#thisisredding

Whoever invented these as masks should win the Nobel Peace Prize. #winning #masks #unicornhead #thisisredding (at Walmart Redding) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoXrdkCBhHr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1f84hvrvsxcsl

Largest outdoor pancake breakfast in the world #thisisredding #redding #california #cowboy #rodeo #pancakes #familytime #friends #reddingfitness (at Asphalt Cowboys Pancake Breakfast)

Accidental twinning and stumbling upon magical moments and really good hair days ✋

Shasta Caverns #thisisredding #california #friends #blackbear #shastacaverns #shasta #nw #norcal #besties (at Lake Shasta Caverns)

It's so hot that they can't be bothered to annoy each other. #thisisredding https://www.instagram.com/p/CEDSScCJ0YiGTmIK_INZ7Ycq-K2tDMh-ATFT7A0/?igshid=h48r6vbua8fl

The state of your inner man is your rudder. ⁣ ⁣ Your inner man is decisiveness, mental state, heart posture, emotions, determination, focus, will and 'Chi'.⁣ ⁣ Your state determines your destination.⁣ ⁣ When Jenny called me this in the morning to train in this beautiful setting by the Sacramento River, I had forgotten about my commitment to her. I was on my way to Redding Prayer. ⁣ ⁣ This woman fascinates and astonishes me daily. She teaches me the things I never learned. #reddingprayer #iam1stphorm #thisisredding #bethelnation #bethelmoms #stirringmoms #1stphormathletesearch2020 @sean_mc_donough (at Lake Redding Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9o7UNfHQSQ/?igshid=12frytvqy3wz3

Finding a time for myself was hard once I became 🦋selfless. I had to go through a season of complete paralysis, not knowing if it was ok for me to put my 👦🏼son in the gym childcare to 💪🏽weight train. Or if I was allowed to insist he follow me on a run instead of taking him to go scootering at a park where I have to stand by, unmoving, to protect him from the riff-raff.⁣ ⁣ 🙏🏽But I had to remember the only one I answer to is God. That's it. Not you, not my mother, not my older children who want a say in my life, not my employer, nor my spiritual mentors. ONLY GOD! Psalm 91:1-2 📖 ⁣ ⁣ 🦋God used Day 39 of @irisministries Heidi and Roland Baker's book "Reckless Devotion" to remind me why I came to #reddingca in the first place---to help this community as a foreigner with no motivation but unconditional love. God brought me and #JasperMatthias here. Your loud eye roll will not convince me otherwise.⁣ ⁣ 🌹To everyone reading this- I am blessed to have a multitude of pastors and leaders and broken, beautiful friends surrounding me here. It's a vortex for us spirit-filled or broken. This town doesn't seem to have much wiggle room in between those two places. Once one comes here or decides to follow Jesus, it's like a slingshot into the ether of hope and praise and joy! 🎶🗣 and I’m called to share it all with you. DM me for prayer, questions, love or to take some of my hope or joy. It’s right here for you. ⁣ ⁣ 🦋 #godobe That’s my motto, once you get the urge to do a thing, go do it!!! God created you for something beautiful, something that makes you happy and brings you joy and blesses everyone who comes in contact with you. ⁣ ⁣ 🗣I’d love to hear what that purpose is. Will you share it below with our community? Be vulnerable. Post it-then DECLARE IT OUT LOUD! ⁣ ⁣ #youareapowerfulcreator ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #thisisredding #thisisboise #meccanation #singlemom #daughteroftheking #iam1stphorm #75hard #womenofbethel #reddingpersonaltrainer #reddingcoach #outdoorenthusiast #adventuring @albert #ivote #stopgenocide #stopinfanticide #unconditionallove #freetrainer #builtforlove #jesusfreak #propheticconference2020 #communityservice⁣ (at Mercy Medical Center Redding) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8yuWRZnRSY/?igshid=zl5ievejpntm

Saturday, we came together as a Redding community to commemorate the 55th year anniversary of the Civil Rights Act as well to bring awareness to the 400 year anniversary since slavery first started in this country through speeches, encouragements, and empowering statements to keep going, keep building, keep using our voices for change. So many marginalized people groups were represented but with all one heart beat: human flourishing. I felt so honored to be asked to bring creativity to this event. I’m grateful for @jordanblack for singing, @shayna.acosta for choreographing an amazing piece to Maya Angelou’s words, and BSSM students and local citizens for their lively recitation of a favorite Langston Hughes poem. I also got to bring a little spoken word poetry through a piece entitled, “400 Year Old Hope Song.” Hope is the force we need to forge ahead and blaze new trails that lead us into each other’s arms. So humbled to be in this season of life now, in this beloved city, watching God unfold a beautiful plan for His beloved children. An excerpt: 
The trauma is lifting with every hum
With every note
With every phrase
And we are well on our way
Might even get to that ole Promised Land today
If we all learned the lyrics
And did the same choreography
This is the song my ancestors never got to sing A song of liberty
And healing
And equality
And unity
And family Right here
In the land of the free
And the home of the brave slave
This song will be their legacy
Redemption never sounded so sweet #racialunity #hopesong #tinashalarayepoetry #thisisredding
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