Happy, happy, happy weekend!
Let’s not let the everyday routines numb us to the miracle of living every day! Some real, down in the bones JOY to celebrate today! Links & stories 100% guaranteed to make you smile a mile wide & believe like crazy in a Good God redeeming everything. Never, ever give up…there really is hope, even for us.
Serving up only the Good Stuff for you & your people right here:
he brilliantly documents and shares our world from the skies
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just some basics for those who have never had the opportunity to learn: How to read music
this is everything right here
If you watch anything in the next couple of weeks, make it this movie Minari. If you care about being part of another, more hopeful narrative, Minari is a movie for our times.
What my friend, Helen Lee, writes here is profound and needful and I’ve been sitting long with her wisdom.
Our family is leaning into “The Wonderful, Wonderful Healing Power of Minari.”
Do you struggle to know what to say to God in prayer? A great way to guide your prayers is by including God’s Word. Meditate on the truths and promises of Scripture and then turn them into prayers. God loves when you speak His language!
Thank you for this, Joni Eareckson Tada…
Before and After Safe Water: 20 Powerful Photos which may change your perspective when you take your next drink
Jesus’ work and ministry culminated in a week of controversy leading up to the celebration of Passover
In this video, we’ll explore the Gospel of Luke 19-23, and how it came about that the innocent Jesus ended up being executed as a revolutionary rebel against Rome. We’ll also see how Jesus was not at all surprised because He believed that His death would open up a new future for Israel, and for all humanity.
… classic loveliness in our Fair Trade store, Grace Crafted Home:
using these items every day here on the farm
Your home and life can tell a story — that’s changing the story of the world.
(100% of proceeds go to help fund Mercy House Global’s work in Kenya)
glory, glory, glory
30 Amazing Winners of the World Nature Photography Awards
This week on Better Together’s, Lisa Harper discusses what scripture actually says about women.
Join the conversation as Melinda Doolittle, Natalie Grant, Jamie Ivey, and Nona Jones join Lisa Harper to discuss how we’ve been taking passages in the Bible out of context regarding women and how God views women.
profoundly said…one to read again and again:
Maybe you need this reminder today too: It’s okay to not have all the answers. It’s okay to feel sad. It’s okay to cry. God never said we’d have a pain free life, He actually gave us a heads up that we’ll all face hard times. His story never ends there, though. He is a restorer at heart and He specializes in redemption.
just too good not to share: Less Like Me
You Don’t Need to Understand Now
We don’t need to understand God’s purposes now; what we need to do is trust God’s purposes now.
thank you for this, Jon Bloom
stories like these? never, ever get old… don’t miss this one
Believe it: Every day is a fresh start
a moving, life-changing love story…they share their hard yet hope-filled truth
Post of the week from these parts here:
The details of our hard may be different, but all our need for courage is the same.
Right. There. With. You.
How To Live Through Hard Things
Do You Have to Belong to Israel to Be Saved?
Ephesians 2:11–13
Books for Soul Healing:
Joy is actually possible, right where you are.
Take the dare to discover: Life is not an emergency…Life is a GIFT. Life is too short to do anything but truly savor it — to count all the ways you truly loved.
What if Brokenness is the Path into the Abundant Life?
You don’t have to be afraid of broken things — because Christ is redeeming everything.
There’s no other authentic way forward — but a broken way — right into a profoundly abundant life.
Journey into a deeply meaningful life with this devotional and take sixty steps from heart-weary brokenness to Christ-focused abundance. The Way of Abundance — is the way forward every heart needs.
Be the Gift is a tender intivation into the next step of deeper transformation, less stress, more joy and abundantly more peace & purpose. You only get one life to love well…to Be The Gift.
on repeat this week: When We Fall Apart
Early in the morning, first thing, there’s this turning on of a lamp and this sacred encounter with God:
Today, let’s pine after the heart of God:
Want the One who wants you more than anyone else.
I have found this true, especially at the bottom of all kinds of unspoken broken: God is never an obligation, but always worthy of anticipation. Time with God isn’t an action on some to-do list but an act of Love with Someone.
God isn’t a duty when you are attracted to His beauty.
I can not help it, because this has been my story:
Fall in love with the One who erases all of your falls.
Pine after the One who hung on a tree for you,
the only One who ever loved you to death and back to the realest life.
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That’s all for this weekend, friends.
Go slow. Be God-struck. Grant grace. Live Truth.
Give Thanks. Love well. Re – joy, re- joy, ‘re- joys’ again
Share Whatever Is Good.
