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I come in whispers. I come in words.I come in feelings and secrets.I come when there’s pain.I come where you’ve been hiding, I come when you’ve run.I come in the nightmare, I come where there’s shame.I replace all these things, replace them with My Name. Wonderful....
🎄🎄🎄🎄I was talking with a friend the other day, a quick, brief exchange as we crossed paths. She said “I almost look forward to to January. I mean I love Christmas. But it’s a lot, you know!?“ I do know, I thought. The night before we had been decorating our tree, and...
I remember that time, when we went to a live outdoor nativity around the corner from our parents’ houses. I remember walking around in the crisp cool night’s air. I remember taking turns holding our daughter and then watching my husband hold her, as we...
It is a time, Christmas, where in the natural, we are wrapping up presents, untangling lights and trim. Hanging up cheer, spreading joyful expectation like garland. It’s chaotic and lovely, lively and a bit maddening, all at once. There is even more emotion than...
I’ve been thinking a lot this advent about how Christ slipped into the world mostly unnoticed. How He came to be, cloaked in darkness, in a womb of a woman who couldn’t see or understand. There were no ultrasounds that confirmed it, not pictures that showed His baby...
Ever think about Joseph much?I have a lot lately. What it must have been like, to be the one not to carry the dream, but to help care for the one who does.Mary held the promised baby, but Joseph had a specific important role to play. It was a supporting role, but a...
Information is not fear. Ignorance is not bliss. Fear is a potential response to information.Lack of information, or ignorance, may seem to be more free from fear. Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t. But might be that you’re fearing something else. Like maybe the boogeyman,...
The Old Testament and Psalms and prophets are full of what sounds like the booming voice of the Lord. Mountains tremble, waters roars, the ground shakes and swells. His voice booms over the waters. Yes, there is an impressive tone to many of the Psalms- a raging God,...
People say you lose yourself in motherhood. I don’t agree. Sure. Sometimes you won’t be able to see. Not very well or clearly. There will be times you won’t recognize yourself. Years you won’t look in the mirror, or at least...
The path that’s away from the noise of the crowds,No popular places or spaces, or sounds.Brings quiet to thoughts, and space to your dreamsRelieves the pressure of hearts ill at ease. The path that is quiet; a mind, different and calmMay be the one that was right all...
Hey, I'm Courtney, a pretty ordinary girl who thinks we've all been called to an extraordinary life and love story with God. I'm passionate about family, faith, motherhood, and the adventure of every day. I write lots of words, mostly because I can’t help it- and I think it's one of the things I was born to do. I hope that something I write encourages you, to walk in your own unique purpose and calling, set free to love and give it away, starting wherever you are today. That's what Courting the Extraordinary is all about. Finding the good all around you, and giving it away. Finding, too, the God of all goodness who wants to walk with you.
I love quiet mornings, coffee, prayer and “work” before sunrise. Quality time with my family is my jam. I can be found grinning ear to ear when we're out on an adventure. Whether that's in our own backyard or exploring someplace new all-together, I’ll for sure note something beautiful about nature aloud-and maybe repeatedly, ha!. Life is a beautiful, precious gift, and an adventurous path to travel! We might as well learn how to love. 