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Refining
If you’re in the waiting…
The God of Miracles
Patience
Patience is freakin hard. But patience is a huge gift. It’s the gift of now. And the gift of not knowing. It’s the gift of acceptance.
Right Where You Are
Every month, God and I set a theme for the month. And for the next 30 days, I see every yes, every no, and every decision through the lens of that word. This month it’s “Run” and I have no idea what he means by that.
Acknowledging a Decade
I hope you see yourself in it. I hope it gives you words to speak over your own story. To be used as a template to fill in your own blanks + truths. Cause I really hope you’re proud of you, too.
Wild
proving Love
Maybe this is the whole point…
Your Love Can Too.
If it were easy to step into your truest gifts and use your biggest talents, I think God would be a lot smaller than he is.
A Big God
You can't play small and know a big life.
Build
We weren’t in the middle of a conversation- he didn’t even look up at me. He placed his arm on the table, rested his head on top of it, stared at the pieces he was moving around with his other hand… and expressed his I-just-can’t-hold-it-in love…
The Power Of Community
I do absolutely notice a theme. A constant that I can take with me as a key ingredient to cooking up more fulling days in the future. And that was no matter where I was, or what I was doing…
And Then God Gave Us Off Season
For months, you are not on a team. Your schedule and how you choose to use your time, beneficial or not, for growth and gain or not- is up to you. And if for some reason my vote counted… I say it’s off season that gets all the glory.
Half Way
It’s become my favorite thing in the world to watch a player make a diving catch. Or a play they have absolutely no business making. Because it’s not something you can teach.
Your Funeral Speech
Because you don’t come face to face with the reality of who you are and who the world sees you to be…. and come out on the other side the same person. You don’t come to acceptance with your humanness and your mortality, without realizing how much it matters.
Through The Eyes Of A Giant
On my senior weekend of my collegiate softball career, I remember writing about my immense gratitude for the pain I was feeling. I literally simultaneously wrote about how devastated I was that one chapter of my life was coming to a close (the only one I truly knew) and also about how grateful I was for my complete and utter heart-wrenching experience of the door closing.
When God Leaves The Building
I remember the moment it hit me. I asked God to show up and nothing changed. I continued to feel disconnected from the moment... I felt heavy, stuck, stagnant. Nothing about it lit me up or made me feel alive or safe or loved or free.
And Above All Else
Setting yourself free: It means...
Giantland
At some point in our life we get woken up. Spiritually that is, if we’re willing. If we’re listening. If we choose humility in order to receive it. I call it waking up to the bigger game. This post is one- of many moments- where life smacked me in the face (in this instance, literally)… and I had 2 choices:
I could either keep playing my own way… or surrender. And see what else life had to offer beyond my ego, stories, excuses, control, and pain. I eventually chose surrender. And may I just say… life has been much bigger, and far more beautiful, rewarding, fulfilling, and meaningful ever since.