is my 7yo, who has been a reluctant reader until something just clicked recently.

My 14yo regularly exchanges book suggestions and thoughts with many of his friends. (Mostly fantasy epics at the moment)

[Beverly Lynn @BevyLynn]

@TheAnchoress @ThrillaRilla369 Stranger than Fiction
Sabrina (with Hepburn)

[Beverly Lynn @BevyLynn]

@JeremyWingert79 Henry and the Chalk Dragon

[Timothy Keller (1950-2023) @timkellernyc]

What is an idol? It is anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than God, anything you seek to give you what only God can give.

[Emma Camp @emmma_camp_]

Two-paragraph horror story.

When euthanasia is an option, suicidality can no longer be treated as inherently disordered. A teenage girl tries to kill herself twice, and her doctor offers to help her finish the job as a legitimate “treatment.”

[Rob Henderson @robkhenderson]

What actually changed my life was learning to do things I hated every single day.

Some people read the early chapters of Troubled and say, “I can’t recognize this person. How does the teenage kid I’m reading about become the person I’m speaking to now?”

The answer is simple: if you spend eight years in the military, you’re going to change.

And it took all eight of those years for me to reshape my personality, my outlook, and my priorities to the point where I could function as a self-sufficient adult.

I initially enlisted for four years. One of the most important lessons I learned during that time was that motivation is overrated. It took me a long time to understand this, but motivation is just a feeling. Do I want to do this? Do I not want to do this? Do I feel inspired today?

Self-discipline matters more than motivation. Self-discipline means doing what needs to be done regardless of how you feel. It means sticking to healthy routines and making good decisions even when you don’t feel motivated. If you can string together enough productive days over a long enough period of time, your life will begin to improve.

What’s happening internally, in terms of motivation or lack of motivation, matters less than people think. The real question is: can you do it anyway?

At first, that discipline was imposed from the outside. In basic training, the instructors enforce structure and routine. But over time, that external discipline gradually becomes internal self-discipline.

Even after my first four years in the Air Force, from ages seventeen to twenty-one, I knew I still wasn’t ready to leave that rigid structure behind. I understood that I needed more time inside an environment that demanded responsibility and consistency from me. So I reenlisted for another four years.

By the time I was twenty-four or twenty-five, I was finally prepared.

[Beverly Lynn @BevyLynn]

@bobbyfijan I got one going to high school in the fall! When did this happen? How did we get so old?

[Timothy Keller (1950-2023) @timkellernyc]

The main problem our heart has is not so much desires for bad things, but our over-desires for good things.

[𝐎. 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞 @TheAlanNoble]

This is also relevant again (now unlocked) https://t.co/zYRhYUeN9y

[Beverly Lynn @BevyLynn]

This! Why don’t people give me their names back? It drives me bonkers and makes me feel pushy to have to ask their names, which I do.

[Rob Henderson @robkhenderson]

When I shake someone's hand and say "hi I'm Rob," around one-third of the time they reply "nice to meet you" or similar but weirdly don't offer their own name in turn. Possibly bc they don't like me but also seems ppl are just oblivious to the sequence of this introduction ritual

[Maryland Commerce @MDBiz]

Despite celebrating 80 years of business, J.O. Spice has been one of the best kept secrets of Baltimore. From the first Maryland Blue Crab you ever cracked, and every one in between, it’s likely J.O. No. 2 Seasoning that you’ve tasted with every bite 🦀

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