♛ a rebel's guide to joy

Taylor. I have been tightly gripping the doctrines of grace through the blood shed and flesh ripped upon the beautiful Cross by my sweet Christ Jesus since 2007, and it has been the author and foundation of my grip, gripping me even tighter, since that day. I am a blessed girl who is passionate about grace, people, words, missions, film and food. I'm a Switchfoot enthusiast. I have a profound fascination everyone and everything but especially with theology, photography, the ocean and traveling. I thus have self-diagnosed myself with a bad case of wanderlust. Another thing I really love is the sound of the violin and good sci-fi/fantasy story. I appreciate the gift of humor and the ability to dance like an absolute idiot and abuse these two things regularly.

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He got a little impatient waiting on mommy to pour his cereal. 😂😍🙊 // #cullybear #nephew

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I love my family. 😘 #cullybear #nephew

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"You caught my tears like wilted worn bible pages, stored them up in bottles and let the collection remind me that as long as I stay close to him, I’d never thirst again. And when God removed the scales from my eyes, I remember looking at you for the first time and finally understood the meaning of the word ’Behold’. I remember the first time I looked into your eyes, it was like staring at the back of the moon only to find that it shines too. You wear patience like a tailored suit. And all I could do was thank God and your mother for raising the man I never believed could exist. You begin to see me transforming by the renewing, I was so comfortable cocooning as you studied the freckles in my face like constellations. How sweet it is to know that I’m with someone who would still find me beautiful with stretch marks? Even when I begin being stretched as I press towards the mark." - Janette Ikz // #mancrusheveryday #52days #redemptioninmotion #graceupongrace #hegivesandtakesaway

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this rain is bringing out the inner fro-child in me. 😭😁😏 // #selfiegamestrong #oklahomaweather

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Had such a blast at the Kings Kaleidoscope concert! Easily the best, most authentic, and worshipful concert I've ever been to. (And everybody knows how much I love and adore Switchfoot!) There was so much joy in the chapel tonight! I can't believe this is just a glimpse of what's to come in eternity! Soli deo Gloria! // #kingskaleidoscope #oklahoma #obu #jesus #graceupongrace

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hello kitty snocone. (@kennythegreat91 ate the other half of the bow) 🎀🐱

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I love you.

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Tomorrow, The Chickasaw Nation will be hosting the annual "Stomp Out Sexual Assault Awareness Walk!" The @ecutaht has offered to volunteer, so if you're interested in helping out tomorrow, please contact me. If you can't help, but just want to attend, the event starts at 11 @ Wintersmith Park! See ya there! #ada #chickasaw #ecu

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#flashbackfriday with @preppygirl_24. Not sure how much she's changed. But I'm certainly glad that 21 year old Shelby doesn't dress like 13 year old Shelby. 😏 // #handgloveonfleek #metallicguitarbagonfleek #scenehaironfleek

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He didn't realize I had walked through the door. Two years of this smile! Love my relationship with this little boy. #cullybear #nephew

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Happy birthday to my kindred spirit and sweetest, closest college friend. The fact that we haven't lived in the same town since my freshman year, and yet we are still so close says so much about YOU, rather than me. (Lol 😏) To the friend who crawls underneath tables with me, who misses the first few days back on campus to run to be by my side after my world fell apart, to the person who is always willing to give me the crunchy bits of her French fries because she knows they're my favorite part, to the person who sends me letters in the mail just because she wants me to feel genuinely cared for, to the person who is still an idiot with me even though we will never get the tv show we truly deserve, to the person who helps me clean at work late at night so I can get home faster, to the person who is far more intelligent than me but treats me like my thoughts and opinions matter anyway, to the only person in the whole wide world who doesn't demonized my introversion but buys me tshirts to highlight it instead (😂), to the person who texts me every 23rd because she never forgets, and to the person who calls me just to pray with me, on the good days and the bad. Thank you for being you. Three years of your encouragement, and love, and grace. I hope your day knocks your snowflake socks off. I love you like crazy and I don't know what I would have done without your hugs or your words this year. Ever faithful, true to your integrity, and a grace with great grit and wisdom--I am so proud to call you my best friend and sister. I miss you, Zefron. Love, JFal. 💙💙💙 // #homeschool4lyf #clairebear #birfdaygurl #ew #graceupongrace

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There’s no scientific system sufficient to measure the distance. Big words and images are limited descriptions. Primitive poetry poking at rain clouds with small sticks and can’t reach high enough to touch it, so we shake our fists and call it quits. Kites and satellites, unimaginable heights, intangible unseen light made visible to human sight through the incarnation and life of Christ. - Satellite Kite, Beautiful Eulogy. // #lyrics #roundtwoofkiterunning #oklahoma #ecu #beautifuleulogy #jesus

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Took Calvin and Hobbs for a bit of a swim. 😂🙊😍 //#bestfwiends

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When you give a little piggie a pancake. 😍 // #cullybear #nephew

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You ransomed Your bride on the day that You died, ascended to heaven in glory. She stands clothed in white with her hands lifted high, singing, "Come and return in Your glory!" Ten thousand strong, You're the fairest of all! Fairest in heaven and earth! // #musicmonday #shaneandshane

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Yesterday, we bought and American flag kite and named in Frank. After flying for ten minutes, he got stuck in a tree, was impaled by a branch and died. Moral of the story: be smart and don't get attached to inanimate objects like we do. 😂😭 // #mykiterunner #bestfwiends