I crave the beautiful parts of life.  Sunlight and laughter, friendship, flowers, and love.  Deep soul friendships where you can laugh together and cry together with equal devotion.  Love that withstands the test of time and weathers any storm.  The things that make the painful parts of life pale in comparison.  I’ve been walking in those painful parts of life for the last six months.  The part where the love I thought was forever failed me fantastically.  Where pain and tears were an everyday occurrence.  Where I tried desperately to see the sunshine through the rain.  So yes, I crave the beautiful parts of life where life isn’t so hard.  Where trust isn’t broken and dreams live to go on for another day.

In the spirit of that I am not going to dwell on what this weekend isn’t, the anniversary of the weekend I got engaged last year.  I’m going to celebrate what it is, the weekend my family grew by one more last year.  We got this little fur ball a year ago tomorrow!

He’s a little bit bigger now!  This picture doesn’t really show how big he is.  He can put his head on my kitchen table without trying!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, this weekend I’m going to celebrate the anniversary of Norris joining our family and celebrate my youngest son’s birthday and try to forget the rest.  Wishing you all a beautiful weekend full of light and love and laughter!

 

Godspeed,

Mollie <3

 

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In one fell swoop everything was different.  An instant.  That’s how long it takes for everything to change when a part of me I have been holding onto surrenders to God.  Today I stopped kicking and screaming as He tried to drag me away from something that wasn’t good for me.  Something that I wanted with every fiber of my being.  In a moment of clarity, ah there it was, SURRENDER.  Do you know what comes after surrender?  In that moment when darkness becomes light there is peace, lightness, calm.  There is a swelling of Spirit that leaves you so happy you could cry from the relief it brings as the stress you were under just melts away.  It is that moment of surrender that there is less of me and more of Him.

I know that after the surrender inevitably there will come an attack from the enemy, but I’m not worried.  If God is for me, who can be against me? (Romans 8:31)

I am going to enjoy this sweet moment of surrender while it lasts.  Then I am going to keep searching out those areas that I have been keeping hidden away and trying my best to surrender them to God.  I don’t know if it is possible to ever surrender them all.  After all there was only One who was perfect.  But that isn’t going to stop me from trying!

 

Godspeed,

Mollie <3

 

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I have always seen singleness as a burden of sorts.  I have often found it hard to be content during single seasons.  But it’s during these times when I feel like I’m waiting for something more to happen in my life that God imparts wisdom to me and cements in me the lessons He wants me to carry into the next seasons of my life.  It’s during one of these seasons that He told me I am a writer.  That He introduced me to the people who would become my biggest supporters, not just in writing, but as I walk through life in general.  And during this particular season of singleness He has been teaching me to focus in more on Him.  It is during this season, which I am really hoping is my last single season, that He is teaching me to walk by His side more completely.

So, even during these seasons that I sometimes feel are burdens I am trying to enjoy the time I have.  Last night I went on a one-on-one date with my oldest son to our town’s bed race.  Yes, you read that right and yes it is exactly what it sounds like.  In the grand tradition of small towns mine has it’s own character.  Only in my town do we celebrate the coming holiday season by racing beds on wheels through the middle of town!  It’s really kind of funny to watch!  Then it was home for pizza and hot chocolate with both my babies!

Let God fill you with all the tools you will need for the coming seasons of life and enjoy the time you have during the season you are walking through right now!
Godspeed,

Mollie <3

 

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I have often wished there was a cure for the common life while growing up.  It wasn’t until I grew up and met Jesus that I learned that there is exactly one cure for the common life.  You have to bury yourself so far inside the heart of God that the common world can’t find you there because they have no access to it.

The life I live is not common.  It is extraordinary!  Think about it.  I get to walk through my days talking to the God who created the entire world whenever I want.  I get to lift my eyes to the Heavens and draw on His wisdom.  I get to open this book that is full of love letters He wrote just for me and learn more about His heart every day.  I get to walk out a purpose in my life that was ordained by God Almighty Himself.  I don’t have all the answers, but I know enough to get through this one day and still be walking towards Him instead of away from Him when the day is done.  That is the key to the uncommon life.  Walking towards God, always.

