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When You’re a Lot Like a Goat

At night, we do the chores. Well, Ben does most the chores. He milks Hattie and Marge. I play with Mav and Chester. Ben hands me a pile of hay and then I motivate those little kids into their small house for the night. Ben carries the larger pile of hay to the bigger house-barn…

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One of my flower bunches had outgrown the pot. The roots were reaching out of the drainage holes. So I did what I've never done before. I became a plant surgeon. I broke the soil and gently + firmly replanted both in separate pots. I wasn't sure the hanging flowers would make it and it still looks weak, but it's getting stronger and I've seen new green sprouts growing boldly. The other part of the flower bunch that was dying is now thriving. And so new life is triumphing all. I keep being reminded of Spring 2018 when I was inexpertly plopping soil into a pot thinking, "I don't know what I'm doing, but I'm doing a new thing." Immediately from this thought, God seemed to say, "I know what I'm doing, I'm doing a new thing." ❤ And He has! And He is! Transplanting flowers with a courageous hand and celebrating every single new green sprout confirms just how much life God has done & is doing on the outside of me and in the inside of me. I am a gardener. I am a celebrator of life. I am at peace. I am full of hope. I am watching. I am waiting. I am living from a place of joy. I am here. All because God knows what He's doing.🌿💛

Is this what I look like when I'm at the fair and about to get coffee from our local coffee shop's trolley car?!🤣 Apparently, yes. .at least when the camera is out!🤣 August 8th ranks pretty high for best days ever. My husband and I spontaneously went to the fair on community day. We meandered our way around and saw LOTS of goats. Talked to a goat lady, exchanged stories, showed off our goat kids, then watched real kids take their goats through a Goat Obstacle Course. 😳🤔😅The fair and my time away revealed something really positive about social media.➡️ It's fun to run a LIVE commentary on life. It's actually invaluable! Social media prompts us to voice our experiences. We pause and capture the fullness of a moment right when God has given it. What a priceless opportunity!! Yeah, we for sure get caught up and caught in all kinds of trouble. Us humans are experts at ruining a good thing, but wow! We have the opportunity to cement our wide range of experiences. . .we have the chance every day to look back at the fullness of what God has done and what God is doing. We can see ourselves grow. We can see ourselves living with and living out the gifts God has given! Why don't we make social media a track record worth returning to!

BACKKK! 🙆‍♀️ My time away revealed so much positive growth already in my life! I've seen firsthand just how much God has changed my heart in the last few years. Social media just doesn't have the hold it used to. Writing doesn't carry the same weight around my worth. I'm not who I used to be. In the quiet, I lliked life as it was without the noise and without the work I love. All that being said, OF COURSE, the rest was good and needed! There are things to change, positive habits to implement, and disciplines to reinforce. I'm committed to learning what it means to serve God with my all while also enjoying God with my all. This means busyness and rest. This means serving and stillness. This means doing and being. This means furthering the kingdom of God (in His strength) and intimately knowing the God of this kingdom (what a gift!). I've got lots to share with you. I've missed this, yet loved the time away from it all! But it's back to beautifully normal Mondays, so Episode 12 is LIVE and ready for ya! Listen all the way to the very end. You just might get a laugh!😂 #JoyRightHerePodcast

The face of a woman who just spent a good slice of time planting her cilantro, chives, and lavendar. Ben and I keep experimenting with our innovative hanging planter and a mini herb garden might do the trick! (The lavender has its own separate home by the rosemary.😁) I'm preparing for a mini hiatus from blog/podcast work so tomorrow will be the last podcast episode + email until August 19. I'm deleting work/social apps off my phone and going into FULL vacation/rest mode. I'M SO EXCITED. I've got books lined up, a hammock set up, blackberries to pick for pie, goats to play with, God's Word to study, and a porch garden to dote on. Even though I'm excited, It's REALLY HARD for me not to work. So this break is a discipline and I believe it's imperative for my personal & spiritual growth. I'm going to really struggle but that's exactly why I need to do this! Rest can be a hard thing to wrestle with. But this post will keep me accountable to STAY AWAY until August 19! Tomorrow the Monday email will send and the episode will go live and I'll go learn to rest.🌻💛

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