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There are a thousand reasons to celebrate us. As

There are a thousand reasons to celebrate us.
As we walked the dreamy banks of the Riverwalk, I realized you will be the last man standing. Our kids begin a season of launching this month and at the end of this season, there will be you.
Last night, I realized afresh that I love being me with you. One day, a whole lot sooner than we ever realized, it will just be us.
And I still like us. ❤️🔥

Have you ever had a moment where you realized you

Have you ever had a moment where you realized you had just exited a difficult season?
You know, a time when you realized that you weren’t stuck, spinning or scared anymore?

✔️✔️✔️I’ve had three moments in the last seven years when the Lord stopped me to recognize we had changed seasons.
⭐️The first was the day the anxiety that wracked me (and gave birth to my book “Brave Moms, Brave Kids”) ended. It was the morning after I spoke to 1,500 people about praying for their children and that day led to podcasting, interviewing and writing for @momsinprayer. 💥A woman stopped me in the convention center and said she had prayed for me much of the night. I looked at her and said, “I felt it. The constant anxiety and nausea that has been with me for four months is gone.”
⭐️The second time I was walking in Chicago with Mike and my friend, @abbybanfield. I had been so very sick with my thyroid issues and could barely handle being in public places. I was so physically tired that I avoided people. A very non-me thing to do. When all of the sudden, I found myself chatting with the hotel doorman and engaging the waitress. I turned to Abby somewhere on the streets and said, “Oh my goodness, I like people again.” She nodded and I knew. I was healing.
⭐️The third time was two weeks ago. I was walking across the front lawn of Grace Adventures, my new home, and I realized my grief was giving way to joy. Mike, the kids, and I surrendered our home, comfort, and familiarity to new, growth, a pandemic and the deaths of 3 people we treasured.
❤️I doubt this will be the last walk through a dark season and Dear One, I bet it won’t be your last one either. But let me promise you this:
There will be light again.
After weeping comes joy, hope and goodness.
God will be faithful to hold fast till you are through. (Lam. 3:23)
It’s a promise.
Have you been there, done that? Walked through a rough season and had a moment when you realized that the sun was rising in your dark night? Need prayer?
⭐️⭐️⭐️Let me know.
❤️
Photo: Me and Cheeks Pineconeski
He lives at camp. ❤️ We were both feeling it!

When I was 17, I knew I belonged to Jesus and that

When I was 17, I knew I belonged to Jesus and that God could use me to teach the Bible to others.
To be honest, I learned both of those things from the couple who discipled me. They put the Word in my hand and said, “This is the truth. It will heal your mind.” And “What if you led a small group?”
❤️I thought when I was 17 that my love for sharing what I was learning would always look like it did then- forever. A group of teen girls on a floor in a living room with a Bible in my hand.
I didn’t know that Bible teaching could lead to writing. Or that a willingness to do announcements might lead to microphones. Or curiosity would lead to interviews. That a love for cultivating hearts could lead to hosting podcasts. Or that a fascination with underdog stories would lead to a life of becoming.
❤️All I knew was that I belonged to Jesus.
You know what I know today?
You belong to Jesus. God will use you, too. And it probably won’t look anything like it does today.
🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Anything placed in God’s hand grows. Including you. What do you want to grow?

Summer camp matters. A friend of mine explained it

Summer camp matters.
A friend of mine explained it to me this way: There are events and there are processes in life, and it is God ordained that we experience both.
⭐️Processes are the things we participate in daily or regularly. They are the habits that drive our life, teach and shape us over the long haul. ✔️Church ✔️Bible reading ✔️Small groups and Bible Study.
These things buff us and train us over the course of time.
This where we plan the scope and sequence of our children’s learning so over a period of years they acquire knowledge and training they need.
🙌🏻Hallelujah- how we need PROCESSES in our lives.
But we also must also have EVENTS that change us. 🏔
Many people shrug off the effects of events in their lives and minimize the long-term impact they can have on our kids.
Events are moments when you make decisions that last a lifetime. Lines in the sand where you say, “No more,” “I will,” and “From now on.”
🏔Events are the times God god gives us for etching memories and lessons on our lives that refuse to fade into the background hum of our daily lives.
🔥I can look back on three distinct moments in my life when I made a decision before the Lord, a commitment to Him that changed everything.
Can you? Do you have a 🏔🔥event that you look back on as formative?
❤️This week Mike and I sent our girls to camp.
Events are an investment and a risk. We believe wholeheartedly that camp is a place where our kids can be themselves without us. They can try new things, learn in new ways, and have other caring adults invest in who they are becoming.
🔴How about you? Have you been shaped by camp? Which one?
Do you see the need for events and processes in your life, too?
#camplife #eventsandprocesses #momlife #ccca #bravemombravekids

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Tonight is Brendan’s Senior Prom.❤️ We love

Tonight is Brendan’s Senior Prom.❤️
We love these guys so much.
❤️
Motherhood has these moments that ache because they make your heart so large.
This is one of those.❤️

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