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It’s been a minute since I’ve shared any posts on here. ⁣ ⁣ We’ve had an interesting summer, with a lot of randomness, busy work, challenges, some traveling, ups and downs, and decisions hanging in the air. ⁣ ⁣ It’s hard for me to think creatively, streamline my thoughts, or focus on a book or study when there is so much going on around me. ⁣ ⁣ It was good to take a long break and just enjoy the summer with my family, (even if there were definitely moments when we were driving each other absolutely crazy, bumping into each other, and cleaning up a million messes in our little casita 😅). ⁣ ⁣ Things are not quite at a steady, rhythmic pace quite yet, but I should have a little more quiet time to write and create, at least for the next month or so. ⁣ ⁣ Happy Monday, friends! Here’s to a great week! ☕️

Thank you @encouragementfromwomen for the opportunity to share a few thoughts on Psalm 46:10. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ (Link to full post in my bio under “BLOG”.) ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 🌊The Lord is always stretching and growing me in faith and in understanding of Him and his Word. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 🌊So often, we don’t understand all that is going on in our lives—circumstances can make things look confusing, scary, unsure. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 🌊God is teaching me in those times to let go of my fears, loosen my grip, stop trying to control the process and outcome...and sink. ⁣⁣ ⁣ ————————————————————————⁣ We live on an island that is surrounded by the Mesoamerican Reef, the second largest barrier reef in the world. Thousands of tourists visit every year to snorkel and dive in our crystal clear waters.⁣ ⁣ I’m not very good at living on an island. I’m not adventurous and my idea of fun is parking myself in a chair with a book and a latte, while watching everyone else do their adventure-y things. ⁣ ⁣ You might say I like sitting still. ⁣ ⁣ In fact, after two years of living here, I had yet to venture out past my knees into the Caribbean Sea, let alone snorkel or dive. ⁣ ⁣ Until last week...⁣ ⁣⁣ You can read the full post on the EFW Facebook page or on my blog! 💕☕️

At least 20 years—that’s how long it took between the time Joseph dreamed his dreams and the time God brought those dreams to pass. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I wonder if he ever asked God why he gave him those dreams at all. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I wonder if he was tempted, at times, to despise those dreams, as he sat year after year in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I wonder if resentment threatened to bubble up inside him when he watched his cellmate’s dream come true. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I wonder if the colors of his dreams ever faded into dim memories, or if he gripped them tightly like a torch—a source of vivid light and hope in the darkness of the pit and the prison. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ God gave him the dreams, but he didn’t reveal to him the journey it would take to see those dreams realized. To anyone with common sense, it would seem that people and circumstance had destroyed all hope that they would ever come true. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ He couldn’t know that the treachery, the despair, the abandonment, the lies, the trauma, the pain, the pit, and the prison were not destroying the dream—they were the dream! ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Without all the hurt, there would have been no dream come true. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Maybe you are in a season of waiting right now. Perhaps, in your waiting, there is heartache or silence. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Maybe God has put something in your heart—a dream, or a burden, or a promise—and you are wondering why he doesn’t seem to make it happen. You’ve waited so long, and it seems as if God doesn’t move. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ If so, you are not alone. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ I think of other dreamers in the Bible who waited. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Noah. Abraham. Sarah. Jacob. Hannah. Moses. Joshua. Caleb. David. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Even Jesus Christ himself is waiting for the day when his Father says, “Son, go get your Bride!” ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ In the waiting, keep on dreaming. Let the dream God has given you fill your heart with a vivid, bright, and colorful hope that cannot be extinguished by pit, prison, or pain. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ That hope is what faith is made of. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ And it is that faith, be it ever so small, that God can use to take a dreamer out of prison and set him in a palace. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣

💡Pure💡 religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. James 1:27 ⁣ ⁣ Blessed are the 💡pure💡 in heart: for they shall see God. Matthew 5:8 ⁣

⁣ Love ⁣⁣ can ⁣⁣ make ⁣⁣ a home ⁣⁣ in the ⁣⁣ most ⁣⁣ unlovely ⁣⁣ of places. ⁣⁣ ❤️🏡❤️

I just finished up two books by Myquillyn Smith: The Nesting Place and Cozy Minimalist Home. ⁣ ⁣ Both of these books were so fun to read. I borrowed them via the Overdrive library app, but I am adding them to my wishlist of books I’d like to own in paperback. ⁣ ⁣ These books were my first introduction to Myquillyn, who is a well-known home blogger known as The Nester. ⁣ ⁣ She has an enjoyable personality that comes through vividly in both books. I felt like I could really relate to her on several levels:⁣ ⁣ 🔹We both have unusually spelled names that people don’t usually know how to pronounce. ⁣ ⁣ 🔹She has moved a lot (13 times in her married years), lived in a huge variety of homes, and through trying circumstances realized that in her quest to find “Home” she was missing out on the home that she already had. (I have personally lived in 29 homes that I can remember, 11 since we were married.) ⁣ ⁣ 🔹We have completely different tastes in decor (she has the most fun and quirky style!) and yet I still found myself highlighting everything, and nodding in agreement with many of her tips and decorating philosophies. ⁣ ⁣ These books are both easy reads—heavy on photos and humor, light on text, but filled with very practical tips for transforming your house into a home. Some might find the author a little too direct, but I enjoyed her personality. ⁣ ⁣ Of the two books, I think I prefer Cozy Minimalist Home over The Nesting Place. Both are great, but I feel like Cozy Minimalist is a better fit for my current stage of life. ⁣ ⁣ I’ve definitely been in a decorating slump since our latest move, and due to a variety of factors just haven’t really felt at home or felt the freedom to make it “Home”. ⁣ ⁣ Both of these books gave me a lot to think about and I will be referring back to them when I am ready to jump back into one of my very favorite things—making our house into a home that not only beautifully suits our family’s needs but provides welcome to whomever God sends our way.

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aleassa July 31, 2019

(This article was written for the “Encouragement From Women Who’ve Been There” Facebook page.) Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. Psalm 46:10 We live …

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