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Posted on November 30, 2017November 30, 2017

hope on the rise.

As soon as the Christmas tree goes up every year, my morning routine shifts. All I want to do is pour a cup of coffee & linger in front of it, taking in the silence of the morning & the softness of its glow (team white lights FOREVER, you guys). I can see those little …

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Posted on May 1, 2017May 1, 2017

What I’m Reading: 2017 part one.

This year, I rediscovered the library. I've loved to read since I was three. (I know, the nerd in me showed up early & has been going strong ever since.) If I close my eyes, I can still picture the library in my hometown neighborhood, can still smell that well-read paper & feel that calming …

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Posted on April 17, 2017April 17, 2017

on taking deep breaths.

Tonight, I'm crashing into bed proud of myself. Over the past three weeks, I've pushed myself harder than I can remember. I took on three new clients in an already insane season. I worked a lot of 12+ hour days - and still went to bed on time. I took care of my body. Today, I …

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Posted on March 13, 2017

#makeMondaykind: An Introduction

Last week's giveaway was so much fun for me - not just because I got to share some of my favorite products with y'all (congrats to Lauren from Texas for winning!), but because I saw you guys get on board. You're ready to share kindness & kick start your week with a dose of encouragement. …

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Posted on March 6, 2017

The #makeMondaykind Giveaway!

It's my birthday week, but I want to give some things I love to YOU. So here we go - the very first #makeMondaykind giveaway! (To learn more about #makeMondaykind, click here.) The winner will receive: 1️⃣ Two copies of Darling Magazine No. 18 - one for you to keep, one for you to make Monday …

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Posted on December 24, 2016December 24, 2016

Something Worth Rejoicing Over

“A thrill of hope; the weary world rejoices. For yonder breaks a new & glorious morn.” O Holy Night has always been my favorite Christmas song, & I've always held that lyric close. But this year, it hits new depths in my soul. Because this year, more than ever before, I’m weary. I’m weary of opinions …

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Posted on September 9, 2016September 9, 2016

The Year I Stopped Trying to Control People

2016 will go down as the year I stopped trying to control people. Not that I was successfully controlling them before. But I tried. Wow, did I try. My soul still has some scars that prove it — on their way to healed, but still visible if you look hard enough. I think my heart …

