Hope Spoken 2014!

I am so pumped to share something with yall.

Especially because it's in my hometown, Dallas!

(which means all you Dallas friends better come!)

HOPE SPOKEN

March 28-30, 2014
tickets are on sale now!!

(you can click on this button to go to the site)

I am honored to have been asked to be a part of this,
and cannot wait to see what the Lord does.
AHHH! it's gonna be incredible I just know it. :)

here's more about the heart behind it all...

H O P E  S P O K E N  2 0 1 4

Hope Spoken is a women's conference where we all can come to know Jesus more, and make Him known in our lives. Our conference will be filled with stories. Stories of Christ in each of our lives, and how we can use these stories for His glory. This is a weekend to rest and feel His love, to lay burdens and hurts down and feel His grace. We want to let women know that they are enough, to encourage women to use their passions, their words, and their creativity for the Lord. We, above all else, want to glorify Jesus' name and share the hope we have in Him.

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. // Romans 5:1-5

And I want you to know...the speakers and going to be amazing.

Like for real amazing.

(go read about them here)

and a special note...

this conference is in no way just for bloggers.

it is not about blogging at all.

It is about our STORIES, 

YOUR stories.

And how God shows up in all of them.

So please, consider coming, no matter where you are.

It will be life-changing.

Go get your tickets here!!!

art show

Last night was the Art Show at the girls' school...

such an awesome opportunity to go and sing the praises of your children

for their hard work and creativity, no matter how little they are!

So proud of my little artists...

Just want to give a little shout out and huge THANK YOU to all the teachers

and the school's director, Amy, for making this art show such a blessing for all us parents.

You are so appreciated, and our girls love you each so much!

incredible friends...

This week, it hit me how blessed I am to have some amazing friends.
Truly they are some of my very best friends.

Friends I met though blogging.

Friends who I spent one of the best trips of my life with last Fall.

(and no, we had never met each other!)

Friends who I share life with.

Friends who make me laugh pretty much daily.

like pee my pants laugh.

Friends who all text each other so much that people's phones die.

(seriously.)

Friends who encourage each other.

Friends who dream about yummy food together. We even have a pin board together. 

full of food ideas. haha

Friends who ask for prayer for each other DAILY.

We do life together. the good, the beautiful, the hilarious, and the hard.

whew. I could write about these ladies forever and ever.

But I really just want y'all to go know their hearts yourself.

So, if you don't know them already...

go bless yourself. :)

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Danielle

Carina

Jami

Stephanie

Esther

Kara

Heather





Hannah





I LOVE YOU LADIES!!!!
my heart misses you so much!

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one last thing.
and def not least....
go click on the Hope Spoken button below, and find out more.
It is a conference hosted by some of the most incredible women Ive met through this blog.
And the speakers are going to be amazing.

oh and guess what?
its is DALLAS!
(hey hey hometown)

Next March, 2014!!
tickets go on sale THIS Friday, March 1st...
Ill have more info about it here on Friday!

what they need to see is what I need to see

It's these beautiful eyes that need me.

They need to see my leading and my guidance.
They need to see my strength and my courage.
They need to see me be brave.
They also need to see me being real.
They need to see when I cry sometimes.
They need to see me pray.
They need to see me love on my husband.
They need to see me let loose and sing a silly song.
They need to see my love for them in my own eyes.

It's for His glory that I get to be what they see.

And it is not just for their benefit, but for mine, that they need me so much.
Because it makes me need to see Jesus more.

It makes me need to see HIS strength, courage, bravery, vulnerability, and love.
Because I am like a little one, needing to see all of that too.

Basking today in the beautiful neediness of being a child.

a word from the Lord...

My prayer for you today is this...

that you would rest in knowing who is in control of your life.
that you would trust Him with it all, whatever it is.
that you would be confident, because He is in charge.

relationships, family, finances, friendships, jobs, whatever.
He really can take care of it all for you.
He wants to.
Quit fighting for control.
Let Him.
it's HIS job.

He wants to control it because He loves you.
He wants to have a relationship with you.
A true friendship.
Being in relationship with Jesus is NOT about religion.
Has nothing to do with it, actually.
It has nothing to do with church, with small groups, with rules, or doing "what's right".

It's about a love between two people.
A trusted relationship that provides all you would ever want and need.

He wants that with you.
He wants that with me.
I need it. badly.

{I desperately do not want to be in control anymore..
It's too much to try and handle on my own.}

May you see today that there is a person who wants to handle it all for you.

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Blessings friends, Have a good weekend...