press in to what is good. ⁣ ⁣ I’ve had a slew of empty picture frames around my house for some time and i’m just now getting around to filling them. It’s a sweet thing to look around and see some of my favorite memories on display. Now the question is how many picture frames is too many?
“Some people arrive and make such a beautiful impact on your life, you can barely remember what life was like without them.” -Unknown ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ Tag a friend who’s impacted your life in a massive way!
We released another song today with @southviewworship . ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ This song holds a lot of weight for me. I remember the first time I heard it. I was in my kitchen, and the words “Shake up the ground of all my tradition, break down the walls of all my religion. Your way is better” were blaring from my phone. ⁣⁣ I was immediately reminded of how much i’d been through with my relationship with Jesus. The history we have. I remembered all the hurdles and moments of questioning and doubting and I remember the reassurance and the peace of Jesus through my life. This song released the language and melody for a season I have been in of just wanting to simplify and connect with Jesus. Let all else fade and come back to the basics. ⁣ Above all the “right things” and above all the “it should look this way” this song reminds be that above all the traditions and routines - relationship with Jesus is what truly matters. Tradition and routines are beautiful and they have a place but what we have left at the end of the day is just relationship. ⁣ His way is better. His way is higher and everything else fades away. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I hope this song blesses everyone who hears it with freedom in their relationship with Jesus. Thankful for our writer friends who wrote this heart cry @realjoshfarro @bekaherin @evcortazio @lucascortazio
i heard a friend say the other day, “the leaves at my house aren’t even changing, they are just giving up” welcome to fall in the south. 😂😂😂😭😭😭 praying for fall weather. it’s basically october and it’s still 90. lol
A few months back I heard someone say:⁣ “If your why, doesn’t make you cry… then it’s not big enough”⁣ ⁣ Sheesh, it hit me like a ton of bricks.⁣ ⁣ It got me thinking. Do my why’s make me cry? Are my why’s big enough? Are my why’s strong enough?⁣ ⁣ Behind anything we are doing, there’s a why. Whether, that why is big or small, cry-worthy or not… there is a why behind what we do. ⁣ ⁣ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞, 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬.⁣ ⁣ Our WHY is what keeps us going when the storms come.⁣ Our WHY is what drives us, anchors us, and propels us into our goals and dreams. ⁣ ⁣ Friedrich Nietzsche said: “𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐲, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐰.”⁣ ⁣ This is one of my favorite quotes ever because it’s so simple. ⁣ It’s like: If you have the why- aint nothing gonna stop you. ⁣ ⁣ No storm can break you⁣ No fire can burn you⁣ No mountain can block you⁣ No opinion can delay you⁣ No rejection can stop you⁣ ⁣ With your WHY in hand… you are unstoppable, unshakable, unbreakable. ⁣ ⁣ Now let me ask this,⁣ Is our WHY strong enough to endure the storm of testing?⁣ Is it big enough to reflect our purpose?⁣ Is is deep enough in belief to make us cry?⁣ ⁣ 𝐈𝐒 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐔𝐏 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐄?
My blue dane, is hardly ever blue in spirit. Love this dude. Where all my dog - lovers at?!
EB and I are cooking up some stuff for y’all. All I can say right now is... get ready for some solid video content! What’s a topic we should cover?
to think that this is just the beginning in so many ways... is pretty crazy.
Don’t over think it. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ A phrase I’ve had to say to myself over and over. A phrase that helps me release the swirl of thought that can go round and round in my head. ⁣⁣ But why do so many of us do this? ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Did you know that there’s a ton of scientific studies around this phenomenon of “𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 ”? ⁣ That means there are a lot of us overthinking things, friends! ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ So, what do these scientific studies say? ⁣What are they uncovering about overthinking? ⁣⁣ One study by Sir Kenneth Robinson, author and international advisor on education. ⁣⁣ In his Ted Talk, Robinson denotes that children are open minded, out of the box, fearless thinkers, but as they progress in life, children learn to fear being wrong. They slowly stop offering their own out-of-the-box ideas.⁣⁣ Robinson goes on to tell a story of a little girl who was drawing in her elementary class. When the teacher asked what she was drawing the little girl said “God”. The teacher began to explain that she couldn’t know what God looked like. ⁣⁣ True, uninhibited thoughts and creativity, says Robinson, becomes squashed. ⁣⁣ This contributes to why we overthink... our fear of being wrong. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ So, the truth is... ⁣⁣ We will all be wrong or fail multiple times in life. We all will probably try something and fail and be wrong more times than we can count. ⁣⁣ But 𝑮𝑼𝑬𝑺𝑺 𝑾𝑯𝑨𝑻- even if we are wrong...⁣⁣ 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑫𝑶𝑬𝑺 𝑵𝑶𝑻 𝑫𝑬𝑭𝑰𝑵𝑬 𝑼𝑺⁣⁣ WE WILL BE OKAY. ⁣⁣ WE CAN STAND BACK UP AND ⁣⁣ TRY SOMETHING AGAIN OR ⁣⁣ SOMETHING NEW. ⁣⁣ We ACTUALLY win for trying. ⁣⁣ Ya know why? ⁣⁣ Cause every 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑 𝒐𝒖𝒕t is a 𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕡 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕕 . ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ We aren’t defined by our wins or losses. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Sir Kenneth Robinson concludes his Ted Talk with a simple phrase to overcoming overthinking, He said: TRUST YOUR GUT. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I’d like to add, trust your gut and listen to God. ⁣⁣ 𝔻𝕆ℕ’𝕋 𝕆𝕍𝔼ℝ𝕋ℍ𝕀ℕ𝕂 𝕀𝕋. ⁣⁣ Don’t let the fear of trying or being wrong stop you from beginning something, cause on the other side of fear, is freedom in abundance. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ “Failure isn’t fatal, but failure to change might be” – John Wooden⁣
Here’s your permission. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ The permission to do that thing you’ve been waiting for someone to tell you to do. ⁣⁣ To rise up into the leader you were meant to be. ⁣⁣ To pursue the thing that sets your soul on fire. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Here’s your permission to stop looking for the approval of someone else to enable you to go after what makes you happy. ⁣⁣ To go after what you know you’re supposed to do. ⁣⁣ To go after what’s been waiting for you. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Here’s your permission to stop lying to yourself and about yourself. ⁣⁣ To stop allowing fear to paralyze you. ⁣⁣ To stop allowing “what people MIGHT think” to control you. ⁣⁣ To have the strength and the grit to step out scared. ⁣⁣ To have the wisdom to know it might not look as planned but it will be better. ⁣⁣ To have the guts to know you were made for more. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Here’s your permission to press in. ⁣⁣ To know that there’s life on the other side of fear.⁣⁣ To know there’s freedom up ahead. ⁣⁣ To know you have everything you need to begin. To believe there’s people waiting on you to step in. ⁣⁣ To be empowered by the fire God placed inside of you. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Here’s your permission to move. ⁣⁣ To go. ⁣⁣ To step away from the sidelines. ⁣⁣ To step in. ⁣⁣ To be strong. ⁣⁣ To break away from scarcity. ⁣⁣ To press in. ⁣⁣ To believe. ⁣⁣ To hope. ⁣⁣ To dream. ⁣⁣ And to stop waiting to begin, heres the moment. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Permission granted.
Missing my London roots and this latte from Harrods... where the 60 year old barista wrote hi gorgeous in the foam. 😬🤣
A small but mighty space in our home. Dark walls man, i’m here for it.