Austin La Vista, @ellie_prax!
As you go down to Austin, Texas (by yourself bECAUSE YOU COULDNT JUST WAIT A FEW MONTHS TIL I COULD TOO. I’M NOT BITTER), I want you to remember these 10 things.
1. Do your best to not text and drive, as loooong as the drive may be. (I might be sad I’m not going with right now, but I still want you to make it there)
2. Call me though if you need to talk, because, knowing you, you might need to.
3. Listen to God. He has a lot better things to say on the road than me and I 100% believe he wanted us to drive on this one.
4. But don’t go through listening to your CD’s too fast. (Though I wouldn’t be surprised if you were fluent in Spanish music by the end of the trip).
5. Mango Diet Cokes still exist. You should get one when you stop for gas.
6. You’re all set. There is nothing important you could’ve forgotten. You carry all of that in your heart all time. Everywhere you go.
7. Don’t do anything fun without me.
8. I’m totally serious about #7
9. Use your new camera more than your phone.
10. “GOD is striding ahead of you. He’s right there with you. He won’t let you down; he won’t leave you. Don’t be intimidated. Don’t worry.”
Deuteronomy 31:7-8 MSG Imma miss you, Ellie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I choose to love people, honestly most of the time, because Jesus told me to.
I believe love, like the true, real, naked, infinite love, is the hardest thing we will ever do. And to love yourself in that same way, like it says in Mark 12:31 "Love others as you love yourself" is even harder.
But there is a reason Jesus commands us to love.
God is love.
The more we love, the more we know God. And that is all we need.
My friend Eli started the @loved.people movement with the idea that loved people, love people. These shirts are such a stylish (and comfy) reminder to cover yourself with love first so you can love others just as well!
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Stop being so emotional.
But what if we started?
Emotions were created by God.
So what if we used our emotions to create something too?
A poem?
A pillow fort?
A cupcake?
A bouquet?
A selfie?
A text?
A video?
A garden?
A card?
A sandcastle?
An outfit?
A graphic?
A blog post?
I agree though. Sometimes we do need to stop before our emotions make us do, say, or think something extremely stupid (been there many times). I just want to remind you to let yourself feel the life you are living, and make something lovely out of it.
And that, I believe, starts with being emotional. 🧡
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