Naan & Marzipan

It was a foggy morning at the Edmonds Marsh today. . #morning #fog #edmonds #marsh #edmondsmarsh #washington (at Edmonds Marsh)

The butterfly 🦋 room at Seattle’s Pacific Science Center is so cool! I went with my fam this weekend and loved seeing all the different varieties. . @pacsci #pacificsciencecenter #butterfly #butterflyroom

On to my second cup of coffee today. Loving my new @starbucks You Are Here - Pike Place exclusive mug, and the aroma of @scottypsbigmugcoffee hazelnut blend! ☕️ #youareheremug #scottypsbigmugcoffee (at Edmonds, Washington)

Christ the Lord is risen today, alleluia! ✝️ May you have a truly blessed Easter. 💕 . #happyeaster #easter #christisrisen #christosanesti (at Edmonds, Washington)

“God is in the business of restoring broken lives. Including yours.” — Nick Vujicic. Truth!! Thanks be to God! . @nickvujicic #nickvujicic #bethehandsandfeet

.@timehop reminded me of this post from a year ago. True then and true now. “Modern-day slavery is as brutal as ever; more vast than ever, but more stoppable than ever.” — Gary Haugen, president and founder of @ijm . #ijm #internationaljusticemission #humantraffickingawareness #humantrafficking #humantraffickingawarenessday #untilallarefree #endslavery (at Edmonds, Washington)

I love the Nunc Dimittis (Luke 2:29-32), especially at Christmas! “Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace...” . Merry Christmas 🎄 to you and yours, and wishes for a blessed 2018. . #nuncdimittis #christmas

The Safeco Plaza stag got an upgrade this year! . @safeco.insurance #rednose #rudolph #stag #safeco #safecoplaza #christmaslights #seattle #downtown #downtownseattle #seatown (at Safeco Plaza)

This was my lunchtime view during a day trip to Cinque Terre. Don’t mind if I do...it was rough indeed. 😂😍 . #nofilter #lunchtime #lunchview #cinqueterre #monterosso #italy #fivelands #meagandideurope17

Greenwich’s Trafalgar Tavern was the setting for the wedding feast in Dickens’ “Our Mutual Friend”. It sits right next to the Thames River and is the perfect spot for a water-view lunch 🥗! . @trafalgartaverngreenwich #greenwich #london #trafalgartavern #charlesdickens #dickens #ourmutualfriend #book #riverthames #thamesriver #lunch (at Trafalgar Tavern)

“Contentment is a choice. One we make in both the valley and mountaintop experiences. It’s not decided by conditions but rather our hearts choose it in all seasons. ... [Savor] the life God gives to each of us.” — “21 Ways to Thrive by 45” @youversion devotional . #philippians412 #philippians4 #bible #bibleverse #verseofmyday #instadevo (at Edmonds, Washington)

Awake too early this morning, so am dreaming of this Vespa 🛵 (and the vineyard). 😍😂 . #awake #uptooearly #nofilter #vespa #vineyard #italy #poggioamorelli @poggio.amorelli (at Azienda Agricola Poggio Amorelli)

“It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.” Do I live like this? Truly? In a culture hyper-focused on self, this is revolutionary. Counter-cultural. Frankly, crazy. And for me, it’s scary. What if God calls me to do something the world thinks is foolish? Am I willing to risk my fellow man’s potential laughter and ridicule? . And yet, “the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.” (1 Cor. 1:25 ESV) His foolishness may look crazy to the self-obsessed world, but it’s still smarter and pays off in eternity. If Christ truly lives in me, I need to give him full reign and let him do what he will. I need to represent him well. What Christ am I presenting to the world? . “Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King.” — Mr. Beaver, C.S. Lewis’ “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” . #bible #bibleverse #galatians220 #galatians #verseoftheday via @youversion #1corinthians125 #1corinthians #narnia #aslan #notatamelion

Flashback to this summer and the most adorable baby giraffe EVER at the Woodland Park Zoo (@woodlandparkzoo)!!! He was all legs (even more than giraffes are already), and I️ almost couldn’t handle all teh cutez watching him gambol around and try to get his footing. . Remember this, @brianfieg and @emilyfieg? 😍😍😍 . #flashbacksaturday #woodlandparkzoo #giraffe #babygiraffe #tehcutez #totesadorbs (at Woodland Park Zoo)

Who else thinks of “That Thing You Do!” when they see this verse? 😂 In all seriousness, though, it’s interesting to compare translations of this verse. . The ESV says, “By your endurance you will gain your lives.” NIV puts it, “Stand firm, and you will win life.” I’m kinda partial to the KJV in the image, but that’s probably due to the movie scene. Either way...endure, persevere, stand firm today for the prize of your soul. Christ. Salvation. Forgiveness. . #bible #bibleverse #verseofmyday via @youversion #thatthingyoudo #luke2119 #lukewhoslukewhenarewegettingtherecord #patience #endurance #standfirm #possessyoursoul #kjv #esv #niv (at Edmonds, Washington)

How many times have we given up on our fellow man? “I’m done with them.” “They just don’t get it.” “They’ll never change.” “I’m over this.” . I have been struck recently by how many times God could have given up on me and said the exact same things. I have to repeatedly learn the same lessons and ask God for forgiveness because I screwed up ... again. But God. (Basically the best phrase ever.) But God, in His great mercy, will never leave or forsake me—or you. (Hebrews 13:5) . In the same way, “because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ” (Ephesians 2:4ff). Thankful today He never gives up on me. . #instadevo #ephesians24 #ephesians #hebrews #hebrews135 #bible #bibleverse #devotional #butgod #verseofmyday 📷: @youversion (at Edmonds, Washington)