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What I do when I’m losing my mind.

You've been stuck inside your house for so long you can't remember what the sun feels like. Everything starts feeling really heavy. You want to sleep, but you also don't, you feel like everything's falling apart. Do you know what I mean? Suddenly it makes sense to throw a 3 year old style tantrum and … Continue reading What I do when I’m losing my mind. →

hannahlgies Lifestyle, Writing 2 Comments March 3, 2018March 3, 2018 3 Minutes

Walk.

I'm sitting in the cold church, with my laptop, on an office chair, at the table that usually holds snacks on Sunday mornings and chatting teens on Friday nights; my husband is painting the nursery just down the hall. It's 8:46 pm and I'm working on theology homework, thinking about curriculum within ministry, pondering what … Continue reading Walk. →

hannahlgies Writing, Youth Ministry Leave a comment March 2, 2018March 2, 2018 2 Minutes

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M A R R I E D ! so much joy and tears and happy. We love you both!

Do not be afraid of sudden fear Nor of the storm of the wicked when it comes [since you will be blameless]; For the Lord will be your confidence, firm and strong, And will keep your foot from being caught [in a trap]. • PROVERBS 3:25‭-‬26 AMP • • I am so thankful for God's never ending goodness, faithfulness, and love. He is making me new.

Happy 3rd year of life to the softest and floofiest and silliest cat, Rhino. You've really warmed up to cuddles and human food and you love all things cozy. Thanks for bringing so much cute into our life. 😻🎉🎈#joshandhannahsrhino #birthday #catsareweird

I walk past this frequently, but something about the colors on Saturday were irresistible. A simple reminder for me to keep going.

Cheers to spring! (A.K.A. remembering yesterday in spite of the rain today)🌞🥤

You know the days where you just cant seem to catch your breath? Maybe your to-do list is a month long, or your mind is jumping from one struggle to the next without stopping, or maybe you're just tired and it feels like the day is bad from the get go. I completely get that. Today I felt the waves of stress and rush and anxiety hit me almost as soon as I got up. In the past I would have hit the ground running and maybe taken a breath at lunch time. But lately that is not in my capacity and so I forced myself to S I T and take a breath in God's presence before I did much of anything. And you know what? It was hard. Really hard. But I sat there and told God my struggles and opened His word and soaked in some of what He says and I pressed on. There was no magic resolution of my stress (though I did go for a walk which helped) but I remembered that literally the daily tasks that I face, though they are important, are NOT eternal and at the end of my life what will matter is not what I did but Who I know. I want to know Jesus. • All of this to say, I am no where near a place of fully understanding how to "be a Mary in a Martha world"(hows that for a Christian phrase), nor have I grasped the habit of prioritizing God's presence over everything else. But today in the face of it all, I made an effort to not make an effort, and for me that's progress. •

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