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Throwback Sundays…Squashing creativity & lots of questions

When I was a child I had big dreams. I created with abandon. I didn’t care what people thought. Somewhere along the way I learned that creating & dreaming meant risk and that risk was bad. And that everyone would simply laugh at me if I failed. And they encouraged me to just do what was safe. And so I did.

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve heard a musing similar to that in the last couple of months. It makes me kinda sad. I think it’s great that we’re aware of our society’s tendency to kill creativity and that we want to try to change that that future generations. But how? (full post here)

I’m still asking that question. Suggestions?

Throwback Sundays…When God Brings it Full Circle

 

My encouragement to you? Fight for the relationships, despite how awkward or uncomfortable or hard it may be, because they are worth it. But also be encouraged when things don’t go well, feeling are hurt, you feel “wronged,” or you don’t handle a situation well that God is greater than all of it and He will redeem it. (original post here)

In all things, even relationships, victory isn’t possible without the battle. Beauty seldom comes without brokenness. People are worth trudging through the mess!

Throwback Sundays…The Best Community of People I Know

They are people who I can laugh with, cry with, rest with, worship with, vent to, be silent with, dream with, pray with, work with, be challenged by, and serve with. It is a community that I believe with my whole heart is the reason God brought me to Nashville. It is a community that I get incredibly excited about when I think of how God has used them and will continue to use them for His Kingdom. (full post here)

My community has certainly changed faces in the year & a half I’ve been in Nashville. As life’s seasons change so do relationships. But, community is still strong. It’s one thing Nashville does well – the thing that I find people who move here never knew they were missing until they discover they have it 8 months later. I tweeted the other day that home is where everybody knows your name. And that’s exactly what Nashville is. Most days it feels like a never ending episode of Cheers & I simply love it.

I hope you have good community that you’re spending Sunday with! :)

 

Throwback Sundays…Walking, Health, and the Things We Take for Granted

Thinking back to the early months of 2006 certainly puts life into perspective for me again. These days I often think “5 years ago or 3 years ago I couldn’t have done ___________.” And I hope those thoughts continue to cross my mind. Because the minute I stop thinking those things is probably the minute I’m starting to take a few too many things for granted. (full post here.)

It has now been 6 years. And as backwards as it may sound, I’m grateful for the daily physical struggle because it is a constance reminder of what a powerfully healing God we serve…a reminder that He is in control…and a reminder to savor the ordinary, everyday gifts in life.

 

 

Throwback Sundays…The Insignificant Moments


It must be the nostalgic in me that loves looking back. Loves remembering. This recap of 2010 still makes my heart smile. And 2011 was also full of insignificant moments…which I believe are the significant ones after all.

It truly is the moments. Sometimes those moments are days. But oftentimes they’re just moments…parts of days. But moments which forever change and shape my heart and soul. They’re moments I never want to forget because they remind me that I’m human. They remind of who I am and who I love. They remind me what’s important. And they give me hope. For life. For humanity. When all is said and done I think our lives are made up of these. The seemingly insignificant moments. The moments in which strangers become friends. The moments when all of the pieces of the puzzle seem to fall into place and we understand. The moments which we spend living for something greater than ourselves.