This is why he won...

May 21, 2009

Can't wait till his album comes out! So talented!

Hi and thanks for stopping by! I'm Becky Kiser. I'm a wife, mom to 3 girls, writer, speaker, and founder of Sacred Holidays. I love Jesus and desire to see women follow Him more fully as we go hard after Him and what He has called us to.

I have never seen fall in real life. In Texas fall is: trees are green, they turn brown, leaves fall, and we squeal and giggle over the crunchy leaves under our bow boot covered feet and upper 70s/low 80s temps. We pull out all the pumpkins, fake orange leaves, and pumpkin spice candles and we are happy because it feels like fall.
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Here's the thing I fear: I'm afraid that seeing real fall will have the same affect that going to real beaches has on those of us that grew up loving Galveston. I mean it's still the beach... but you have to try a little harder to love the brown sand instead of the white, the muddy texture instead of the soft as sugar, the brown water instead of all shades of blue, and the fact that you can't see your toes ankle deep.
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I'm afraid I might be ruined because y'all I am FREAKING OUT of #fall here, as I shared in the @sacredholidays Instastories. 😂🍁
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I have my 🤞🏻 that I'll be OK being back in Houston next week because I still really love Galveston but I'm not so sure. I think we made news Exxon to open up something in the #pacificnorthwest ❤️😂🤷🏼‍♀️ #hellofall #scottriverlodge #galveston

I think I'm gonna like it here. Y'all!!! 5 days at @scottriverlodge. Getting to attend and help facilitate a retreat with @knox_orbiting, @joecarabase and @rod.brace. Northern California, I love you with all my heart.
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And #hellofall. We've never met before but I'm so crushing on you it's not even funny. I've never actually seen fall. The entire drive to the lodge I just kept squealing and shouting: "LOOK!!!! Red trees! Yellow trees!!!! Orange trees!!!" 🙌🏻🍁🙌🏻🍂🙌🏻 #scottriverlodge

Yesterday was take your daughter to work day (for me, not officially). It's the very first time Karis has seen me do what I do. So many times what I do is never seen by my girls. They know Mommy writes Bible studies (and a book soon!!!) and teaches the Bible to ladies but they've never been able to go. So to have this little love tucked in on the front row, right there in the middle of all my favorite ladies at our @churchproject women's Bible study, well it had me all kinds of 😭😭😭 except for I was too 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 to lose it. Karis was also pretty jazzed to have her moment to say hi on the mic and help Mommy with an illustration on the stage. 😂😍
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It was also doubly special because @cjkiser got to come too and I'm pretty sure he could count on one hand the number of times he has seen me teach. He hid out in the sound booth but shouted out a good "amen" once. (It was in response to my ridiculousness... not a powerful point. 😂😘)
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It was one of those sweet sweet nights I won't soon forget. ❤️

The craziness of this is never wasted on me. 3 years ago I thought it would be fun to write an #advent Bible study because I'd tried so many and they just weren't Bible studies, they were devos. I had no plans for a ministry or a follow up study. I literally called that study Sacred Holidays Advent study. It was just the name for the study and the focus was on making that holiday sacred.
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That first year I was floored that 350 friends joined me (along with 600 prisoners thanks to a super generous friend who paid for the printing). I never imagined then it would grow past that one study or those 350 (950) people.
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Now, just 3 years later our first order of pre-ordered studies thus far requires all these boxes of paper. 😳 Insane and only God.
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I'm so thankful for all of YOU, my friends, who support this dream when I didn't even realize I was dreaming something up yet. 😘
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I don't share this to brag but to say thank you and to say, to that someone that has a dream for something and you feel overwhelmed by the weight of what could be, just take the first step. Dreaming and planning is so good, but something's we can get stuck in the dreaming when what we need to do is do something.
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My motto has always been "Printed is Better than Perfect!" Our readers can tell you this. Our studies aren't perfect, but they are in people's hands. We do our very best and we ask fervently for God to lead this thing. But never once have we shipped out perfect studies. Each study and season we learn more and improve. But I feel certain that in a decade they still won't be perfect.
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😘 To say thanks, I want to give you 10% off our entire advent shop. Go to link in @sacredholidays, add what you want to your cart, then use promo code FRIENDOFBECKY to get 10% OFF your order. ❤️🙌🏻
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And when you hold that perfectly bound, professionally edited and designed study with more than 26 contributors in your hands, think that just 3 years ago I was just a stay at home mom tagging along on @cjkiser on a work trip and had an idea and took the first step. Let this study encourage you to take yours.
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Baby steps, my friend. Lots of grace and lots of baby steps. Done is better than perfect.

