please God, not people.
God created us each with our own unique gifts, yet the world wants us to be who we are not. Satan wants us to ignore who we were made to be or use our God-given talents to bring attention to ourselves and forget to acknowledge the One who gave us those gifts. That’s just the…
a look in the rear view mirror
As the years pass by and time ticks on, God’s orchestration of every aspect of our lives becomes more evident. As time passes it reveals things about our lives we didn’t notice before; in the moment. It takes presence to notice absence, darkness to appreciate light and time to recognize change. It’s like reading a book and not realizing the…
Who do we compete for?
At the beginning of every track meet, the same 5 word question is asked every time, followed by the same 3 word response. One from the team prays and immediately after someone is asked to break us out, screaming “who do we compete for?” into the sky, usually consisting of a voice crack and many…
seasons of life
There’s so many seasons we go through in our lifetime, and I’ve come to figure that out more and more in recent months. Entering a new season of life can be both exciting and daunting, but I’ve been trying to learn to embrace each season whether good or bad, and find beauty in the mundane.…
fingerprints
This post has been on my mind for a while, but I didn’t feel like I could write it “in the moment” like I do many of my other posts, when the subject is still fresh in my mind. There were so many thoughts to put into words and so many parts of my life…
What I Need vs What I Want
It’s been awhile since I’ve been on here, and I honestly miss it so much. It’s weird, really, how simply taking an evening to sit down and write can end with an entire blog post written, pages of my book edited, and many thoughts and ideas written down. Why I don’t make time to do…
Photo Dump // March + April
This year has been incredible in so many ways, and I can’t wait to look back on it and see all the areas God was working in my life. A lot has happened just in the last few months, weeks and even days, and even though I’ve been incredibly busy and behind on posting, in…
Living for the weekend // making each day count
The sunlight is shining through my window today. This year has been flying by faster than I can keep up with, yet here we are, already almost a full two months into the New Year. And the sun has finally decided to return. It’s times like these that I wonder if I’ve been doing enough.…
January ’22 Wrap Up
Happy February! Can you believe January is already over?? I feel like every year I get older time speeds up, because I’m pretty sure it was just yesterday I was just celebrating the New Year… HOW?? Nevertheless, a few exciting things did happen this month. What immediately comes to mind is the huge amount of…
2021 Wrap Up
This year was one of those years where everything that’s happened in the past has started to make sense. Have you ever had one of those times where you’ve stopped and thought, “wow, I prayed for this. It’s here. It’s happening”? Well out of all the years I’ve ever lived, I feel like this year…
Christmas Q&A
My dear friend SawyerMarie and I are doing a Christmas Q&A! My questions are in bold and her answers are below them! If you’d like to see my answers to her questions, you can visit her blog here. Enjoy! ><><><><><><><><><><><>< What’s your favorite Christmas film? ‘A Christmas Story’, 100% I also love watching ‘The Star’…
Christmas Playlist 2021!
Let’s be real– Christmas music is literally the best music ever. It’s so bright and cheery and I love how there’s so many different songs, many of which are all talking about Christ’s birth. I have a Spotify playlist with all my favorite songs for those of you who enjoy listening there, but for those…
Life update // fall 2021
HEY! It’s been WAY too long since I posted last! I have well over a hundred different post ideas I want to share, so hopefully as the school year moves along I’ll get lots of those scheduled, but man does it feel wonderful to be sitting down and writing this post! And hey, if you…
Another Day With You
Friends, Septemeber is known as Suicide Prevention Month. This week specifically in America is Suicide Prevention Week, and today, the 10th, is known as World Suicide Prevention Day. It’s a week that holds a lot of heaviness and pain, but it also holds the potential for so much hope. There are a thousand things to…
Hills and Valleys
On the long drive from Utah to Arizona I went on a couple weeks ago, I was listening to music and looking out the window, and thought it was so interesting how there’s all these hills that almost seem like they’re randomly placed, because everywhere else is so flat. When noticing this, It reminded me…
First Post of 2021
Hey! Happy 2021 everybody! This isnt going to be a huge post, but I have a few new things to share with you. The last couple months I haven’t stuck to my posting schedule as fluently due to birthdays, Christmas and a billion other fun-yet-time-consuming activities, but starting the 12th I’d like to get back…
2020 Wrap Up
This year has been incredibly horribly terrific! I dont think those three words go together but whatever, it’s truly how it’s felt 😉! On December 31st, 2019 I wrote my first journal entry in my 2020 journal, recaping that year and writing about what I was excited for in 2020. Wow were my expectations inside-out…
This Christmas Season
Hey all! I hope you’re having an amazing december, and making the most of these last weeks until the new year. Christmas is my favorite time of year because of so many things, and every year as it rolls around again I remember why I loved it so much the year before. Christmas music is…
He is our hope
Dear reader, right now is a hard time of our lives. It seems as if evil is creeping in from all sides, slowly draining us until we have almost no energy left. It seems as if one good day follows with a hundred bad ones. Something good happens and then it’s quickly extinguished by another…
Birthday week!
My brother, Beckham, and I have birthday’s only four days apart, and I love sharing our birthday week together! He’s the best brother I could ever ask for, and I’m so proud of him in so many ways! We both have simillar personalities, both love a lot of the same things, and have shared so…
A few of my favorites ✞
I have lots of Bible verses I absolutely love, so I thought today I’d share just a few of them with you! The Bible is filled with so many encouraging and insightful words of wisdom, and with the more I read, the more I fall in love with what it says, and I just can’t…
1 year gone by
‘Lo mates! I just realized that August 14th was the one year anniversary of Five Shekels! I can’t believe it! Over a YEAR has gone by since I started this little blog. That’s 112 posts, 897 wonderful comments, and over 365 days of blessings that have come out of starting this journey. I originaly started…
7 Days of Hope blog tour day #4
Hey, thanks for stopping by my blog! I’m excited to share a little something with you and be apart of this blog tour! I thought this was such a great idea when I was contacted about being apart of this, and pray that as you follow along you will be encouraged. If you’re just learning…
My Favorite Things Tag
Rules: 1. Thank and link back to whoever tagged you. Thank you, Annika, Jemima, Katelyn and Lexah! 2. Thank and link back to the person who started this tag. Thanks, Beth!3. Write about 8 of your favorite things.4. Be sure to add at least two related pictures and/or gifs!5. Tag 8 people (unless you don’t know 8…
He calls me Beloved
Does God love me? Does He care about me? Does He know I exsist? Does He care about my life and what I do? Everyone can struggle with wondering if God loves them. It’s hard to think sometimes that the God of the universe could love someone as horrible as yourself because of all the…
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