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.

Y'all, Karis started the FIRST GRADE today! As we passed the kindergarten hallway she turned and said, "Look how little and cute they are." Don't I know it. 😭😭😭
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Today, unlike last year, was tear free for all of us. Only excitement. She's ready... and so am I! 😂🙌🏻
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Cutest moment of the morning was when Chandler ran in for one last kiss and hug. These littles aren't gonna know what to do all day. And I have my 🤞🏻 for a long nap for all... haven't had that in 3 months. 🙌🏻

A year ago I bought that scale at @magnolia market to be my daily reminder that balance is impossible. I loved that the scale was permanently set to be uneven. Last year was the year I finally embraced that balance is a facade others erect on social media but not one many have in reality. I stopped trying to be all things to all my people and all my things. I put my hands up and said to God, myself and my people, "I can't do it."
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I can't be a trophy wife who sticks to a budget and wants to have sex 3 times a day. I can't be a mom that knows how to perfectly discipline my kids, spends every waking moment in their presence and makes perfectly balanced meals for them. I can't write as good as those that have penned the books I read and I still don't quite understand what the semicolon does. I can't be the speaker and Bible teacher that so many are that I've sat under because I don't know The Word as well as they do. I can't take @sacredholidays to the place it is already going or lead this team of people as well as they deserve. I can't work out as often as my #beachbody and #crossfit friends do even if it takes only 30 minutes a day. I can't eat @whole30 every day or follow whatever is this weeks promised power food. I can't respond to texts and emails in a timely manner.
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I can't. I can't balance all the things. And I wasn't meant to.
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And neither are you.
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BUT GOD. He can do whatever He wants with my life and with yours.
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About a year ago I started laughing at the idea of balance and embraced the rhythm I am supposed to live. Do I let myself down? All the time. Do I let @cjkiser and the girls down? You bet. Add to that #sacredholidays, places I write and speak, friends, our church, my neighbors, etc. We can't live up to the standard of beyond perfect that we've set for ourselves (and others) because we weren't meant to live up to perfect.
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Above the water dispenser on my fridge are words that I fill myself with each time I fill my cup.
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2 Corinthians 12:9-10 (The Message)
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"My grace is enough: It's all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness..."
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Go check it out and keep reading, the context is powerful.

When we started going to our last church, @bayoucityfellowship, it was the first time I realized that racism was something that still occurred. I was so ignorant. I still am, if I'm totally honest. Back then I'm pretty sure I thought it was something media exaggerated or black people and other minorities were dramatic about. It makes me sick to even share that truth.
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Since then I don't feel like I've made a real difference when it comes to #racialreconciliation and most of that is simply because I've been too busy with things that seemed more important to me. Or it felt uncomfortable. How do I learn what it's like or what to do differently when most of my friends look just like me?
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I think the important thing, and the first of many steps is that we fight ignorance and be willing to admit that things just might be different than our bubbles make them appear. Racial reconciliation is a marathon we all need to sign up for, not a sprint. The training is a 1,000 little moments along the way. Let's get up. Together.
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Two sweet moments that caused big lumps in my throat today, as I pray for ways to teach this to my girls:
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#1: Moriah snuggled up with her black baby doll as if she were her very own. I've always wanted my girls to not be color blind but color loving. A sweet friend (I'm looking at you @cristamerrell) once encouraged me when Karis was little to make sure their dolls didn't look just like them but represented all of humanity. This one has always been my sparkly blue eyed, fair skin, curly blonde hair girl's favorite baby. 👧🏼👶🏾
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#2: I was showing Karis some pictures of what happened in #charlottesville and talking about how sad and ridiculous it is that people who have light skin want to make people who have dark skin feel bad and actually be less important. I love that it blows her mind the illogical reasoning they show. I couldn't stop laughing when, after saying how stupid the whole thing was, she asked me as genuinely as she could, "Mom, so my skin isn't really white like those guys, but it's not really dark. So does that mean I am half white and half black?" Oh my goodness, I love her. ❤️

Final hours of summer. In 24 hours we go to meet the teacher and 2 days after that Karis starts the first grade. Then two weeks after that Moriah starts pre-k. #goodbyesummer #helloschool #slowdown #mermaiddreams

