F.I.T. pt 2 - Facing It Together

Hey there Beloved! It's been a couple of weeks since I've sat down to write up an actual post for you lovelies! Mostly because I've been so busy with all of the exciting things I have been working so hard to make happen for Beloved! I cannot wait to share the news with you all...it's going to be good, ladies?! Better than good, even...but for now you'll just have to wait in anticipation along with the rest of us! God is moving on our behalf, and prayers are being answered and manifesting before my eyes. I'm excited for what He has planned for us ladies!

I wanted to check back in with you all and chat with you once again about our Summer Series - F.I.T.! The Lord dropped this theme for our first summer series on my heart, and the more we get into the summer months, the more I see, once again, how impeccable His timing is! Summer is the time of year where the weather is warmer, the sun stays up in the sky longer, and people tend to get out and about more often. I know we've all had different childhood experiences, but when I think of summer from my childhood, I think of playing in the sprinklers, flying down a slip-n-slide, chasing the ice cream truck, catching lightening bugs (aka fireflies), and sipping a Mister Misty from Dairy Queen. Late bedtimes and movies nights with homemade pizzas and ice cream sodas! I remember late night whispering with my sisters until my dad threatened us to go to sleep or else! And, summer meant having more time to play with my friends!!!

I could go outside and find a friend at the park, or knock on a door and immediately have company to share my adventures and dreams with. And we'd spend hours together until either one of us got hurt or hungry and then we'd part ways and head back home - always in time for dinner. That's when friendship was easy. That's when life hadn't quite happened yet. There were no reasons to stay inside and to ourselves instead of reaching out to a friend for good company. But somewhere along the line life did happen. People, places, and things happened that altered our confidence and trust in ourselves and/or others. Our perspective and even definition of friendship morphed as life happened. Slowly we began to tame our boldness, and hide our adventurous selves from those we used to share our dreams with. What never changed, however, was the desire and need for friendship! We still want to go out in the sun and meet up with a friend at the 'park'?! We still want to go knock on a door and spend hours sharing adventures and dreams with someone else. We still want friends! We want to face this thing called life together. But we don't know how anymore?!

Somewhere along this journey we lost our know how. We lost the confidence and trust needed to share secret hopes and private goals. So, I want to encourage and challenge you to do something brave! Spend some time with yourself, getting to know you again. Not the you that you share on social media or introduce to the world; the one that everyone will accept or agree with. No. I am challenging you to get to know that little girl inside of you again. Get to know that adventurous, brave, confident, persistent, quirky, nerdy, risk taking person you were before life happened and those traits were stolen from you. And when you find her, choose to share her with someone else!

Go out and meet someone at the "park" and play for a while! Share adventures with them! Go out and attempt something new! Get out of your routine, your comfort radius, and your fears. Believe in friendship again! Knock on someone's door and share your dreams over a cup of coffee or on a drive! We are not built to face life alone, ladies. Life happens, both good and bad, and when it does we need to be there for one another so we can get our brave on and Face It Together! So, do you accept the F.I.T. Challenge?! ~April