Only the Good Stuff: Multivitamins for Your Weekend [08.15.15]

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:

Antony Harrison
Antony Harrison
Antony Harrison

ahhhhh…. your weekend soul exhale

well… that’s a wake up!

Emily Gibson

sometimes you just need to experience some beauty

… three words we all need to hear…

Peter Tsai
Peter Tsai
Peter Tsai

a walk in the clouds

grin

Gillian Abbott

sometimes you just need a hug

rest

Eduard Gutescu
faisal azim
sarah wouters

your free ticket to tour the world

yeah… park wisely?

Perfect for stocking up for a child who needs some encouragement: 

God Made Light – Floor Puzzle  :  Night Light : Encouragement Notes for Kids (each only $5)

Zahariz
Zahariz
Zahariz

6 weeks. 2 horses. 1 unbelievable adventure

swimming with whales

one fading house. one elderly man. one guy’s Facebook request. The after shot? Choked me up 

Boulder County Sheriff

turns out it’s wise to stop for owls

maybe community looks like this

Sweetwater Portraits

yep, you’re never too old to be a bridesmaid – you gotta love it

journey around the world in 3 years: wonder is the beginning of worship

Mike Burley/Telegraph Herald via AP

If kids read to him? He’ll cut their hair for free – okay, this

so…did you know that?

a fascinating look at the frequency of English words

mom sells hugs  — to raise money for daughter with cancer

hummingbird’s iridescent feathers. pure glory

This is What I Wish You Would Say When Your Child Points at My Daughter

Leading a lost friend to water — pretty beautiful

pretty pleased mama bear 

Post of the Month from these parts here:

…maybe the hardest post I’ve ever scratched down?

but with all those videos going around, well —

An Honest Conversation About Abortion that Asks us Not to Turn Away — from Anyone:

The Emmaus Option

oh, you know: 72 year old wins gold in the team bocce event 

How it all began and how it will never end. The story that redeems all stories.

we are Your church…

[ print’s free for you here ]

Hey Soul? yeah, sometimes it’s ridiculously hard to know how to live through the stuff we’re facing & you know, maybe this is it, just these three things:

“Be cheerful — no matter what; (#1)

pray — all the time; (#2)

thank God — no matter what happens. (#3)

This is the way God wants you who belong to Christ Jesus to live.” 1Thess5:18

There’s everybody’s map through right now —

Be 1.Cheerful, 2. Prayerful & 3. Thankful — to keep the day from becoming 4. Awful.

Today’s total game changer: There is always, always, always something to be thankful for.

[what’s changing my life ]

[excerpted from our devotions 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.