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PRESENCE / 2017

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PRESENCE / 2017
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THE JOURNAL SERIES / 01

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THE JOURNAL SERIES / 01
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I WILL FLOURISH

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I WILL FLOURISH
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The Process of Undoing

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The Process of Undoing
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Peace in the solitude

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Peace in the solitude
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You are not incomplete

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You are not incomplete

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Being a youth pastor means I get to do fun things like dress up in a 90s outfit and eat fruit gushers on a Wednesday night. Dream job. (Swipe to see how nothing has changed.)
I’ve been listening to a sermon series by @levilusko on rest and rhythms. A hot topic in our society today, but with the anxiety that hit like a tsunami last month, I realized I needed to take some real steps forward in resting and “filling up my cup.” So here are three things I’ve started, and am not doing perfectly, but have helped to change how I feel and how I think. 1️⃣ Get up earlier to read my Bible. I LOVE mornings. I hate getting up before the sun. 😂 This is something that Jesus does often, gets up and goes to a quiet place to pray, and so I knew that I needed to try it. It’s changed the game... my whole day feels different. 2️⃣ I’ve stopped looking at my phone at every spare moment. Anyone else do this? At a stop light, making dinner, in the bathroom? 😬 I was using every minute I wasn’t doing something (or was doing something) to check my phone. The endless input overwhelms me. So I’m trying to put it down which sometimes means not having Netflix or music on. (Which means quiet. Crickets. My own thoughts.) 3️⃣ I’ve talked to my people more. I’ve opened up about what I’m going through. I’m trying not to hide the humanness anymore, but I’m bringing it out into the world. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I can feel like I have to look like I have it all together. I’m taking that idea and throwing it in the trash. That’s felt like a gut punch, and it’s not an easy switch, but I’ve already seen how it’s blessing my life. How do you find rest in this crazy world?
“His love broke open the way and he brought me into a beautiful broad place. He rescued me—because his delight is in me!” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭18:19‬ ‭✨ I closed my eyes and saw a father and daughter running, dancing, through an open field: the daughter delighted to be free and the father delighting in her delight. For those of you who feel low, who feel like there’s no hope for rescue... God promises to be your Rescuer. He longs to delight in your delight. Not based on how you act or what you do, but simply because He loves you. His best for you is complete freedom, unlimited grace, and overwhelming love.
It’s an afternoon pot of coffee kind of day.

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