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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I’ll be honest with you. I have often felt like the “black sheep” in my family. And, if I were to be honest with myself, with most everyone else as well. Not in the sense that I am a criminal or that I am “bad” {as is the ‘technical’ black sheep definition}, but just in […]

Lifestyle

December 29, 2009

Black Sheep

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The past few days have been crazy busy for me. I have been trying my hardest to get caught up on laundry. I seriously have NO clue where it all comes from. I feel like I have been doing laundry ALL day and I still have 3 loads sitting in the floor in the hallway […]

faith, Prayer

November 15, 2009

Blessings

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Sometimes it amazes me how powerful and wonderous God is. I mean, it’s one of those things that I know but sometimes I don’t always acknowledge it. I take a lot for granted [I shouldn’t, and I’m working on it, but I do] and I don’t always take the time to give God all of the credit that […]

faith, Prayer

November 10, 2009

Peace

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I don’t know how many of you out there follow MckMama or the story of her sweet little boy Stellen. Those of you who do, know the situation and the circumstance at hand. Those who don’t, as a mother, I encourage you to head over to her site and check it out. This little boy, and […]

faith, Prayer

November 9, 2009

From one mom to others…

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I’ve heard this question asked alot. Especially to moms. “If you could go back and do things differently [whether in reference to children or to life in general], would you?” For starters, I think that’s an unfair question. 99.9% of the people that you asked that to would either say a flat out “No” they […]

Lifestyle

October 7, 2009

What If…

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This little baby is floating around the blogosphere and I have seen it on several different blogs. Therefore, I can’t really give credit as to where it originated. LOL But, no matter, here are my answers 🙂 1. Where were you three hours ago? Making Josh’s lunch before he left to go to work 2. […]

Lifestyle

September 24, 2009

50 Questions

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I originally shared this large hunk of my testimony in 2009. Here I am, updating it in 2019…ten years after I first shared it. There’s a lot of my story intermingled throughout my site, but this is the most up-to-date and detailed telling of my backstory. Thank you, as always, for being a part of […]

faith, Uncategorized

August 21, 2009

My Backstory

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I feel like I tend to talk about things that I don’t like, that I’m not good at, and things that frustrate me too often on this blog. I get frustrated over little things. I stress too much about money. I nag my husband. I’m a perfectionist about too many things. I am a Dr. […]

Lifestyle

August 20, 2009

Bringing up the Good

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For several days, the Lord has really been on my heart about my prayer life. [Notice, the prayer journal post from earlier today] He is really starting to drill into me the importance of maintaining a constant, open line of communication with him throughout each and every day. Becoming more of the Proverbs 31 woman […]

faith, Family, Marriage, Prayer

August 19, 2009

The Power of Prayer

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So, this past couple of days I have received 3 awards! I’m so excited! It makes me feel good to get these really cute little awards because I feel like I am blogging about things that people find interesting and worth reading. Kelli over at “Outside my Kitchen Window” and Ashley over at “Everything Happens […]

Lifestyle

August 11, 2009

More Awards :)

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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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