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For me, it’s easy to get so caught up in a big dream, even a God-given one, that I miss the hundreds of tiny, character-forming steps I should be taking that‘ll prepare me to hold the dream well. Big things don't come to fruition overnight, of course. But what am I doing while I wait? Dreaming, and dreaming, and dreaming some more? Or tilling the soil so the dream has somewhere to sink its roots? As it turns out, God's not honored by the audacity of my dreams. He's honored by the consistency of my obedience. Staring far, far away with singular focus was never the point. We should be glancing at the ground in front of us, now, seeing where our feet should be planted today. Pulling up weeds, planting seeds, watering the parched places, preparing space to put the harvest once it grows. It's not that we lose hope for the "big" thing in the future - it's that we know the "little" things are where the real richness lies. We know that if we don’t take care of our storehouses, we won’t have anywhere to hold the harvest when it arrives. We won’t be able to enjoy any of the fruit if we don’t make space for it. Obedience, today. Those are the words on my lips when I'm unsure, overwhelmed, impatient. Obedience today is all that's asked of us. Clearing the storehouse. Making space for the fruit. So whatever that looks like for you, choose it. And keep choosing it, one step at a time. All those steps will lead you to a wildly good harvest that you hold right in your hands - and your character will be deeply rooted, so you'll hold that good gift well.
Going back to the mountains to snuggle this little pup for a few days - she’s already not so little anymore! 😭 So thankful my life lets me hop in the car to hug my family on a regular old Tuesday. In fact, I’m rehearsing gratitude at every turn these days. I have high hopes and big prayers about 2020, but I don’t want to set my sights on what’s “not yet” so much that I miss the goodness that’s here right now. Right now, I have work that’s deeply meaningful to me. What a gift. I get to worship Jesus in the healthiest community I’ve ever known (what’s up, @legacynashville). I get to travel often, AND I love my home, my city. My life’s rich in relationships. I’d love to tell the lonely years about these days. I’m happy in my own skin, in my own life — I spend a lot less time looking over the fences into other’s lives than I used to. Is every dream fulfilled, every hope realized? Of course not. But contentment and gratitude have become the song of my heart anyway. Turns out, that makes all the difference. We talk a lot about goals and dreams when a new year begins, and I’m all for it. But if your focus on what you don’t yet have or haven’t yet achieved is making you cranky, bitter, ungrateful — stop and take inventory. What you have now is pretty good, I bet. You’re probably even holding some things in your hands that used to be a wild, far-off dream. Don’t lose the magic of that. God’s really good, and life’s really rich, even on a regular old Tuesday. ✨
Having @alexisteichmiller back in Nashville this week felt like putting on my favorite old sweatshirt. Our friendship has housed so many of my favorite memories, and it’s well-worn now, tried & true. We stood side by side in church this morning, and I thought back on how hard things were in our respective lives just one year ago. We still showed up and raised our hands in worship back then. And raising them again today, on the other side of some really dark days, was really special. So glad we had each other to walk through the valleys of 2019 — and to climb to the mountaintops, too. Alexis is brave and fun and caring, and I’ll stick with her for life, even when I have to duck under her hats for photos. 😂 It’s so sweet to be reminded that even when your people leave home, they don’t stop feeling like home.
This babe is flying in for FOUR WHOLE DAYS tomorrow and I am in no way chill about it. 😭🙌🏼😍 Nashville has missed you, my girl.
things grow slow. that's the trick they grow at exactly the pace it takes. how many of us have waited four days to lose hope? five? seven? nine? things grow slow you cannot watch them, really. you just wake one day to find the seed that died all those years ago is a tall tree firm & steady. ———————————————————————— Anyone else already been disappointed this year? Not in huge ways, I bet - but if you’re like me, your heart’s already been pricked by the tiniest of letdowns. If you’re like me, you might be tempted to think that your 2020 hopes were too high, your dreams too big, the words God planted in you too impossible. Stop it. We talk a big game about hope, most of us, but my gosh, we’re quick to let it go. I remembered these words from Allison Fallon today - words I’ve loved for years - and remembered all over again that growth isn’t something that pops up in four days. I’m not growing chia pets over here. I’m planting dreams that’ll grow into strong, tall trees. If these hopes I have are going to weather some storms (and I surely want them to), then I’m going to have to give them time to get their roots into the soil of my year. So whether we’re 4 days, or 40 days, or even 400 days into hoping for things not yet seen: don’t give up. Things grow slow. That’s the trick - they grow at exactly the pace it takes.
I limped into 2019 with a sick body and an exhausted heart. If you told me on January 1st that God was going to restore them both, I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have believed you. The good news: He’s better than I dreamed He could be. I’m here, on December 31st, healed. And not just in the ways I asked for. Because that’s who He is — a God who gives us abundantly more than we could ask or imagine. I’m not just spouting that phrase off because I read it in Ephesians one time. I’m saying so because I KNOW that it’s true, deep in my bones. I’ve seen evidence of His abundance over and over and over again this year. I have no idea what 2020 will hold. But I’m walking into the next 366 days (hey, leap year) knowing that His goodness won’t turn off with the flip of the calendar, and that means there’s even more redemption ahead — so sign me up. I’m sharing all the wild ways God’s showed up for me this year in tomorrow’s edition of The Pour Over. I’m hoping it’ll be a booster shot of belief for you — because He won’t show up any less for you than He did for me. Just ask Him to work, and buckle up. Because it’s going to be wild. But it’s also going to be so, so good. Want to kick off 2020 with a redemption story for the books? Sign up. Link’s in my bio.
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