Only the Good Stuff: Multivitamins for Your Weekend [01.23.16]

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: 

William Patino
William Patino

you know you want to go breathe deep

yep – you really are see it right

@yoremahm 
@yoremahm
@yoremahm

Headline: photogenic cat masters the art of a perfect selfie

in the midst of blizzards — this seemed on point

Here’s something fun — LifeWay and DaySpring are giving away an ALL EXPENSE paid trip to any Beth Moore Living Proof Live Event for TWO (you and a friend!) + a $500 Shopping Spree to DaySpring.com — it’s YEOW!

All for just taking a quick survey to help us at (in)courage serve the community even better this year.

okay, so our crew of quirky kids thought this was pretty amazing

Emily Gibson

 your January thanks you

unlikely friends show up in the most unexpected places

Daniele Pellati

pretty darn inspiring: homeschool children around the world sharing their world

Can I see you there? Great Homeschool Conventions  Humbled to be sharing at two of these events this year — can we cross paths? 

March 17-19 in Forth Worth, TX and March 31-April 2 in Cincinnati, OH

Why attend a Great Homeschool Conventions event? They want to bring the very best to you, and strive to provide top-notch homeschool conventions which encourage, inspire, and educate homeschooling families to continue to do what they do best: homeschool!

Register and let’s connect! I’d love to encourage you! 

anything’s possible

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yeah, wasn’t expecting that: fascinating ride in the car that started it all

the kid in you will say thank you very much 

Lilo, Infinity, & Rosie / Instagram

I’m telling you — unexpected friends are everywhere:  this you gotta see

go ahead, just enjoy this view (and the ride!)

Maddie Peschong / Mad Photo & Design

the bond between a bride and her service dog

okay, sometimes things don’t go quite as planned — but we improvise for each other folks — & it just gets better:  so when the scheduled singer didn’t show up?

This happened

Sarah Owen Bigler, Facebook

what he’s doing here? has thousands nodding yes

really, you just have to start – take that next step. You can do it!

#DoHardandHolyThings

What’s on the Stack at the Farm

The Grand Paradox: The Messiness of Life, the Mystery of God and the Necessity of Faith :

“Faith makes all things possible . . . love makes all things easy…

“We don’t stray away from good doctrine or truth by focusing on justice and compassion for those in the margins – rather, we find Jesus and truth in the margins.” 

#Struggles Study Guide: Following Jesus in a Selfie-Centered World : 

“We were created not for earth but for eternity. We were created not to be Liked but to show love. We were created not to draw attention to ourselves but to give glory to God. We were created not to collect followers but to follow Christ.” Pick up Struggles — or give it to your teens.

 

Design Your Day: Be More Productive, Set Better Goals, and Live Life On Purpose : 

“Days shouldn’t live themselves, and this is a book about making sure they don’t.”  A non-intidimidating read that breaks down how to live the most meaningful days. A gem of a little book that’s been following me around these days and inspiring good, good things. 

Sebastian Luczywo
Sebastian Luczywo

she has an extra chromosome, a camera — and a great eye. And this is what her professional photographer dad learns from her. Really — anything is possible

this is the miracle that happens when we live hospitality

Syrian Children Experience Snow: fun in any language

people busting open their lives all over the place — and becoming heroes. Undone

this was one of the most beautiful things I read all week:

how they’ve opened their home to fragile, dying children

and we busted open our hearts & fell in love with this little girl this week,Lilah. Abandoned. 10 months old. Hardly 7 pounds. Belly swollen hard with starvation. Lilah needs sponsors to live, to get the special formula she needs to live — so we got to become one of her monthly sponsors — you could too? Wanna bust open your heart to real happiness right now? Our family and yours could get to do this together! Come love Lilah Lu.

Then come follow her miracle story unfolding on Instagram

Victoria Henry

oh yeah, we can do this for one another:

one photo — captures the power of one teacher’s support

 

seriously, folks: Getting along, despite differences

From Q Ideas: Track with Q Ideas for a year of inspiring learning

So, this is us right now & it’s good & it’s hard & it’s really good:

“What Happened after We Got the Diagnosis: 

about brokenness, suffering & joining the club” 

um… wow…yeah we’re all moved by tears at this one. a really must see…

because it’s time to talk about this — we’re all going there together

( you are plugged into an IF:Local group, right? you are coming to IF, right?  )

one community. ordinary people. doing extraordinary things

just be held…

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… yeah, that’s what happens when you get pushed out of the shallow end.

When you find yourself in the real deep end —

that’s when you know He’s real.

So, I don’t know — maybe it’s okay to say adios to playing & splashing about in the shallow end.

Live where you can’t touch bottom — swallow God.

‪ 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

Share Whatever Is Good.