What a change in perspective brought on by amazing friends that we have in our lives.  I love it when I get called out and really shown what God is working on in me.  There is not a day that goes by that isn’t stressful around here.  I get so selfish in wanting to get all MY work done and I NEVER get what I need to get done because we have three young kids to look after.  That frustrates the heck out of me.  Joe, thank my God for Joe…I don’t know how he does it all…but there is no one else I would want to run this rat race with than him.  We look at eachother weekly saying things like “thank you for not leaving” or “holy crap are we crazy??”…sheesh…I know we all are there, right?

But after all the mess that has gone on this week Joe and I could not help but sit back and just think.  Think about what God is teaching us in all this.  Who knows if we are right, but I really think some of it is to help us remember to not be so inwardly focused.  Think about it.  The kids, the jobs, or school, the household…I can get way too busy to even check on a neighbor, WRITE a note to a friend, help serve the needs of someone else around me…there have been so many times in my day that I think of a sweet friend, one who I know has been laid on my heart…and I forget to do what, at that moment, I say I want to do for them.
Well shoot…

I saw this on Instagram today and it totally hit home:
“Having a rough day?”
“Put your hand over your heart.  Feel that?  That’s called a purpose.  You’re here for a reason.  Don’t give up.”

Each day is a new.  The ONLY thing I can control in life is how I react.
I went into a coffee shop last night after a CRAZY rough day.  The barista behind the counter stoped what she was doing, looked at me and said “You must be having a good day”
“actually, it’s been one rough week” I told her.
“Well you glow…one would never know it…keep up your up….it shines”

HOLY COW.
What a compliment.  That is 100% the light of Jesus inside of me.  I can guarantee it…no way I could be that way ON MY OWN.

Last week our MOM’s group had us STARE into the eyes of one of the ladies sitting next to us.  First of all…I CRINGE at personal contact, much less staring deep into someone’s soul.  But have you ever done it?  As we were starting all I could do was smile.  The lady I was staring at had the MOST amazing temperament and confidence…the speaker doing the exercise told us “this is the face of Jesus looking at you.  We are made in His image”
WOW.
I needed that confidence and her temperament in thinking about who Jesus is to me.  It was EXACTLY what I would have pictured Jesus to be.
It is exactly how I have pictured Jesus in my mind throughout the chaos of this week…something I may never remember to tell her.
I wonder if she needed my smile in her perception of who Jesus is to her?

So this is now the end of a crappy week.
But it is the beginning of a weekend, and one where two of our VERY GREATEST friends are getting married, Callie and Paul.  We could not be more overjoy-ed for the start to their marriage.
We will be documenting it all, and can promise you lots of goodies soon.
But in the meantime, here is a little shout out to our sweet Callie.

We have been so blessed, encouraged and thankful to have her around.  We hope that she will make some upcoming guest appearances with our styled shoots and such, but we are so excited for her upcoming journey into newlywed bliss.  Thank you, Callie for all your hard work around here, and for still being our friend after seeing our daily life (the good, the bad and the UGLY).  We love you to death!!!
Feel free to drop her a comment here as she ties the knot to her Paul Saturday.  I will make sure she gets it!

Hope you all have AMAZING weekends…lots of love from KHP!
-XOXO – wink