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Gratitude Challenge | I was grateful every hour for a day, and this is what happened

2 Aug

Are you a grateful person? 

I mean, if you were to think of how you feel on a daily basis, would “grateful” be one of the words that came to mind?

I’m a grumbler. I can notice something bad in almost anything, and I’m the kind of person who will mull over everything that could have been better, or how it went wrong, or what those people should have done instead.

Yup. Not all that grateful.

So I thought this was the perfect video which which to introduce you all to a new chapter of my life. 

I’ve been having a hard time figuring out what to write about since I’m not in university anymore. I know a lot of people keep being college bloggers when they’re out of college, but I want my blog to be personal–it was fun when I was going through it, too, but I don’t want to feel distant from you guys. I want you to feel involved in my life, and for us to be able to have shared experiences. I’ll still be posting some college stuff in the next few months since I know so many of you are in school, but a lot will be guest posts or else posts that are just stuffed to the brim with stuff I wish I had known.

Since finding things to write about without any real “mission statement” for my blog has been so difficult, it’s slipped through the cracks with everything else I’m doing. Mainly, I’m preparing for my book launch (which is starting in just a few weeks!) and creating an e-course with my sister, which is going to be awesome. (We’re making a course for moms and their preteen/teen daughters to work through to give the sex talk in an empowering, non-scary way while still sticking by Christian principles and not shying away from the tough topics.)

But over the summer, I’ve been missing this. 

I’ve been missing working for myself. I’ve been missing working on a project that brings me life and joy because it’s truly what I want to do. Don’t get me wrong, I’m loving both of the jobs I’m doing right now–but they definitely feel like work right now! Making a course and launching a book are hard, people, and doing them at the same time doesn’t make them any easier!

So I’ve decided to jump into it again, and here’s how it’s going to work.

Every week, I’m issuing a challenge to myself. And I’m making YouTube videos about it, posting what I’ve learned and tips about that particular thing here on the blog, and giving behind-the-scenes footage to newsletter subscribers.

You have no idea how excited for this I am. I’ve been looking forward to being able to do this since May, and my first video came out today!

Let me know any other challenges you want to see me do. This coming week I’m eating vegan food ONLY for a 5-day stint, and I’m already realizing how hard that is going to be (I’m on day 2).

I’m looking forward to actually getting to show you my life. I’ve been feeling very disconnected from you all recently, and I think this is a positive step! Plus, I’m just seriously enjoying myself. :)

Let me know what you think!

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We are all sick but having a toddler means we stil We are all sick but having a toddler means we still went for a walk 😅
Mommy and Vivian tummy time! 🥰 Mommy and Vivian tummy time! 🥰
I love babies. And I love my daughter. And I love I love babies. And I love my daughter. And I love that she’s perhaps got the worst baby-patterned baldness that I’ve ever seen 🤣
I love this little one. No asterisk. No caveat. I I love this little one. No asterisk. No caveat. I just love him. 

God uses parental imagery for Himself all the time when he talks about his love for us. 

So why do we feel the need to add asterisks to Gods love?

God loves you…. But you don’t deserve it. 
God loves you… but only because Jesus died for you.
God loves you… but you make him sad and angry.
God loves you… but, but, but. 

Yes, we get it. We are sinners. I’m not arguing against that. 

But can I ask you something? 

Why do you think Gods love needs a caveat? 

What are you afraid will happen if you simply accept his unconditional, all-encompassing love for you? 

What are you afraid will happen if you AREN’T a horrible worm God can’t stand to look at? 

What would happen if instead of being motivated by fear of Gods anger and disappointment we were spurred on to good deeds out of Gods magnificent joyful love for us? 

God loves you. No buts. 

———-
(Also shoutout to @pastor_rob_wiesner who was the first pastor I ever heard say in a sermon that God delights in us and just plain likes us without giving a caveat. It made such a profound impact on me and opened my eyes to how anxious of a faith I have had for so long.)
THIS is what I spend most of my time doing. Clea THIS is what I spend most of my time doing. 

Cleaning my kitchen. 
Breastfeeding my daughter.
Reading to my son.
Folding laundry.
Taking care of my home. 

There are some big-name authors who talk about me as if I’m some big evil mastermind, like there’s some huge conspiracy against them, like they’re somehow the victims when they’re the ones who are propped up by the largest organizations in Evangelicalism today. The ones who have made their living off the backs of women who have been bruised and beaten by their false teachings. 

I hate to break it to them, but it’s not true—I’m not anyone special. I’m just a mom who wants better for her kids. 

I’m just a mom who refuses to allow her son to grow up in a church who sees him as a lustful animal who needs women to keep him honest. 

I’m just a mom who refuses to subject her daughter to soul-destroying teachings that her body is a problem, and her role is to be second to a man. 

I’m just a mom who sees the poison you are pouring into her children’s milk, and is finally standing up. 

I think they have to see us as some big mastermind threat. Like some huge, powerful enemy. 

Because the alternative is way scarier. 

The alternative is that we are just normal women. And we aren’t taking your crap anymore.
She’s got eyes of the bluest skies, as if they t She’s got eyes of the bluest skies, as if they thought of rain. ❤️
My kids are good. Yes the baby cries. Yes she bi My kids are good. 

Yes the baby cries. Yes she bites me every now and then. 

Yes Alex spills his milk when he doesn’t pay attention. Yes he has big emotions when he gets overwhelmed. 

But these are not “badness.” These are necessary parts of learning. My kids aren’t just “good kids”—my kids are an example of goodness. 

They remind me every day that although I’m still learning, I was born with the same goodness my kids have. 

The goodness that drives them towards connection. 

The goodness of the look of joy when they learn something new. 

The goodness in satisfaction and contentment found in everyday needs being met. 

I love getting to see that goodness flourish. I don’t have to break their spirits, “beat the devil out of them,” or see them as dirty rotten sinners. 

My job is to foster that goodness. To rejoice when they run towards love, towards Christ, and not get in their way. 

“Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” Matt 19:14
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