Only the Good Stuff

Only the Good Stuff: Multivitamins for Your Weekend [06.21.14]

On rare years — in the middle of the desert — this can happen.

There is always dormant beauty waiting in the brokenness

After watching? You just may want to hug someone –

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The most amazing iPhone photos of the year – Inspiring!

In light of the recent  World Cup kick-off, Shaghai-based artist ‘Red’ Hong Yi has painted a picture of three of the tournament’s superstars – Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, and Lionel Messi. These aren’t your conventional portraits, though.

The artist used only her feet, a soccer ball, and eight trays of colored paints to complete the large-scale work.

I’ve thought about this one all week. Read it to kids — and we thought about it long:

One Last Time

“Brooks Hambly turned in his graduation speech 3 times, but it was rejected all 3 times –

on the basis of him mentioning his Christian faith.

So he dropped the mic with this instead.

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Breathtaking:  wilderness photo competition winners

World Cup Player Stops To Tie Shoe For Boy On Crutches

Orphaned elephants getting in on the World Cup action?

This incredibly talented artist?  Do not disdain the small

If you had it all–youth, health, beauty–and then lost it — could you have done this?

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Marriage Tips from a couple married for (…wait for it…) 87 years!

It’s the looks between these two… sisters.

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Mom — why you really need to put on that swimsuit. Really.

And we’re smiling –

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[Post of the Week from these parts here]

Turns out that an overwhelming number of us feel like this — and want to say this to our daughter:

For all the Women & Daughters: When You’re Tired of Media Voices Telling You What Beauty & Love Is

 What can lighten our load? This.

What’s on the stack here at the farm:

A Grace Revealed: How God Redeems the Story of Your Life

I read Jerry Sittser’s first book, A Grace Disguised, twice. One of the most heart wrenching, moving books, because his is a story like no other, written eloquently and honestly.

I’ve waited a long time for the follow-up companion book, A Grace Revealed — I need this story of redemption in the midst of heartbreak. What God has begun — He will finish. 

Love and Respect in the Family: The Respect Parents Desire; The Love Children Need

The point: “An unloved child/teen negatively reacts in a way that feels disrespectful to a parent. A disrespected parent negatively reacts in a way that feels unloving to the child. This dynamic gives birth to The Family Crazy Cycle.”

Underlining and making notes all over this one – thinking much about the respect parents desire, and the love children need and what that looks like. A highly recommended summer refresher read.

Let your heart skip a beat or two over this –

This song — on replay here. I can’t speak highly enough of Tenth Avenue North

Instagram of the week here:

… on a hard day, we all sat close together & watched the sky & believed:

Storms can be a canvas for His glory. #1000gifts

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What this Dad does? Show Stopper.

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Hey Soul? This week? Take a deep breath & keep it real simple.

“If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God… when you ask, you must believe & not doubt.” James1:5-6

Maybe the best day planner, is the simple one.

Like The James 1 Day Planner, the simple day planner for the hard days, the big days, for every day:

1. Ask God for wisdom 2. Believe God without doubt 3. Thank God no matter what Okay, Soul — God’s got you. Let’s do it! #PreachingGospeltoMyself #1000Gifts