Saturday Snippets

Will Guidara wrote about a restaurant review saying Eleven Madison Park could use "a bit of Miles Davis," emphasizing the musician's gift for endless reinvention.  They took that to heart and created a sign with 11 words (for 11 Madison Park) they wanted to live by, crafting it from words frequently used to describe Davis and his music!  (See my last Thankful Thursday post).

So here is my T-Swift inspired version of that with 13 things I'd like to embrace and grow in... (13 bc it's T-Swift's favorite number and birth-date), and it's all words that have been used to describe Taylor and/or her music! ❤

I started with a much longer list (all good), including all the words and phrases below... then I narrowed it to my personal top 13 above, which will be on my wall someday soon.  My favorite one, ironically, is "polarizing."  A reminder to know my worth and live by my values - not with aggressive bravado, but powerful self-acceptance and an unapologetically Christian worldview!!  ❤

On a related note, Go Chiefs in the game tomorrow! =)  Because JEM's Super Bowl party will be extra fun for me if they're in it. lol  Yay, Taylor and Travis and Jason!!!

Speaking of sportsy things, best wishes to the Mini Miss K at her volleyball tournament in Arkansas this weekend!  Here's a few pics Rach sent of them having a shower for Coach Erin!

Super random fun fact I learned on the Smartless podcast - Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato were both regulars on Barney back in the day! lol  Much like JT and Britney and X-tina on the Mickey Mouse Club, stuff like this makes me happy.

HBD to Tiffany today... here's a happy pre-pandemic pic of us at 522! =)

I'll end with this sermon quote which spoke volumes to me this week:

"God cannot be the source of our strength if He is not the source of our standards.  I will not negotiate with what God has called me to trample on, and I will not converse with what God has called me to crush.  We've got to stop it at the source and draw a bloodline in the name of Jesus and say, 'This stops here.  These are my standards; I will not apologize.  I may not always live up to them, but I am pressing toward the mark of the prize of the high calling.'  I have a high calling, and I will not live with low standards!" -Steven Furtick

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