I'm the absolute worst at resting. When asked what super power I want, it's that I wouldn't have to sleep. Sleeping and resting seem like such a waste of time to me. (🤦🏼‍♀️ I have so many issues, y'all. So many.)
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Anyway, that's obviously stupid-- both practically and spiritually speaking. God, who has no need to rest, still rested. One of the 10 commands He gave His people was to keep the #sabbath (Day of rest) holy.
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Oops. 😳😂😉
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So I'm trying. Baby steps, people. On days when both bigs are in school and baby is napping are my power house golden hours. I protect them to dominate the To Do list, that never seems to get shorter no matter how many things I cross off. (Anyone else's To Do list do this? 🙋🏽🙋🏼🙋🏿)
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But resting is good. In fact, it's needed so we can do the thing(s) we are meant to do better. I'll write better when I take the time to read. I'll speak kinder when I take the time to sleep. I'll teach better when I take the time to notice God. I'll love my people better when I'm fully present. I'll know God more fully when I make space to hear Him.
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So I'm trying once a week to work only half that time and be indulgent the rest of that time and just be. 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
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Anyway, this isn't a post to brag on my moment. Just to share that I'm there with you-- trying to find a healthier rhythm in a world that never has balance. 😘👊🏻
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Also, it's in the 70s finally in Houston, which means #hellofall. Down south 70s mean boots and scarves are pulled out, and gas fires can officially be lit. 🤦🏼‍♀️😂🍂🍁
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Book: #bravingthewilderness by @brenebrown (And yes, go ahead and add it to your @amazon cart 👍🏻👍🏻)

We hardly ever do double dates because with 3 littles at home if we have a date night we want some time with just each other. But sometimes you get all dolled up, grab some of your very best friends (who just so happen to live 8 doors down), and celebrate all the good after a pretty wild year.
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A few things:
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My hubs @cjkiser is hot and he is my favorite date forever and always.
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@kelramsey + @justinramsey3 we love y'all. My cheeks hurt from laughing when we are together and I love that we can be 100% ourselves, crazy quirks and all. #,,
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Steak 48 was so good I wanted to pass out I was so food happy. I mean never in my entire life have I eaten such good food. 😍 #steak48houston
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The dress: y'all it's from @target and was something like $28.95. I'm obsessed because it's one of my fave colors and it's comfy= #winning. So if I'm coming to a wedding, a party or you get a Christmas card from us, you can count on seeing this baby again. ❤️ #targetalwayswins And the lipstick is everyone's fave, @nyxcosmetics liquid suede (color: pink lust). Best lipstick ever. Stays on forever. 👌🏻(I just got unfollowed by all my guy followers. 😂😂😂👊🏻💄)

When your friend is in El Salvador and gives your @compassion daughter (it's what we call our sponsored kiddos) a hug from you, you can't stop 😭😭😭😭😭❤️.
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It's been 2 years since @cjkiser or I have seen her, before that one or both of us were able to go three years in a row.
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To all of you who have sponsored kids through @compassion or a similar organization, take the 5-10 minutes to write them. Set an alarm to go off once a month and write them. I know #compassioninternational has an app to make it super easy. And drop in the pictures too-- they LOVE seeing pictures.
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We've been to the compassion center that our girl is at and talked to the kids there. It's something like less than 1% ever get to meet their sponsor, and that's totally fine. They know that's a hard thing. But it's not hard to write a letter and it is a gift of hope and grace for them.
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Our sweet girl used to (and might still) sleep with our letters under her pillow at night. Isn't that the sweetest ever??!!!
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And if you ever think of doing the extra gifts-- Birthday, Christmas and a once a year extra-- know they actually get all of it. And the gifts are customized for each child to meet their needs. Compassion is the best. ❤️
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So go send a virtual hug to your sponsored kiddo today. He/she will treasure it more than you will ever know.
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And if you don't currently sponsor, consider finding the extra $40ish/month. You won't miss those few trips to @starbucks or @chickfila. Promise. 😘
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And thank you @cassiandcaptd for hugging and loving on our girl. ❤️😘

Follow @sacredholidays because THIS HAPPENS TOMORROW!!! #sacredholidays #advent 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🎄🎄🎄❤️❤️❤️

It was the first day of October and we had big plans to hit up the pumpkin farm, but it's still one billion degrees in Houston and the farm closed early today. So we headed to one of our favorite parks to feed ducks, play on the play ground, devour snow cones, and, make sand angels (@cjkiser fave moment, only not really. 😳😂 But yall! He totally got in the sand with us and helped make sand mermaid tails! 👊🏻 #babysteps #indoorsy). .
Also, @visitthewoodlandstx friends, did y'all know they do live music every Sunday at #northshorepark?
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What did y'all do today? Lazy Sunday or fun day?

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