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Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.  Matthew 4:4 If you’re looking to dig deeper, you can find the original context of this verse here   Deuteronomy 8 The other night I watched an online church sermon that spoke to my heart in so many ways. Today Matthew 4:4 came to mind and I have to say that I have really been feeling that hunger for Jesus lately. I've been so hungry to understand him more, to seek what he wants from me.  This is one of the passages that was shared in that Sermon... Do you not know? Have you not heard? The  Lord  is the everlasting God,     the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary,     and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary     and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary,     and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the  Lord     wil

Founders Note: Today on the blog we have a guest post from Victoria, she is sharing her heart on this month's theme Beauty in the Brokenness. You can learn more about Victoria in her bio at the end of the post.  When I first saw this month’s theme here at The Quiet Place, my mind immediately started thinking about phrases like “beauty from ashes” and the songs that Superchick and Gungor made so popular.  Then last week happened. To put a long story short, I ended up having three very unexpected days with one of my friends. We took her daughter to the doctor together on one day and then a few days later that same friend came down to spend some time with us while she sorted things  out.  One evening, we sat in my backyard while her kids played. With tears in her eyes, my friend who I’ve never seen cry, told me about several stories she had heard from missionaries about the miracles that they have seen God work. I knew those tears came as a result of her own hope

Founders Note: Today on the blog we have one of are monthly contributors Jayda, she is sharing her heart on this month's theme Beauty in the Brokenness. You can find out more about Jayda and her blog on are about page.  This month’s topic could not have come at a better time for me. I’ve been reading through Job, which if you ask me, is the perfect example of beauty in brokenness. If I were being completely honest, I would tell you that I don’t particularly enjoy the book of Job. It’s kind of depressing; I’m not someone who likes to dwell on pain and hardship, and Job is forty-two chapters of just that. Frankly, I don’t blame Job for being miserable. His wealth, his children, his health...all taken away from him. His skin is literally oozing (gross. So gross.), he’s withering away, and his wife and friends are the least caring and compassionate people you could possibly imagine. He cries out to God, but seems to be suspended in this painful, broken place for awhile.

Founders Note: Today on the blog we have one of our August sponsors Madison of The Wetherills Say I Do . She is also one of my blogging friends, I have enjoyed working with her this month and am excited to continue in the future, she is a sweet girl with a big heart for others and Jesus! Today She is sharing her heart on this months theme: Beauty in the Brokenness. So be sure to check out her blog at the links below! If you've ever heard a group of people share their testimonies, a lot of them have a common thread: brokenness. A lot of now believers had to come to a very low point in their lives before they had their breaking moment of calling out to Jesus. Have you ever wondered why that is? Why is it that so many of us have to hit rock bottom before we'll realize our infinite need for a Savior? I don't know the answer to that question, but I do know that in my darkest moments, I've seen the Lord hand out grace and turn brokenness into beauty. We all tend t

Founders Note: Today on the blog we have one of are monthly contributors Sophia, she is sharing her heart on this month's theme Beauty in the Brokenness. You can learn more about Sophia on the about page.  As I go through life I have come to learn that it is the struggles that I have gone through that makes me stronger.   There are many times in life where I feel I cannot be stretched enough and if I go through one more thing, then I will simply fall apart. Even though the trail may last for weeks, months, or even years; once I am through them, I can always say I have become a better person in the end.   Have you ever considered a diamond and what it must   go through in order to become a diamond.   It starts off as a lump of coal.   Through time, heat, and tremendous amounts of pressure a once dark, charred, lump of coal; has turned into a beautiful diamond.   When you think of this parallel, this process can be compared to our life.   Do we not need to be broken

Founders Note: Today on the blog we have one of are monthly contributors Courtney, she is sharing her heart on this  month's theme Beauty in the Brokenness. You can find out more about Courtney and her blog on the about page.  When I was 12, I was horse CRAZY. Every item of clothing that I owned had a horse on it. Shirts, pants, sweatshirts, and socks were plastered with horses. I spent hours studying horses. I could tell you how many teeth a horse had and where each breed descended from. I was especially fascinated by horse training. If you are not familiar with equestrian lingo, training a new horse is called breaking it. It does not hurt the horse, but the horse is introduced to things that are very scary to it.  Unfamiliar things are put in its mouth and on its back. At the end of the training process, you have an animal that is gentle and ready to ride. As I was thinking about this month's topic, I thought how the Christian life is a bit like breaking

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’   The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’  There is no commandment greater than these.” -  Mark 12:30-32 Pride is something that I really struggle with. I was reminded of this tonight as I laid in my bed reading day 14 of the she reads truth "Sermon On The Mount" study. Tonight's reading was about not judging. And while being nonjudgmental is a strength of mine, I'm not perfect. Sometimes I can be really harsh on people when I think about them in my head. It's definitely not something I'm proud of (no pun intended). The problem is, not only is it unfair and wrong for me to judge someone for what they think or the way that they behave, but it can come out in the way that I treat that person. That is even worse. While we do need to use judgement in life to make good decisions, that doesn't give us the authority to co

Founders Note: Today on the blog we have Madison of the Wetherills Say I Do . Personally I just love her blog and am so excited to have her on the blog today for a Q+A post to get to know a little bit more about her. I enjoy reading her blog and she even designed some of our buttons for us, she was so great to work with and I would definitely recommend her to anyone!  Be sure to check out her blog at the links below! 1.What is the story behind The Wetherills Say I do? When we got married, we decided to write about our honeymoon every day at the end of the day as a way of remembering what happened that day. It only lasted like three days but that's how the blog got its name! I've thought about changing it before because I know it can look like it's a wedding blog or an all marriage blog but it means a lot to me to keep the name the same as a reminder of why we started it in the first place! 2.What do you love the most about blogging? 

