Breathe, it’s highly recommended :)

Happy Monday, y’all! I wanted to take time for a quick visit. Hopefully, if I’ve caught you at a bad time, you can just leave me in your inbox and circle back. 🙂 It’ll wait, as they say.

Life is full steam ahead here. How about a short recap? Last week my oldest sister and her family moved back to our hometown from Arkansas. She and her husband are raising her two grandchildren and they each have some significant health challenges. I’m thankful to have them close so I can help!

In other news, and because 2020 needs a whooping, two storms are barreling our way at the same time– even as we are geared up for harvest. Ripe crops meet high winds and rain?! Not good. But God. We’re battening down the hatches and praying for God’s protection. However this thing turns out, I want you to know ahead of time that God will be faithful to us. That’s a fact. It may or may not look like what we are praying for, but it will have been tested and weighed out in heaven. Updates forthcoming…

In work related news, I’ve just finished putting the finishing touches on a proposal for my next book. It’s a natural follow-up to Finding Deep and Wide. (Have you had a chance to read that one? Oh, I do hope so. I put my heart and soul in it! If you have, I’d love to hear your thoughts on it.) The grand-parenting lifestyle site I host with my friend Chrys Howard is also keeping me busy. Here’s an article that just ran there about the Queen’s birthday party. I think you’ll enjoy it.

The grands continue to grow like weeds. Number six, Miss Kennedy Lee, is proving to be little Miss Personality and she is not lacking for attention, I give you that!

In closing, I realize your world is spinning, too, my friend. It was actually my main motivation to throw the brakes on and write. I think about you and how you’re handling these crazy days on planet Earth. Are you tending to yourself by leaning into Jesus? I can’t recommend this enough. Our souls need a regular breather, an ongoing reset, and we find this in Him.

As is my custom, I totally unplugged Sunday and the rest was so very needed, so very good. ⁣

I was walking around my yard with my camera letting God restore me through His marvelous creation when I accidentally disturbed this little guy. Pretty sure the frown on his face speaks volumes on my intrusion.

I let him be and carried on, but he taught me a lesson I want to share with you. ⁣
⁣This frog’s hiding place didn’t overtake him, or suddenly grow up around him. He sought it out. ⁣
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Did you know God wants to be your hiding place, your refuge from the nonstop onslaught on your senses? It’s so blessedly true, but He won’t pull you kicking and screaming into His rest. You have to choose it. You have to seek Him. It’s a decision you’ll never regret. ⁣
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                                                               You are my hiding place. Psalm 32:7

 

Y’all take care, and do hit reply and let me know how you are! You’re always in my thoughts and prayers.

Hugs,
Shellie

P.S. Check your calendar and Save this Date for me– OCT 10th, 2020, 10:30 to 11:30 Central Standard Time. Details to come!