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So glad you’re here. I write about living the intentional life, fixing our eyes on Christ, and resting in grace. My hope is that you are encouraged.

xx Beth

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So full of gratitude for these days together, with my parents ✨🥰 my words are short (putting all these heart things into words is for another day) but for now, soaking up the time, the hugs, the sounds, the sights, the feelings. 💛

“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” (English designer, William Morris)

“One life is all we get, whether it is enough or not enough, and the obvious conclusion would seem to be that at the very least we are fools if at the very least we do not live it as fully and bravely and beautifully as we can.” (from my fav, Frederick Buechner)

“Light in Scripture is the emblem of joy…Jesus chose us, loved us, bought us, cleansed us, robed us, kept us, glorified us… light is also the cause of beauty. Nought of beauty is left when light is gone. Without light no radiance flashes from the sapphire, no peaceful ray proceedeth from the pearl; and thus all the beauty … comes from Jesus.” [Spurgeon]

This week, I am committing to responding to wrongs with love first, a tangible filing of love tanks before any kind of correction. A face and eyes that communicate love, gentle words of kindness. Will I succeed every time? No ways for sure, but that’s when we lean into grace and try again.

Admiring this gorgeous wild bergamot on our walk today and practicing gratitude, always.

This girl turned ✨10✨ years over the weekend, what an incredible privilege being her mom 💛

There was some definitely ugly sin yesterday, the sin that started deep in my heart, borne of insecurities and discontent, that crept out into my attitude, and then lashed out in my words, toward people I love. The irony is that I had spent the weekend at a retreat, had been deeply convicted of rooting out those sins deeply embedded in my heart, the ones that I overlook and don’t take the time to deal with, that fester and ooze. And then the oozing happened, painfully.

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Kristen on Grace EnoughMay 31, 2022
Thanks for writing. I really appreciated this post this morning.
Vickster Hizer on On Shadows and HomeAugust 29, 2021
Your article is very heart touching and thought provoking. Even here in America, the time is coming that we too…
bethsbarthelemy on On Shadows and HomeAugust 27, 2021
thank you Sue <3
bethsbarthelemy on This Is What I KnowAugust 27, 2021
Thanks for these words, Carlene. Grateful for you.
Sue Kellogg on On Shadows and HomeAugust 26, 2021
Deeply moving and insightful 🎚❣️

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