May your weekend be filled with confidence. May you know in the deepest part of who you are an identity that cannot be shaken, a strength that cannot be denied, and a security that will not be taken away from you. Set down your anxious self-obsession and live. Enjoy your weekend, friends.
Good reads:
- Is This Picture Talking to You About Your Weekend? by Gary Morland
- How I De-Cluttered Our Home by Paige Knudsen at Simple Thoughts
- 2 Words the World Needs by Jon Acuff
- When You Think You Should Just Get Over it Already by Kristen Strong at Chasing Blue Skies
- First Official Portrait of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge at BBC News
Hi, Emily! Your words are always timely and truth-filled. Thanks for those reminders.
Julie´s last [type] ..Opportunity
Thanks Julie. And you’re welcome.
I teared up at your words this morning. I so needed them. So so much. Thank you for being the whisper of God to me today.
Kayse Pratt´s last [type] ..The post that’s hard to write.
Thanks, Kayse. (I needed them too . . .)
I always read your links. Love them. That list of 12 great posts at the end of 2012? Gold. I actually read very few blogs so I enjoy being pointed in the direction of other writers via someone who likes a lot of the same stuff as me. Thanks for that.
Enjoy your weekend. : )
Scooper´s last [type] ..Find the Funny
Those were great, weren’t they? I really did keep a file ALL year 2012 of my favorites. Those were the ones that made the cut. I’ll try not to let you down at the end of 2013!
Thanks for sharing the Jon Acuff post. I’ve been slowly working on a children’s book, but lately have been deterred by the library syndrome, or the bookstore syndrome. Is there anything new under the sun? Is it really something worthy of throwing into this mix? etc. His “More You” advice made me want to carve out some time to go back to it. To layer in more me-quirk. I’ve been re-excited. Yay.
shelley´s last [type] ..Black Dog, and the size of our fears.
I love his two word advice. So good.
“set down your anxious self-obsession and live” — needed that! Thanks.
Laura´s last [type] ..
I needed it too, Laura! Enjoy your weekend.
Your words take my breath away.
You have no idea how much I needed to hear what you wrote before tomorrow. I have been struggling so much with fear and loss of confidence in how I swim, and I have a meet tomorrow. These words….to forget myself, to live, to be confident…to be reminded that my identity is not in what I do….
Thank you so much!
R
That’s awesome, R. I hope the meet is fun!
Like Kayse, you were the whisper of God to me tonight. Thank you, Emily!
You’re welcome, Chrissy. I’m so glad to hear that.
What a great reminder Emily
I’m a 15 year old reader of Graceful and that book gave me a sense of peace and understanding. Knowing I don’t have to live up and perform to be accepted by God. I also think Graceful taught me to love, to simply love the way Christ loves me 
Thank You! <3 Have a nice weekend 