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His Mercy - it is a beautiful thing when you look back, put your hand over your heart, tears streaming down your face and you get the privilege to say, “thank you Lord for everything that I don’t deserve”

I have been finding myself in this exact state for the past few months now :) I encourage you to do the same!

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When this question arises in life: am I going to be patient or am I going to be desperate - please be patient!! The Lord does extraordinary things with it!!

I love you Lucas May and I cannot wait to be your wife 🤍

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A sneak peak of The Baileys

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“A. S. Peake: ‘The courage to abandon work on which one’s heart is set and accept inaction cheerfully as the will of God is of the rarest and highest kind and can be created and sustained only by the clearest spiritual vision.’ When our natural instincts say: ‘Go on,’ it takes a big and a brave person to wait. It is human to be afraid of missing the chance; but it is important to wait for the time of God - even when it seems like throwing a chance away.”

- William Barclay | Hebrews 11:23-29

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¡¡HE IS A GOOD GOD!!

still learning how to juggle from the goodwill find 🫡

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Visited Dad’s alma mater today and good old Marion IL | Last photo is my great grandparents house - miss that place

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This is my favorite place on Earth and where my cup gets filled :)

Also this is a christian song…give Ivan a listen if you want some “fall” christain music

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This was my July :)

however 2 weeks are not shown because of sickness
😭🤪🫣😆🤩💃🪩👀😀😤🥲

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This isn’t about me or my degree

In 1999, my grandpa, John Fozard, left a thriving church in Illinois to become the president of Mid-America Christian University. What he didn’t know until after moving and accepting the job was that MACU was $14.5 million in debt. The school was on the brink of shutting down.

But instead of giving up, he chose obedience that didn’t make sense. He took a step of blind faith, trusting that God had a bigger plan. And as crazy as it sounds, Yahweh provided.

However, there is blind faith—faith and knowledge that GOD always has something far greater than anything we have in mind. And we must TRUST Him in that & not try to take it upon ourselves to create the story. The Lord’s mission throughout all of time is to partner with His creation. However, we try to take it upon ourselves to make it “work” when we don’t even have the ability to do it. You look at Adam and Eve, and from the beginning, they wanted control. You examine more & find out that if Abraham and Sarah would have just trusted the Lord, there wouldn’t have been a conflict between sons. Then you look at the nation of Israel trying to have kings of their own—and how broken, literally in two, the nation became because of the unwillingness to give God control over His own people.

Then Jesus enters the scene—from a tiny town no one cared about. He gave up everything, made Himself fully vulnerable, LITERALLY, and loved us before we ever chose Him. That kind of trust? That kind of obedience? It changes things.

26 years ago, my grandpa had two options: close the school, or trust God to do something only He could.

All of this to say—I’m pretty sure 26 years ago, my grandpa never had the intent that he would hand his granddaughter her bachelor’s degree. I’m almost certain his mind could only think of keeping the school afloat until it HAD to shut down—giving all the employees one last check, telling the students that there would be no university to return to & then hopefully selling the school and land so the debt could be paid off

But John Fozard decided to partner with the Creator.

This isn’t Legacy.
This isn’t my story, it’s Yahweh’s.
That’s the story behind this degree.

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A joke turned into reality…22nd barney bday party

God has blessed me immensely with life - here is to another year of worshiping Him because of how faithful He has been!

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Now that all of their birthdays have passed (all in a matter of 2 weeks), here is one gigantic post to celebrate all of my brothers and another year of life!! I can truly say that I am blessed

To Garrett: G, I am so proud of the man you are becoming, it is amazing to me to see you serve the Lord in all the ways you do. You continuously grow out of your shell and are becoming the best version of yourself, I truly love you!

To Kyler: Ky, you have no idea how excited I am for the next season of life that you are going to experience! MACU is a special place full of fantastic people. It might be scary at times but know that your sister is praying for you the whole way, I truly love

To Kaleb: Kaleb, you continue to put a smile on my face when I think about how much you have matured in the last few years! Continue to put in the work and be determined to succeed in whatever the Lord has for you and your future, I truly love you

To Kasen: Kaseman, you still have such a kind heart and it’s something that I admire greatly - don’t ever lose it! For 5 years now I’ve watched your kindness grow and I can not wait to see what it becomes in the future, I truly love you

To all of you boys: don’t ever forget that at one moment in time I was taller than you all…I may be the shortest now but that doesn’t mean I can’t take you down

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💕 The best things in life aren’t things, they’re your friends! 💕

#lifelongfriends #lovemypeople

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