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WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES! 🌙☀️💛

Golden hour between summer and fall is to die for.🌟 This shot captures almost all the small spaces of my Porch Garden. Here you see life spread out farther than one photo can contain. And I love that. All these small flower pots get fuller. . .all these fledgling beginnings become grander. . .all these moments to notice and live and give thanks for. I'm learning a lot, doing the work to get my mind in shape, and soaking up life right here. When I take time to notice, it's not that hard. In other news, I look forward to sharing more on my novellette going live this October. The novelette will be on the blog and may potentially be on the podcast IF you head to my stories and vote YES for the chapters as episodes.👏 Golden hour moments are definitely in the story and I look forward to sharing the allegorical novellette I began writing in the spring. (OH MY😳 Did I just announce a novellette? Did not plan to announce today. No strategy in that one.😂 But its gonna be fun!)

Here I am soaking in the garden of the historic Bourn Cottage located at Empire Mine (one of California's most well-known, richest, longest gold mines). I WAS SO IN LOVE with the garden as soon as I saw this amazing structure and the layout.😍 I was already making plans to visit in the spring too! Dedicating a place FOR LIFE-- whether it be a windowsill or a wide expanse of land--is one of the best things you can do to see that good and beautiful things are growing even when you feel your life is not. Nothing gives a better picture of the human soul than a garden's resilience and reawakening. . .its love for the light. Today's podcast episode is a little different as I'm sharing more of my heart rather than something practical & helpful for you. While it is uncomfortable to share vulnerable emotions, talking about God's power and kindness is SO important. May all that we share on these squares, on our blogs, in our emails, through messages and texts be words that increase our thanksgiving to God.🌟❤ link in bio per usual!

Life on earth isn't fair. And we all know that's good (God's grace) and terrible (heartbreak/tragedy). We tattoo our hearts and minds with the mantra "My Pain Is Unfair." But there's much more to it than that. The pain you call unfair could better be described as spiritual warfare. War for the affections of your heart. War for the takeover of your mind. War on the desire to live your life. Satan wants to take anything that he can from you. He'd take everything if he could. When you look at your pain (whatever kind it is) and scream at God, "THIS IS MEAN. THIS IS UNFAIR. WHY DO THIS TO ME!", then Satan is winning the war. He's got you accusing God. When you move from asking God questions with your brokenly human, yet trusting heart to accusing God with your bitter, trying-to-be-God heart then you're in grave danger. Of course GOD IS GREATER than this! God will deliver and rescue you! He will redeem and heal. He's your Father. And He loves doing that. You've got to know that God wants to walk through this pain with you (2 Corinthians 1:3-11 is a great place to start!) Face this pain and grieve this heartache WITH God instead of against Him. Win this war for your heart, mind, and life with the God who is FOR you. Experience the intimate comfort of God that is meant FOR you. And for Pete's sake! Give pain the definition it deserves...and it's not a measly word like "unfair." No! It's spiritual WARFARE. #lifewithGod 🌟💛

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