#shaunaniequist

[unfoldingnarratives]

When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate. And when life is bitter, say thank you and grow #ShaunaNiequist #alegra #growth #meow #marchtonovember #madrid #grateful https://www.instagram.com/p/CWJnXrjsl43/?utm_medium=tumblr

[unfoldingnarratives]

I think preparing food and feeding people brings nourishment not only to our bodies but to our spirits. Feeding people is a way of loving them, in the same way that feeding ourselves is a way of honoring our own createdness and fragility. #ShaunaNiequist #madrid #mealprep #healthy #food #veggies #ready #yummy #foodforthesoul #week #nomoreexcuses https://www.instagram.com/p/B4sywhwKLQU/?igshid=1eybr94kcyl9b

[wcs53]

Day 17 of #mayshelfawareness is Pack Rat Day (Bookish Stash) 📚📚📚📚 This stash of mainly recently acquired books on a chest of drawers in our bedroom just keeps on growing. Eventually I’ll have to find some space for them on our shelves. 📚📚📚📚 #mayshelfawareness #bookstagram #bookaddict #instabooks #mayphotochallenge #bookstash #orkneyfolktales #annelamott #leonardsweet #shaneclaiborne #ajfinn #tonyjones #shaunaniequist

[moonleaflove]

And, on Sundays ... we write. “When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate. When life is bitter, say thank you and grow.” ~ Shauna Niequist #shaunaniequist #whenlifeissweet #begratefulandgrow #graceserves #fullmoongratitude #writeitright #onsundayswewrite 🍃💛🍃

[vinegarandvanilla-blog]

Tell me, does this resonate with any of you? (From Present Over Perfect by Shauna Niequist) #presentoverperfect #shaunaniequist #burnout #womensstories #midlife #womenover50 #jessicajanisjohnson

[cleanandfitmama]

Absolutely loved and devoured this book. #bittersweet #audiblejunkie #booknerd #70in2018 #shaunaniequist #shareyourstory

[genevagozum]

The Palm of God's hand

He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.

—Psalm 18:19

I have discovered that I can make it through more than I thought, with less than I thought. I know better than to believe that the changes are over, or that the next ones will be easier, but I’ve learned the hard way that change is one of God’s greatest gifts and one of his most useful tools. Change can push us, pull us, rebuke and remake us. It can show us who we’ve become, in the worst ways, and also in the best ways. It’s not something to run away from, as though we could, and in many cases, change is not a function of life’s cruelty but instead a function of God’s graciousness.

Change is good, the way that childbirth is good, and heartbreak is good, and failure is good. By that I mean that it’s incredibly painful, exponentially more so if you fight it, and also that it has the potential to open you up, to open life up, to deliver you right into the palm of God’s hand, which is where you wanted to be all along, except that you were too busy pushing and pulling your life into exactly what you thought it should be.

ALTHOUGH CHANGE is so hard and scary, God often uses it in good and powerful ways. Are there any changes in your life that might evidence of God’s grace, even if they’re difficult in the moment?

[freedomclay]

#this #supersoulsunday #shaunaniequist