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Sorry fam 🫣You know it's going to be bad when, in addition to all the cat sand, she had to use a rug to cover it 🫣🫣🫣She...
02/09/2026

Sorry fam 🫣

You know it's going to be bad when, in addition to all the cat sand, she had to use a rug to cover it 🫣🫣🫣

She's an absolute lady ♥️ Always makes sure she covers her tracks properly.

What you feed will eventually show.You can tell yourself you're fine. You can go to church, post Bible verses, smile for...
01/09/2026

What you feed will eventually show.

You can tell yourself you're fine. You can go to church, post Bible verses, smile for the camera and carry on with your day.

But eventually, what's happening inside you starts coming out.

Jesus said: “For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” — Matthew 12:34. That means your words, reactions, attitudes, habits and desires are giving you clues about what's been filling your heart.

If you're constantly feeding yourself fear, gossip, outrage, comparison, lust, anxiety and everything the world is serving up, don't be surprised when your inner life starts looking like it.

And if you're filling yourself with God's Word, spending time with Him, asking for wisdom and actually applying what He teaches you, something else begins to grow.

Love. Joy. Peace. Patience. Kindness. Goodness. Faithfulness. Gentleness. Self-control.

Galatians 5:22–23 calls these the fruit of the Spirit.

So here's your Tuesday question: What have you been feeding?

Not what do you say you believe. What are you actually putting into your heart every day?

Today, open your Bible before you open social media.

Read something slowly.

Ask God, “Why is this here? What are You showing me? What needs to change in me?”

Then do something about the answer. You can't control everything that happens around you. You can be intentional about what you're planting within you.

“Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.” — Proverbs 4:23

Homemade basil pesto on macaroni and chicken breast marinated in authentic Waukesha peach chutney a friend blessed us wi...
31/08/2026

Homemade basil pesto on macaroni and chicken breast marinated in authentic Waukesha peach chutney a friend blessed us with. I added some garlic and a couple of other magical flavours.

Cooking Tip: Don't throw away the liquid discard from making cream cheese... It's a wonderful meat tenderizer 👌🏼

People see the finished book. They don't see the manuscript covered in comments.They see the polished website. They don'...
31/08/2026

People see the finished book. They don't see the manuscript covered in comments.

They see the polished website. They don't see the hours spent rewriting one paragraph seventeen times.

They see the published article.They don't see the research, editing, fact-checking and deadline panic.

😂

Freelancing has taught me that professional work is often invisible.That's okay.

The goal isn't to look busy. The goal is to produce something good.

There is dignity in doing careful work when nobody is watching. And sometimes that's the difference between being someone who says they're a professional and actually becoming one.

We managed to save 3 strawberries from the monkeys 👌🏼How do you grow yours?
30/08/2026

We managed to save 3 strawberries from the monkeys 👌🏼

How do you grow yours?

The Sabbath is beautiful, but I don't want to turn it into another religious checklist.Did I rest enough?Did I do the ri...
30/08/2026

The Sabbath is beautiful, but I don't want to turn it into another religious checklist.

Did I rest enough?

Did I do the right things?

Did I avoid the wrong things?

Did I keep Sunday properly?

Because the Gospel isn't: "Rest correctly and God will accept you."

The Gospel is: Christ has already done what I could never do.

Jesus is our rest. So I can rest from striving, not merely rest from work. And that changes everything.

Hebrews 4:9–11 reminds us that there remains a Sabbath rest for God's people.

Not another burden. An invitation.

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28/08/2026

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Protect the little thingsI don't think marriages usually fall apart because couples suddenly stop loving each other. I t...
28/08/2026

Protect the little things

I don't think marriages usually fall apart because couples suddenly stop loving each other. I think sometimes they simply stop paying attention.

The little conversation becomes a phone scroll.
The kiss becomes a peck.
The "how was your day?" becomes "what's for dinner?"
The walk becomes another hour in front of the television.

None of these things seem significant. Until you realise you've accumulated years of them.

So we're learning to protect the little things.

A coffee together.
A proper goodbye.
A hand on the back while walking past.
A conversation before bed.
A cuddle before we get up in the morning.
A date—even if the date is sitting outside with leftovers.

Small things matter. They become a life.

What little thing makes you feel connected to your spouse?

Just look at those faces. They're no longer "us". Five or ten years ago, James and I were completely different people.We...
27/08/2026

Just look at those faces. They're no longer "us".

Five or ten years ago, James and I were completely different people.

We were both looking for happiness in all the wrong places.

I was doing well financially at one point. Properly well. And I honestly believed that if I could just keep making more and MORE money, eventually I would reach that magical point where everything would fall into place and I'd finally be happy.

It never happened.

I had money, but I was overweight, sad and deeply dissatisfied with my life. Happiness remained this thing I kept chasing but could never quite catch.

Then I found God. Or perhaps I should say I stopped trying to find the answers everywhere else and started looking where He told me to look.

Seek first the Kingdom of God. It's such a simple instruction. But we had spent most of my life doing the opposite.

We sought money first.

Relationships.

Substances.

Our own happiness.

Comfort.

Whatever seemed likely to make us feel better. And we wondered why none of it worked.

Building a real relationship with God changed things slowly, but it changed everything dramatically, as you can see. I learned that I didn't need to keep filling my life with things that were taking from me when God had so much more to give.

Today, I'm sober. Healthy. Fulfilled.

I have peace. I have joy. I have time for my hobbies. I go to sleep happy and wake up ready for the day.

And no, that doesn't mean life is perfect. Because life doesn't magically turns around when you are born again.

It means I've finally stopped expecting the world to give me what only God can. I've learned that happiness isn't in things, people, and money.

Somewhere in the middle of all that, God blessed me with this husband of mine. ❤️

We're still growing. Still learning. Still figuring things out.

But thank God we aren't who we used to be. Follow our posts, and you'll find out more about the process.

You don't need an easy life to have a good lifeI think we've accidentally started believing that if God is with us, ever...
25/08/2026

You don't need an easy life to have a good life

I think we've accidentally started believing that if God is with us, everything should become easier.

But Scripture doesn't promise that. The disciples faced persecution. Paul suffered. Joseph was betrayed by his own brothers. David was hunted.

Jesus Himself warned His followers that they would have trouble.

But there is another promise: God will be with you.

That's different from promising that nothing difficult will happen.

Your faith isn't proven by having a trouble-free life. Sometimes it's proven by what you do when trouble comes.

So if you're in a difficult season right now, don't automatically assume God has abandoned you. You may simply be learning what it means to stand.

What helps you keep going when life gets difficult?

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