Only the Good Stuff: Multivitamins for Your Weekend [12.10.16]
Happy, happy, happy weekend!
Some real, down in the bones JOY to celebrate today! Links & stories this week 100% guaranteed to make you smile a mile wide & believe like crazy in a Good God redeeming everything — and that there’s love everywhere & for ((you))!
Serving up only the Good Stuff for you right here:
Meg Loeks
Meg Loeks
Meg Loeks
if your soul needs to inhale some joy this season?
Your week looked like this too, eh? (okay, so what if we did watch this one 3 times)
Qusar district. Photo: Lyokin Photography. Time Lapse: Farhad Ibrahimzade.
look up — really, you’ve got to see this
share the JOY: wherever you are
okay, this is kinda a crazy novel!?
hired as a package deal: a veteran and his dog yes
what this hospital staff did for a patient? #BeTheGIFT
Oncology nurse writes apology to her patients because…
loving this — there is always, always HOPE
This day was bad at the start, the middle and the end. But then this happened.
how moms see themselves vs how their kids see them
Want to preach Gospel to yourself every day through December?
Free Stress-Free Holiday Sticky Notes for Your Soul
right here: No Stress Holiday Manifesto
and he’s got it just right
…nothing slows us down through Advent like this 24 Day Advent Wreath —
because there’s no missing Jesus this year
bringing smiles to tens of thousands: a boy & his dog
this Christmas? okay, no shame: The farmer & I watched this one twice with the kids
Because? THIS IS THE REAL DEAL — Reality, right here ^
William Anders, NASA
Kinda a great history lesson with the kids:
The 100 Most Influential Photos of all Time
because we all need someone to believe in us #TheBrokenWay
You’ve gotta read this: Two Kinds of Buckets
just beautiful: To Worship You I Live
All in here, folks — ALL IN: The Ministry of Giving a Rip at Christmastime
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the happiest gift of more Jesus this year:
The Greatest Gift … & Unwrapping The Greatest Gift —
and over at the The Greatest Christmas there’s a whole library of free printable ornaments, Christmas cards, gift tags, gifts boxes, scavenger hunt, and more —
our gift to you for The Greatest Christmas!
this one kinda blew our mind? yeah, indeed: a BIG God
The oldest know Pearl Harbor survivor at 104: he received a welcome worthy of a hero
Mary, did you know?
Post of the Week from these Parts:
I had to wait a long time to tell this story,
to find any words at all.
Finally it all came now… & kind of undone in a way that makes everything whole:
“The Secret Truth that Cures Feelings of Abandonment —
& what has to be said about Advent”
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You all have our little book about breaking free on the NYTimes Bestsellers list for week #5?
You all are giving the gift of breaking free to your people & it’s kinda blowing me away how you’re sharing the love — sharing the life transformation of what’s the most beautiful way, as kinda the most beautiful gift — all His
please, PLEASE — don’t miss this one
“God whispers to you with a love that wraps around you like a gentle arm:
‘Wherever you are, I will always come find you. Whatever you’ve done, I will always keep looking for you until my eyes see you, till my hands of healing reach you, till I can hold you close again to my heart.’
No matter what the day holds, no matter how the season of your life unfolds, God holds you and enfolds you.”
from: #UnwrappingTheGreatestGift
[excerpted from our little Facebook family … come join us each day?]
That’s all for this weekend, friends.
Go slow. Be God-struck. Grant grace. Live Truth.
Give Thanks. Love well. Re – joy, re- joy, ‘re- joys’ again
Share Whatever Is Good.

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