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Who else is on my team?! . . . #englishnerd #oxfordcomma #represent #writer #writersofinsta #writersofig #nonfiction #hopewriters #stephlenox GIVEAWAY TIME! It's Release Day for Meredith's beautiful book: In Want and Plenty. And lookeee what I got: this new perfect little copy in the mail today! And, here's the fun part: I want to give it to one of you! To enter to win: 1. Follow @meredith_mcdaniel. Feel free to give her a DM. She's an amazing human bring. 2. In the comments below, tell me about your own stories of God's provision in your times of longing. I want to hear of your manna in the wilderness. I will announce the winner on my feed in a week! Because frankly, I never hear who wins any of the giveaways I enter on Instagram. And that just feels weird. So come on friends! Let's share those stories of how God shows up in our lives with those beautiful unexpected provisions. ♥️ . . . #inwantandplenty #meredith_mcdaniel #giveaway #writer #writersofinsta #writersofig #nonfiction #hopewriters #christianwriter #God #Jesus #Christ #Bible #resilient #resilience #everydayresilience #everydayresilienceinchrist #bounceback #resurrectionpower #bettertogether #encouragement #keepgoing #youcandohardthings #selfhelp #stephlenox Then I got terribly busy. Then I got terribly sick. And I only got as far as ACHE. Which, is terribly appropriate. But God has been gentle, my husband has been kind, and I am healing, slowly. STORY: we write our stories one day at a time. Just like we stack wood one piece at a time. We feel the heft of each word. We fit the sentences alongside each other snugly, giving a little shove to ensure a good fit. No story is written all at once. Or even read all at once. And no pile of wood is stacked all at once. For goodness sake, give the task at hand time! Keep living. Keep writing. Keep stacking. Keep showing up to your task at hand. Your story will come as you go. . . . #inwantandplenty #writer #writersofinsta #writersofig #nonfiction #hopewriters #christianwriter #God #Jesus #Christ #Bible #resilient #resilience #everydayresilience #everydayresilienceinchrist #bounceback #resurrectionpower #bettertogether #encouragement #keepgoing #youcandohardthings #selfhelp #stephlenox ACHE - do you feel the tension? The longing? The terrible disparity between what you see and what you wish you saw? Sailors ache to see the dark bump of land on the horizon. Mothers ache to hold in their arms the baby growing in their bellies. Lonely people ache to be known and loved. This ache is an awful reminder that we are alive. Dead men don't ache, or desire. But they also don't fill their bellies, or laugh out loud. This is only for the living. The ache of life is real. And in the hands of a loving God, it has its purpose. It develops your heart. It grows your capacity for patience. It stretches your arms and strengthens your muscles to bear the heft of happiness when it comes. When your eyes accustom to the darkness, each flame burns more brilliantly to you. The ache is not a death sentence. It is an invitation into the arms of a loving God, into his good work in you, and into a life more alive than you could imagine. . . . #inwantandplenty #writer #writersofinsta #writersofig #nonfiction #hopewriters #christianwriter #God #Jesus #Christ #Bible #resilient #resilience #everydayresilience #everydayresilienceinchrist #bounceback #resurrectionpower #bettertogether #encouragement #keepgoing #youcandohardthings #selfhelp #stephlenox A welcome reminder as we spend January steeped in planning. Lord, have your way. . . . #inwantandplenty #writer #writersofinsta #writersofig #nonfiction #hopewriters #christianwriter #God #Jesus #Christ #Bible #resilient #resilience #everydayresilience #everydayresilienceinchrist #bounceback #resurrectionpower #bettertogether #encouragement #keepgoing #youcandohardthings #selfhelp #stephlenox

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