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    Blogs by Hannah & Laci

    Love Them Anyway

    Love Them Anyway
    Loving people is not easy.
    People will hurt you.
    They will disappoint you.
    They will turn on you.
    They will gossip about you.
    They will fight you.
    LOVE THEM ANYWAY.

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    Tough As A Mother

    Tough As A Mother

    I’m tough as a Mother, strong and true. 
    It takes a tough one to handle you. 
    pressed and tried and sometimes blue
    it’s all I can do 
    to not lose my mind 
    to not lose my cool
    I realize its not you
    the time, the energy, 
    it just really takes a toll 
    but you make it worthwhile, so let the good times roll.
    It’s life
    its the ups
    its the downs 
    but don’t worry
    my darling, i’ve got you.
    When you were sick 
    I wanted to be the one 
    to ease you 
    to make you all better, 
    like shoulders on a cold night loves a sweater. 
    When you were afraid
    I wanted to comfort you
    to make you feel safe & secure
    I watched you sleep 
    I saw where you laid
    I wondered about your future
    and the plans i’d made
    for you to grow up right
    to stand up for the weak 
    to be strong and confident 
    but also stay meek 
    Many sleepless nights 
    and restless days 
    were spent in many ways
    making sure you were healthy 
    for all of your days.
    But those times would come, 
    it’s inevitable, you see, 
    you’d be sad, you’d cry,
    you’d have your first heart break 
    & again, you’d need me. 
    So right there i’d stay
    by your side til the end
    i’d fight for you 
    i’d die for you
    whatever was broken, i’d mend. 
    But all those times
    I wanted to fight
    it wasn’t my fight you see
    I can’t save you
    I can only teach you 
    I had to let it be. 
    This was a tough lesson 
    not just for you but also for me
    but one that made us both 
    much stronger 
    one day, my darling, you’ll see. 
    So please do me this favor 
    always be your best &
    when you try your best
    but don’t succeed
    you get up and try again. 
    Will you do this for me? 
    I know life is tough
    it’s the way it has to be
    but as tough as it may get
    you & I my darling are much tougher, 
    as tough as God would let us be. 
    -Hannah

    Jesus Loves Me...This I Know

    Jesus Loves Me...This I Know

     

    But do you really? Many of us learn this simple truth as a kid in Sunday school, but then something happens…we grow up. Oh to have the mind of a child again. With bright eyes and big dreams of becoming astronauts and doctors our hearts were so full and our cares no where in sight. We were without all the doubt and disappointment that this life can sometimes bring. 

    The love that God has for me and for you and for all his children is an everlasting, ever-fulfilling, overwhelming, abundant, agape kind of love that is more that we could ever even begin to imagine or imagine. We can’t earn it, can’t buy it, and certainly don’t deserve it, yet get the privilege to rest in His gracious, merciful love. 

     

    I love that no matter where life takes us, no matter where or how we “mess up,” that God is always right there, in the waiting. There’s nothing to big for him to fix and we’re never too far gone for redemption. I think as adults the only kind of love we can relate to is human love - which is nothing compared to the love our Heavenly Father, God of the Universe, Creator of the Stars has for us. He cares for even the birds needs, making sure they don’t go hungry, how much more do you think he loves us? An immeasurable amount. 

     

     I love in the bible where it says to come to me like a child. To be so care-free, with no obligation, no bills, no work, or illness, or defeat, just to be in the moment in all it’s innocence. The only time I feel this way now is when I’m so engulfed in the Holy Spirit that I loose myself and just sit at the feet of Jesus. I wish I could say I was in this state more often, but I’m afraid that wouldn’t be the truth. The truth is that Jesus loves me. He loves me in spite of my shortcomings, in spite of my failures, and in spite of my humanness. He pursues me anyway. He does this because He loves me. And He loves you too, my friend. 

    THIS, I KNOW. 

    Leave the Judgin’ to Jesus!

    Leave the Judgin’ to Jesus!

    I was raised to believe there’s enough sun for everybody, to see the best in others and that comparison is the thief of joy. Let me tell you that while I claim that was in my raising, I still fall short. Every. Single. Day. Lord, help me. Still, in my imperfection, God gave me an amazing husband. While raising our children over the years, I would hear him tell our daughters things like “it doesn’t matter what they smell like, look like, are dressed like, or where they come from, you be kind; Jesus loves us all the same.” In both situations, I feel like the same statement rings true we are to - leave the judgin’ to Jesus. Something I have to remind myself on the daily, if ya know what I mean.

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    Five rather convincing reasons...I used to be cool.

    Five rather convincing reasons...I used to be cool.
    Welcome to our first ever Ruby’s Rubbish blog post, friends!  Let me be the first to say, welcome.  If you were standing next to me right now, we would share a hearty high five, like the fast friends we are.  Right out of the gate let me say, we are not perfect and that’s what you will get here.  A big heaping dollop of life, chalked full of the messy, the funny, the heartfelt and I hope so much more.  Here you will find Hannah and I’s thoughts on just about everything, so hold on to your t-shirts, sunshine, away we go.

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