There is one simple step to start this extraordinary life.  Accepting Jesus as your Lord and Savior.  Confess your sins and invite Jesus to live in your heart.  Then give up the wheel and let Him steer for awhile.  The road may be bumpy at times, but it will always be worth it when you are riding with Jesus.

 

 

Godspeed,

Mollie <3

 

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There is joy in the journey.  Life is made up of many little journeys.  You can find joy in each and every one of them.  Sometimes the joy is evident and comes in like a flood.  Other times, other journeys are made up of pain and misery.  Even still sometimes an unexplainable joy creeps in.  Unspeakable joy I call it.  It’s in those moments that God whispers to a weary heart.  It’s in those moments that He banishes the weight of the world for just a little while.  There is joy in the journey.  Sometimes it is easy to find.  Other times it is only in looking back that you can clearly see it.  Sometimes you have to reach the end of a journey before you can take a look back and see the

Joy can take on many different forms.  A moment that creates deep belly laughter.  Discovering just a little more of God’s purpose for your life, or behind a situation you didn’t understand.  There is even joy in lessons learned.  So, when you face trials of many kinds count it all joy (James 1:2) my friend.  There is joy in EVERY JOURNEY.

 

Godspeed,

Mollie <3

 

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For about the last 3 1/2 months I have been on an emotional roller  coaster. There are highs where I feel a little bit stronger and there are lows where I could fill an ocean with all the tears I’ve cried.  And every emotion there is in between.  I feel fractured.  Like there is literally a part of my heart missing.  Who knows that you shouldn’t let your emotions rule you?  I will be the first to admit that I am awful at that particular discipline.  I am an open book when it comes to my emotions.  I wear them on my sleeve and you can read them all over my face.  But, when I feel the need to change my current emotional state or even when I just want to feed into what I’m feeling at the moment I listen to music.  I love music.  Below is my current playlist.

What I listen too when…

I am missing him.

“Just A Fool” –Christina Aguilera & Blake Shelton

“Can’t Shake You”  –Gloriana

I need to feel stronger.

“A Little Bit Stronger” –Sara Evans

“Tell Your Heart To Beat Again”  –Danny Gokey

I want assurance that God is in control.

“Trust In You”  –Lauren Daigle

“This I Believe”  –Hillsong Worship

I need to know who God says I am so that I can drown out what everyone else says I am.

“Good Good Father”  –Chris Tomlin

 

I sit back and I listen and I let the melodies set me free.  What songs do you listen to when you need to feel something?

 

Godspeed,

Mollie  <3

 

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When the body is broken and in need of healing we don’t question that.  We don’t say it’s taking too long to heal.  We can see physical signs of brokenness.  We can read the medical reports.  But when it’s the heart, the emotions, that are broken and in need of healing that’s a different story.  Emotional pain, unlike physical pain, is mostly invisible to the naked eye.  You have to really be looking for the signs of an unrest heart.  The thing about pain you can’t see is that sometimes you don’t know they’re suffering.  Let me assure you that the pain of a broken heart is worse than any physical pain that I’ve ever felt.  It lingers.  It takes hold and doesn’t easily let go.  Even when there are physical signs, tears, not being able to eat or sleep, eating or sleeping too much, people still question the validity of emotional pain.  Tell you that you’re being dramatic.  Tell you to just get over it already.  Just because my pain isn’t visible to you doesn’t mean it isn’t real.  And everyone heals at different rates.

But when the heart heals it feels like a weight has been lifted.  That you can see the signs of.  I can’t wait for that day when the weight of heartache lifts and my world feels a little lighter!

If you’re hurting today I urge to find rest in the arms of God.  He is the only one who can heal a broken heart, but you have to give it to Him first.  If you need prayer for this, or anything, leave me a comment below.  I would be honored to be pray for you.

 

Godspeed,

Mollie  <3

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