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My Very First Instagram Influencer Retreat Recap (2018)

July 16, 2018 By beautyinchrist 3 Comments

I would call my very first Instagram influencer retreat a success. I was nervous about it about 6 months ago when I thought it might be a fun idea. I reached out to a few girls and asked them if they would be interested. Well, about 6 months later, I was meeting my friend Sarah from the cute town of Chattanooga, TN, for the very first time in person at the Denver airport.

Some people think that the whole, ‘meeting people’ on Instagram is a little crazy, and I have to admit that you do ask yourself that, but it just seemed like where the Lord was taking at least 5-10 of the friendships I’ve been given to that next level of meeting them in person.

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The Joys and Challenges of Being a Christian Single

May 23, 2018 By beautyinchrist 8 Comments

Single. It almost seems like I’m drumming a drum that’s ominous, and nobody quite wants to hear that drum. In a world where most people have a special someone, girlfriend or boyfriend, I’m almost 25 and not married. It’s not that I want to live by myself for ever or live for myself. I don’t actually have a huge desire to be a career woman, although I don’t think that’s necessarily wrong. I’ve just never quite fit into the typical. I love working, but I don’t always love making money. This blog post isn’t about over spiritualizing singleness or saying that marriage is bad, but this is me working through the thoughts, the journey that God has me on right at this moment.

I know. I’m odd.

But that’s beside what I think the Lord wants me to share.

Singlesness is not a bad thing.

I’ve been listening and relistening to 1 Corinthians 7, and these verses have been on my mind a lot these past few weeks.

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Grace Paced not Go, Go, Go Lifestyle

April 7, 2018 By beautyinchrist 4 Comments

We live in this world that just is constantly on the ‘go, go, go’ and it doesn’t really seem to slow down. It’s hard to live a slow quiet life, when you feel like you HAVE to keep going or you won’t be able to keep up with it all. But what if I told you God didn’t send His Son Jesus to make life full of stress and anxiety and constant exhaustion? What if I told you that the GRACE based lifestyle is so much more worth it than always going?

It is.

Lately, instead of thinking that i just need to take a vacation so I can JUMP back into it, I’m going slower.

What does that pace of grace look like?

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Why I’m Thankful I Was Sheltered (Growing Up in A Greenhouse)

January 13, 2018 By beautyinchrist 4 Comments

Thank you SOOO much Jamie for the Sunday Thoughts link-up; I’m really excited to link up!

Imagine this. A plant growing in a greenhouse with light streaming through, regularly watered, fertilized, and gently cared for by its owner. Isn’t that a delightful picture? People might have called me sheltered, but I’m thankful for it. This year I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about how I grew up, and I came to the realization that many people would have considered me to be ‘sheltered.’ I grew up homeschooled. I didn’t go on a great deal of field trips; honestly I was more of a home body anyways. We watched movies, but I didn’t do much internet or social media till I was 15 or 16. I didn’t get Instagram till I was 21. For a long time I wore my hair down and long. I didn’t wear makeup (not because my parents said I couldn’t), but I honestly didn’t want to wear it.

I loved my shelter. My parents raised me in the rich atmosphere soaked with the gospel; my mother and father are both humble people that often confessed their sins and faults to us. They aren’t afraid to admit they’re wrong. If we wanted to watch a movie, they would encourage us to think about it, they didn’t just let us watch or do whatever we wanted, and for that I’m actually really really thankful now because children aren’t very discerning or wise. I was a pretty foolhardy, impetuous child, and God used my parents to gently shepherd and shelter and teach me.

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