Only the Good Stuff: Multivitamins for Your Weekend [11.04.17]

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 & your people right here:

Josh Robinson
Josh Robinson
Josh Robinson

kinda  never get over the whole extraordinary earth being full of His glory 

anyone else wanna go too?

I mean — police officers who do things like this?  the world can be a pretty amazing place #BetheGIFT

calling all the booklovers: let’s do this together, m’kay?

this guy kinda proves you can do that hard thing. C’MON! You need this for inspiration fuel today!

Uhhhh…. monuments in motion: we couldn’t stop watching!?!

because we have 4 kinda wild boys — then we gathered ’round this one 

YES: how this old factory is surviving on loyalty

free ticket to glory, glory, glory right here and you know your soul kinda needs this exhale

Could not love this woman more. You have got to read this because it’s kinda the best kind of believable:

A journey toward hope: Liz Curtis Higgs sees God’s faithfulness through her battle with cancer

THIS: there’s a reason why he’s the ASPCA Dog of the Year

A story of undying love: they celebrated their 80th anniversary . Yeah, I’m not teary, you are. 

Life is not an emgergency. Life is a gift. This kinda makes it blazingly clear all over again …

happy, happy tears here. can you even?!

6 Veterans who left high school to enlist are honored with their diplomas… look at those smiles ! I just love people!

tears: his college dreams came true

Mercy House’s new nativity has kinda stolen my heart

(Mercy House engages those with resources to say yes to the plight of women in poverty, empowers women and teenage mothers around the world through partnerships and sustainable fair trade product development & disciples women to be lifelong followers of Jesus Christ.) 

These hand painted rocks are a great way to teach your kids the Christmas story and let them retell it to you again and again!  They were created by Elizabeth, one of the girls in Mercy House’s Maternity Home in Kenya and are truly a work of art.  Elizabeth has loved to draw since we met her and this is the first of her hand drawn creations.  We love seeing the God given talents develop in these sweet girls and the pride that comes with creating something beautiful.  Share in the joy with your very own set!

 

“Don’t thank me, thank God. He led me to you.”  a story of kindness 

“Despite the negative headlines, the back roads connect up a country that still seems rather fine, strong, and enduring”

“I can’t get up on a platform and give a message—that isn’t my work. The Lord has given me hands with no arthritis, so I do a lot of sewing—I’ve been given a talent and I make use of it.”

Dear Us,

So. Just 7 Saturdays till Christmas — I. Know.

Okay, so.  Who wants their Christmas MOJO back? Yeah, me too. And straight up — I AM SO STOKED ABOUT THIS NEW (!!) & UNEXPECTED WAY FOR STRESS-FREE, WONDER-FULL HOLIDAYS!

I’ve been kinda waiting my whole LIFE for this — Can. You. Even.

Dear Us: The Surprising (New) Way to Have a Stress-Free, WONDER-FULL Holiday & get Our Christmas MOJO back!

Guess what we’ll get into your inbox if your preorder before Tuesday? The FREE AUDIO BOOK recording of the entire 25 days of Advent readings of The Wonder of the Greatest Gift — so some busy nights during advent — I will read to the kids for you!

So if you can’t read to the kids some busy Advent nights — I freely will! You pre-order & we’ll do everything else to make the most memorable Christmas tradition — the very easiest and STRESS-FREE one of all!

And you’ll get all of your Christmas MOJO back — More Of Jesus Only!

THIS FAMILY?!? you’ve got to meet them – please don’t miss this one

How The Real Sisterhood of Women– is Really the ASSISTerhood (annnnd … The Best (New!) Subscription Box?)

Join us… and choose the case for Grace today? 

what a story here:

“They always say that failure is not an option. Failure should be an option, because when you fail you get back up.”

Want the gift of less stress?

It’s hiding where you’d never expect it.

Want to know how your brokenness could be transformed into abundance? Tired of trite answers?

It’s possible — abundant joy is always possible, especially for you.

Don’t miss out on the gift of the life you’ve always wanted.

Featuring new stories from Ann’s blog, powerful excerpts from the New York Times bestseller The Broken Way, and Ann’s signature photography from her farm and family, this gorgeous book will be a profoundly meaningful and needed gift — not only to your own weary soul, but any loved one looking for the relief of a bit of beauty and abundant joy.

It also includes pages of perforated gift tags in the back to include with a meal dropped off for an ailing friend or an unexpected treat for a friendly neighbor — so you get to #beTheGIFT — and be part of changing the world — and your heart — right where you are.

Grab a copy of Be The Gift — and we will immediately email you a link to a FREE gift of THE WHOLE 12 MONTH *Intentional* Acts of Givenness #BeTheGIFT Calendar to download and print from home or at your local print shop!  Just let us know that you ordered Be The Gift  over here.

Easy, doable ideas for *the whole family* to Give It Forward Today — to be the G.I.F.T. Love is a verb and that verb is give. For God so loved the world — HE GAVE.  So the plan always is: Love lives given. #BeTheGIFT

You only get one life to love well.

Pick up Be The Gift and live the life you’ve longed to.

You’re a good, good Father. It’s who You are.

Anticipate the Miracle — thank you, Priscilla Shirer… we all need this

[ Print’s FREE here: ]

…everyone you meet today is fighting this hard battle & needs courage. Needs help to live “in courage.” Needs someone to encourage with words that give strength for their battle.

“Gently encourage… & reach out for the exhausted, pulling them to their feet. Be patient with each person, attentive to individual needs. And be careful that when you get on each other’s nerves you don’t snap at each other. Look for the best in each other, and always do your best to bring it out.” 1Thess5:13MSG

And the thing is? When you help others live better – it’s your life that gets better. This might be a step toward the healing that we are all desperately needing.

If you lean in close, you can hear it, the faint heartbeat of a strong hope, of people coming together to give grace to each other, to be the gift to each other, through the brokenness of everything…

[excerpted from our little Facebook family … come join us each day?]

‪ Dare to fully live!

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

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