H A P P E N I N G S :
+ i held the sweetest newborn baby girl for a couple hours + i am so, so happy she is here!
+ we took a short trip down to oklahoma to see my family. shopping + family time 💕
+ we had a family nerf battle in the house one evening + a neighborhood nerf battle in our backyard.
+ i spent an entire monday night (willingly, happily!) researching eschatology. for fun. 🤓
+ after prayerfully seeking the Lord's guidance, jared + i finally joined the youth ministry at our church.
+ i finished studying 2 corinthians and also completed 1 + 2 timothy. (revelation is next!)
+ on a 102º august day, i excitedly sipped an iced chai with pumpkin cold foam. 😂 🎃
+ my work hosted an employee night at the zoo. we had lots of fun.
+ i celebrated my 37th birthday with so much love + coffee + good food. 💕
B O O K S :
- american gauntlet - 5 stars!!
- same time next summer - 3.5 stars
- the happy life of isadora bentley - 5 stars
T H E G O O D L I S T :
birds playing in a puddle • newborn cuddles • my new kindle! • family nerf battles • summer flowers 🌺 • root beer floats
L E S S O N S + O B S E R V A T I O N S :
+ it's good to acknowledge quirks + traits about oneself, but to dwell in those qualities is another. example #1: i had the realization months ago about how i am not the new girl in town anymore; i have lived in wichita for almost nine years. it's time to start living like it. example 2: i can make friends. i am not intruding on others' friendships. it is time to be a friend.
+ why does chili’s have the best chips + salsa?? make it make sense. 🍅
+ "arguing over nonessentials is a poor form of stewardship." [source]
+ your words matter, whether you’re saying them to someone you’re known for twenty minutes or twenty years.
+ Jesus welcomes discussion, but it’s the enemy who invites dissension.
+ it makes me so sad to see smut being marketed to women. (i.e. books that have very explicit sex scenes.) it's nothing more than p*rn for women.
+ remember: it costs $0 to let people celebrate holidays/seasons whenever they want. fall officially starts on my birthday, and it brings me a small delight during the hottest part of the summer. the most tired social media trope is telling people to stop enjoying the little things.
+ i was reading a book that mentioned heterochromia eyes. after googling it, i realized after years + decades of being told my eyes have different colors, it was actually this! central heterochromia is defined as having a different color around one's pupil. like most people, i have a gold ring around my pupil and then my eye color is around that.
+ faith is formed in the mundane days. how you walk with the Lord on a random tuesday will be made evident when the mountains + valleys come. if you walk with the Lord daily, the mountains will find you praising His name + the valleys will see you looking to Him. if you go days or weeks without seeking Him, those highs + lows will be a lot different.
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