Only the Good Stuff: Multivitamins for Your Weekend [06.13.15]

somedays you’ve just gotta come exhale like this

a new overpass across a 6 lane highway for — wildlife

maybe this wasn’t part of the plan?

gives new meaning to: it really takes a village

extraordinary in the every day: There’s wonder everyday, if we’ve got eyes to see

because yeah, we really all need each other

even what’s forgotten — can become extraordinarily beautiful …  these photos!

pregnant to baby — in 90 seconds. Wow

the dress she donated is beautiful…. but it’s the letter she pinned to it that is unforgettable 

how he has saved more than 2 million babies?

what a catch!?!

his mother has life-saving surgery — and he never stopped clinging. Love’s like this

so… Did You Know? Stay up late = worrying more

what this jockey’s plans to do — isn’t what anyone expected, but is one perfect plan

okay, just for a minute — sit back and really enjoy

a growing experience for inmates — there’s hope & possibility everywhere

watch this.

“Life’s not about us. It’s about other people.

So the best thing you can do is help as many people as possible.” 

yes, this

coming together as human beings —  to give back

he carried his brother  — 57 miles … for this

feeding 1 million children around the world: every school day. And they’re not stopping. Amazing

“Every single day is a challenge, but we look at it and we jump the hurdle.“ Exactly

How to Thrive This Summer

… so yeah, this is brutally honest about my own ugly messiness, but the startling light bulb it turned on is worth it —

because I wonder if maybe we all desperately want to thrive —

this summer, this hard patch, this season we’re in, instead of just barely survive

what happens when you go the extra mile

Books on the Stack at the Farm

Seamless: Understanding the Bible As One Complete Story. 

…so when several of your friends all happen to mention they are doing the same Bible Study… and then Beth Moore says that she too is doing the same Bible study, you sit up and take notice.

Yep, turns out:

This is one powerful Bible study that covers the people, places, and promises of the Bible, tying them together into the greater story of Scripture. If you wish you had an overarching understanding of the essential layout and meaning of God’s Word, along with learning how the scripture ties together into the seamless truth of the gospel message — this summer, these 7 sessions of Seamless, could be life-changing.”

Post of the Week from these parts here:

…so yeah, when your heart’s hurting with everything that’s going on & you’re weary of all the heartbreaking injustices…

you meet a guy carrying around this bucket everywhere, walking around in this pair of bright neon socks (true story!) — and you can’t help but end up seeing a whole lot of really beautiful light everywhere…

There’s hope: When You’re Kinda Weary of all the Injustices

keeping his head up

a few beautiful moments with The Piano Guys – enjoy

a  bittersweet tale of an aging woman in a nursing home trying to send a text message to her daughter in the short film “Dotty” — I’ve had this beautiful one in my head all week

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yeah, at the end of the day? You can count on it:

He’s making good out of even the bad days.

And God’s good plans are bigger than any of your messes, your regrets, your bad mistakes.

Lord, Thank You

I am not the mistakes I have made.

I am not the plans I have failed.

I am not the wrongs I have done.

I am not forgotten.

I am not abandoned.

I am not alone.

Because You say to the lost: Come.

You say to the Unlikely: Beloved.

You say to the Battle Weary: Rest.

In a hard and beautiful world,

Your grace is the only pillowed relief for my tired soul

to rest in You making all things new.

And all the brave heaved relief & smiled their Amen. 

‪#‎RealHonestPrayers‬ ‪#‎SharingStrengtheningPrayer‬

[excerpted from our evening prayers in our little Facebook community … come join us?]

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.