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20 weeks pregnant and halfway through my Masters i

20 weeks pregnant and halfway through my Masters in theology!

I am in disbelief the baby is still a girl!!🥰😘🤱 I am reminded today, that despite mentally struggling HARD this pregnancy with depression, and my Masters degree taking me 3 years to get to halfway, I am not the sum of my accomplishments or finish lines that I have crossed... Sometimes, life stands-still and we are left with no advancement, no progress, and a deep-well of sadness. This, too is also worth acknowledging! So, if you’re just taking a simple step forward, maybe like me, it’s time to celebrate your “half-birthday,” your half-arrival, and your in-the-middle journey! Cheers to making these small, but-worthy steps forward sis! I am rooting for you... even as you metaphorically stand-still! You can do it👏👏👏#chasingsacred

It is much easier than we think for our thoughts,

It is much easier than we think for our thoughts, feelings, and self-worth to be dismantled by a small glowing device

We see good things become bad things when man is in submission to them. (Idols) Nothing besides God should have authority over our lives. Once created things like: food, work, our phones, or our possessions begin to speak words of identity over us, we need to take a break and remember whom we serve so we can continue doing what HE not THEY have called us to.
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Often, we find ourselves accidentally using “you

Often, we find ourselves accidentally using “you” language...🙆‍♀️🙋‍♀️
(Part of the reason you might be considering a break from social media)

Paul was isolated, under house-arrest, and in the worst set of circumstances, yet he beamed with love and joy when he wrote to the Philippian church.

Paul was separated from them, much like our lovely screens are doing today. Yet, his words echoed with love.

In his letter to the Philippians he employs the words, “I, me, and my” over 100 times encouraging the church in unity, against evil-doers, and asking them to put their confidence in Christ not the flesh.

Paul was able to maintain his joy and genuinely love these believers while still mutually warning them against their enemies.

My prayer has been this: we as a church-body, as believers, as Instagram influencers..may we maintain the Philippian joy when we think of each other: “…I hold you in my heart.” (Phil 1:7)
“Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God.” (Phil 1:3)
“I love you and long to see you, for you are my joy and the reward of my work. So please stay true to the Lord, my dear friends.” (Phil 4:1)
And finally, “whatever happens, my dear brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. I never get tired of telling you these things, and I do it to safeguard your faith.” (Phil 3:1)
#chasingsacred

On days like today, I feel like I’m kidding myse

On days like today, I feel like I’m kidding myself.

While the boys were napping, I sought to finish my schoolwork. Pax reached for the pens and broke the jar, while I was cleaning that up, he poured the paint all over the table and with that the water jar, then he sunk the four wheeler, then after that it needed to be turned on again, and so forth and so forth and so on and so on.

Nap time had passed

I would love to tell you that this used to bother me and now it doesn’t cause I’m busy soaking in this time with him, but that’s not what I’m here to say.

Instead, what is the point of knowing God (the study of theology) if it is a concept and not practically applied to my actual life. For me, study needs to inform my interactions, and the knowledge of God my hope, kindness, love, desires, and more. Maybe, like me, you long for more moments of contemplation, but instead are given many moments of application.

Today, you my friend, you are learning PRACTICAL theology and for that you should never feel like, “you’re just kidding with yourself.” For what is the value in knowing God if it only challenges the mind? #chasingsacred

I have felt weary from uncovering and dissecting a

I have felt weary from uncovering and dissecting all the, “half-truths” during Covid-19. What is truth and what is not? How do I discern? It feels like ONE BIG MESS.

In light of this, reading the book of Ecclesiastes has given my heart so much rest. It reminds me that there is a certain pointlessness to searching after knowledge that is APART from God. As Christians, we learn the difference between knowledge that is “under our God” and knowledge that is “under the sun” or secular knowledge.
The wise King Solomon was a “gatherer, assembler, collector” of knowledge and wisdom.

Yet, in Ecclesiastes 1:18 he concludes, “For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increases knowledge increases sorrow.” As I have been searching for answers, I am reminded that with the pursuit of knowledge comes deep sorrow as we uncover the evil intentions of the human heart. As sorrow and restlessness take over the human heart, we can, “discover more of the constitution of nature and the scheme of Providence in the government of the world; every discovery serving to convince us that more remains concealed of which we had no suspicion before.” (quote from Barnes Notes)

Solomon realized that, “under the sun” we might never know it all, or see the justice we want to see being done, but “under God” we know he WILL repay EVIL.  Solomon concludes that as a sole endeavor, the pursuit of knowledge “under the sun” is meaningless and we can find comfort that God has the final say in all matters. 13 The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.[a] 14 For God will bring every deed into judgment, with[b] every secret thing, whether good or evil.” (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14) #chasingsacred

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