That stuff you're afraid to talk about...the sin you think is too messy? We unpack that here...

Through good and bad, sadness and joy, my heart lies with showing the goodness of God in all seasons. Especially the messy ones.

Pain.

There is purpose behind the

Beauty

There is                  in the chaos,

Mess,

there is meaning in the

Every day society tells us that life has to be perfect and orderly to be beautiful. Our day-to-day should be a nothing less than perfect. We need a flawless aesthetic, a five year plan and perfectly curated social media. There's nothing glamorous about disorder and uncertainty. It's not "normal" to struggle. 

But God wants to use those ugly parts, too. Those broken memories, those hidden struggles, and those less than beautiful moments. 

God wants to use the ugly stuff, too...

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It has quite literally been almost an entire year since I’ve written on this site. I can not believe it. I went from being a person who wrote once or twice a week to someone who wrote only one time in the last almost 365 days. 2017 has been a very long, chaotic and challenging […]

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November 27, 2017

Still Moments in Busy Seasons

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There comes a point, I believe, in every believes faith where they reach an “aha!” moment. We go through a time where we don’t necessarily turn our back on God, nor do we really question God or his authority, but we start to kind of figure things out. The little things start to click and […]

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January 10, 2017

Where We’ve Gone Wrong

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Can you believe that it’s 2017, already? I actually wrote 2015 on a piece of paper the other day…and that’s been out for a while (hopefully we can say the same thing about the “dab” but that’s another post for another day). Like most everyone I know, 2016 was kind of an up and down […]

Random Things

January 3, 2017

Contentment & Goal Setting

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About two-ish weeks ago, I made a choice to purchase a new camera and get back to pursuing my first love: photography. I shared a wee bit of my story last week on failure, falling and allowing myself to give up because things didn’t work out the way that I wanted.  I’ve had several images […]

Random Things

December 5, 2016

Capturing Life

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I tend to have my most revolutionary thoughts at night. Something to do with the quiet I think. It’s the only time of day my boys aren’t awake and tossing a football or jumping off of my couch. My husband goes to bed and the dog usually follows suit behind him or tucks himself up […]

Lifestyle

November 21, 2016

Unapologetic

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Once upon a time, I thought that I was going to be a ballerina. Y’all for real. I never took more than a handful of dance classes in my life and my name should have been “Grace” because that’s how clumsy I am. I saw the movie Center Stage years and year and years ago and […]

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September 12, 2016

Scrapbooks & Outlines

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Welcome to Week Two of our study of the book Anything by Jennie Allen. If you haven’t ordered it yet, you can snag your copy here or at any bookstore near you. A full outline of how we will be breaking this book down can be found here. Much like the study we did of Fervent, I’ll simply be […]

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August 15, 2016

Being Real is Scary

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Many of you managed to find me and my little corner of the internet through the study that I did of the book Fervent earlier this year. That book…changed my life. I’ve mentioned many, many times before (even wrote an article about it for a magazine) that prayer and the realization of how powerful prayer is, changed my […]

faith, Prayer

August 11, 2016

Intentional Prayer Planning

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Welcome to Week One of our study of the book Anything by Jennie Allen. If you haven’t ordered it yet, you can snag your copy here or at any bookstore near you. A full outline of how we will be breaking this book down can be found here. Much like the study we did of Fervent, I’ll […]

faith

August 8, 2016

I Fear Judgement

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If this is your first time here, welcome! You can read all about this project right here. This series is intended to offer encouragement to you in your darkest days and in the midst of your worst moments. No matter where or who you are, God knows your name and He cares for you. May […]

faith, The Anchored Soul

August 5, 2016

The Anchored Soul // Week Two

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Courtney Kirkland is a Southeast Alabama Writer & Designer. Since 2011,, Courtney has passionately provided beautiful, intentional design to small businesses & bloggers and encouraged thousands to walk in a rich faith in any situation.

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