Hiding.

Hello Exceeders!

I know it has been quite some time since we grew out loud together and there is no excuse. I have just not been intentional about sitting down and hearing what God has wanted me to say. I found myself very busy and that’s nowhere to be concerning the things of God. My ministry recently did a Women’s retreat and God revealed a lot to me. The retreat theme was “Embracing The Pause” Though the pause from August when I last wrote to now was not an intentional one, we serve an intentional God. He has been depositing some things and I’m ready to share if you’ll have me!

First post back I want to talk about the pink, fuzzy pillow.

During our first session at the Women’s Retreat, our pastor presented us with 2 items and told us to write a story about the item and let the Holy Spirit guide us on what to say. The two items were a fuzzy pillow and a lantern. As soon as she held up the pillow, I began hearing what I was going to write about. We had our first break and I wrote an entire poem and the Holy Spirit gave me the whole thing. I know for sure that He gave it to me because I wrote it on Friday and between Friday and Saturday, each speaker had said something that was written in the poem. It was like they were sitting with me writing it so I know that it will bless you like it blessed me.

Hidden in Plain Sight

Beautiful to look at, soft to the touch. Fun and vibrant, but filled with fluff.

Sometime its easier to look better than you feel inside. To be bright and beautiful but to battle with the ordinary feeling of extraordinary assignment.

Beautiful to look at, soft to the touch. Fun and vibrant, but filled with fluff.

To embrace the softness that everybody expects of you is a full time job. Working overtime to reverse the hardness of life while finding yourself met with constant strife but still…..you love on.

Beautiful to look at, soft to the touch. Fun and vibrant, but filled with fluff.

Life of the party, filled to the brim with smiles and laughs. A gift and a curse. It leaves little room for other emotions to be had.

Beautiful to look at, soft to the touch. Fun and vibrant, but filled with fluff.

Smile. Laugh. Cry. Yell. Scream. Feel.

Don’t be filled with the feeling of feeling like you can’t feel what you’re feeling.

Smile often. Laugh uncontrollably. Cry when it hurts. Yell when it gets to be too much. Scream for the release.

Stop hiding beautiful and just be!