I've had this on my nightstand for months and finally made it to this one in the stack. 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 I had heard amazing things about @jenwilkin's studies and this book from my friend @tiaplum. And then got I hear her at @sparrowconference and she had me at hello.
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Ladies, if you feel insecure in studying scripture, go add this to your @amazon cart ASAP. If you are super familiar with scripture but you are open to a fresh approach, grab this book too.
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I am SO excited to find more and more teachers that care more about Biblical literacy than relevancy. We are losing the heart and hope of the gospel as we get further from it. Too much of what we read about the Word is crafted around us, and it's just not supposed to be that way-- it's always been about Him. He is the hero of this story, not our faith. *soapbox done.*
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👉🏻 So if you are interested, go get this book: #womenoftheword. Also follow @jenwilkin so you can get more updates from her directly. You can get many of her studies for free from her site. And search "Jen Willin Flowermound podcast" to get her teaching (hosted through podbean not the podcast app), it's my new fave. ❤️
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And for all my #thewoodlands friends, @churchproject women's ministry is doing her 1, 2, 3 John study on Tuesday morn and night (I'll be teaching the night one). Would LOVE for you to come! ❤️😘

@cjkiser has the coolest office. Last lunch with Daddy before back to school we go (😩🙌🏻😍🤣😭💁🏼). Seriously though the new #exxonmobil headquarters in the Woodlands is so cool. Going there is like a field trip for the girls. And I feel like I deserve a 👊🏻 from everyone: today was my first time to not get a ticket there!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 One of Exxon's very endearing qualities is their commitment to safety, so you have to go 15 mph once on campus and 7.5 mph in the garage. Chris has had a few notices about me and my wild minivan races around campus. 😂

Do ever feel not cut out for the thing in front of you? That thing feels like it is too much and you are too little? I so get it. All our things are different but the story the same-- the uncertainty of what's ahead can be overwhelming. But our God is bigger and able to do anything.
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This past summer has been a stretching one for me and last week-- bare faced, broken out and morning hair and all-- I shared on my insta-stories what God was teaching me through the early stories of David. I heard from so many of you after sharing there that I thought it would be worth it to post it here in case you missed it, or just need the reminder again. We all know these things in our heads but the truth can take a few (or a few hundred) reminders for our hearts to fully believe.
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Go run hard towards whatever is your battle line. Throw off whatever is holding you back and be confident in the God that has shown Himself more than able! 👊🏻😘

This girl lost TWO teeth today!!!! A little before and after for you. She was super brave-- had to have them pulled. She is SO excited to have two missing teeth for the start of first grade. ❤️ #cutesttoothlessgrinever #whathappenedtomybaby

If you live in the Woodlands (or within driving distance) and are looking for a women's Bible study to go to this fall, then I really, really, really hope you can come to the one at @churchproject this fall. There's 100 reasons why it will be awesome, but I'll give you 4 to start with:
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#1: We will be studying 1, 2, 3 John. If you are needing to get back to the basics of the true meaning of our faith in Jesus, you will be obsessed with this. The study is all about Abiding in God and what it means to walk out what you believe. All the 😍😍😍😍. The study is Jen Wilkin's Abide study. She is a no fluff author who holds tight to God's Word. You will know it better afterwards. There is "homework" each week that will teach you to study God's Word or teach you new things you never noticed or realized before.
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#2: There will be small group discussion groups before study time. This is amazing. To be able to discuss things you are learning, ask questions, and be challenged by others is one of my favorite thing about doing studies with others-- it will add SO much to your personal study time. And it helps you stick with it, which is super helpful. Plus, it's flat out fun.
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#3: I'll be teaching the Tues night group and the amazing Deb Alexander will be teaching the morning group. Either way, you are guaranteed to get a woman who LOVES Jesus wildly and can't get enough of His Word. We are flat out obsessed with it and SO ready to get to share the things our Father shows us about it with you. And you can count on lots of laughter, probably some tears, and I've been known to break out into a Britney Spears song or do the Whip-and-Nae-Nae routine while teaching. So there's that. 😂🤣
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#4: It's at Church Project so you know it's a safe place to be you. Whether you've studied the Word all your life and know more than Deb and I combined, or whether you've never once stepped into a church, you are welcome at this study. If you are questioning God or following Him in raw faith, this is for you. If you friendship card is all full or if you are desperately lonely, this is for you. If you are in a season that is so crazy joy filled or one that is gut wrenching, this is for you.

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