1 Samuel 16:7  So as you may know, this months theme here on the Quiet Place is beauty in the brokenness and it's one of those topics that I personally just want to flesh out and be real with you all. Merriam Webster defines beauty as :  the quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit. And brokenness is a place that each of us has been in at one time or another.  For me personally I would say that I find beauty in the brokenness in my life, in the seasons that I am in. Weather it be singleness, loss, etc. There's always that feeling that nothing will ever change, but then one day you begin to find beauty in it.  Singleness has always been on of those things for me, that I share a lot about both here and on my personal blog but it's something that I've always seen as a  line between something that is beautiful and just plain hard. I have emailed back and forth with t

Founders Note: Today on the blog we have one of our monthly contributors Buife, sharing her heart on this month's theme Beauty in the Brokenness. You can find out more about Buife and her blog on the about page.  The egg has proven to be a great reservoir of wisdom. The lessons that God so carefully wrapped in it are amazing. From the illustration that uses an egg to explain the Holy Trinity, to the one that shows how the life and destiny God has given us is as delicate as an raw egg, to this one that I'm about to share. I haven't really heard this one before but every time an adult condones an improper behavior from a child around me, it gives me that 'irks' feeling. Like I know you don't always have to spank a child when he or she errs , but you don't look the other way, indulge the child's 'attitude' and make yourself feel good by adding, "what the child needs is prayers". Every time I encounter this scenario, many S

Happy Friday sisters! August is a big month for giveaways here on The Quiet Place, with the launch of our newsletter last  week, if you haven't entered that giveaway yet be sure to do so here before it's over! You have three days left! Yesterday was Meg of Rivers and Roads 26th birthday, and  she wanted to continue the celebrations by giving you all a chance to win some fun gifts!  I was super excited when she asked us to join her for this giveaway, since Vera Bradley is one of my favorite things as well! I mean who doesn't love, Vera Bradley, chacos, and Starbucks?  Giving gifts is one of Meg's love languages, which is apparent through her blog and her heart for others. So be sure to enter this awesome giveaway, that we are so blessed to be apart of!  Meg is giving away three of her absolute favorite things to one lucky winner! 1 | A large Vera Bradley duffel bag.  I have one of these bags as well and i love it for it's spacious inside and nice strap

Founders Note: Today on the blog we have Meg. She is sharing her heart on this month's theme Beauty in the Brokenness. You can learn more about Meg and her blog on the About page.  When I think of the idea of “beauty in the brokenness” I think of adoption.   The earthly adoptions of our boys, and our adoption by God into his family have shown us so much beauty in the midst of brokenness, in ways that have helped us see the crazy grace God wants to give. I think a lot of people realize how amazing adoption is, but don’t even understand half of it, and when you get to see that part of it, it becomes this thing you get so excited about and want to shout about from the rooftops. Everyone gets that adopting a kid is great. But why? What’s behind it that makes it so great? God and the redemptive power of grace. Preparing a way for His plan to be made known in a beautiful birth mom,   a sweet baby, and a new family about to be formed. We’ve had the privilege o

Happy August! This month's theme is... I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. Ezekiel 36:26  This is one of the first verses that I came across when I started out to write this post. At first I wasn't sure how I would relate it to this month's theme, but after some thought, I've realized that this verse is perfect for August. If you've been keeping up with the blog, you have probably heard me mention about a thousand times this year that life has been a bit hard for me. A lot of that has to do with what God has been doing in my heart. During my time at Grad school, God brought me out into the wilderness where I was alone. And as you can imagine, being alone is a really difficult thing. Some say that loneliness is the worst feeling in the world to live with. But what I realize now is that God brought me to that broken place so that he could

Founders Note: Today we have teamed up with Meg of Rivers and Roads for her monthly favorite things giveaway! This month she is giving away two sets of stationary from Ashley Buzzy Lettering : Around the River Bend , and It's a Long Story.   Meg is one of my favorite bloggers and I love how we share the same mutual love for snail mail.  I personally LOVE stationary and always love finding snail mail in the mailbox. It's one of those pastimes that I will always enjoy because of the fact that someone took the time to write me a note or a letter. It definetly brightens my day. So I am excited that we get to apart of this awesome giveaway.  Do you enjoy getting snail mail?  Here's your chance to win: enter below using the rafflecopter. All entries will be verified so be sure to play by the rules! Good luck!  a Rafflecopter giveaway