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Each Person Matters

Apr 12, 2020marilynlweavloved by the Father, Marlo & Co, UncategorizedChester county photographer, Chester county portrait photographer, Christian, Christianity, COVID, COVID-19, death, family, lancaster photographer, lancaster portrait photographer, relationships, truth

Can we stop arguing?!? The fact is that 18,559 people have died in the United States in 81 days! This number does not include the people who have died that are not related to COVID-19.

10. Lessons in the Valley

Feb 28, 2020marilynlweav2 Commentsloved by the Father, Marlo & Co, Uncategorizedanxiety, Christian, Christianity, community, creativity, emotions, fear, Feelings, truth, WORD

As scary and uncertain my future looked that day, I was resting in this unshakable peace. I was leaving my job without a plan not knowing what was going to be next.

As I look at these last nine months, I see the lessons that God had for me in this valley:

The Hamster Wheel of Busyness

Nov 25, 2019marilynlweavMarlo & Co, Uncategorized#marloandcompany #lancasterphotographer #chestercountyphotographer #lancasterfamilyphotographer #familyphotography #lancasterportraitphotographer #storyteller #photographer #lancasterpa #westchesterfa, anxiety, Chester county portrait photographer, Christian, Christianity, Lancaster County PA, lancaster portrait photographer, loved by the Father, photography, relationships

We have been fed this lie that being busy is a good thing. I think as a society we have become addicted to being busy. We think we have to be busy all the time. It is to the point when someone asks us “How are you doing?” A common response has been “busy.” When…

8. When Waiting Gets Tiring…

Aug 30, 2019marilynlweav1 Commentloved by the Father, Marlo & Co, Uncategorizedanxiety, Christian, Christianity, community, doubts, emotions, Feelings, God's timing, peace, questions, rest, sovereignty, stress, tired, Trust, truth, waiting, worry

And as I heard those words tears started to come to my eyes. I realized at that moment the waiting in this season was being to wear on me. And that even though I trust God and His timing for my life, I realized in that moment I was starting to doubt.

7. Rest

Aug 10, 2019marilynlweavloved by the Father, Marlo & Co, Uncategorizedanxiety, burnout, Christian, Christianity, community, Feelings, FRIENDSHIP, God, Jesus, joy, love, peace, purpose, relationships, rest, seasons

At the beginning of this year, the words God gave me for this year was rest and trust. In January, I had no idea how that would how literally this would play out in my life this year. And honestly when God gave me these words I did not understand why He gave them to me.

4. “I’m tired.”

Jun 3, 2019marilynlweav2 Commentsloved by the Father, UncategorizedChristian, Christianity, depression, dreams, Feelings, love, peace, relationship, sadness, social work, tired, truth, WORD

My job was to empower them through these moments, show them hope in the hopeless situations and provide resources for them to move forward in life.

While I was doing helping others dream for themselves, inside over time I had quit dreaming. I had allowed life to stifle my creativity. I had allowed my own exhaustion to take over when I had down time.

2. Unshakeable Peace

May 13, 2019marilynlweav2 Commentsloved by the Father, UncategorizedChristian, Christianity, community, Feelings, peace, social work

Over the next fews days, as I thought about my future and what God was asking me to do. I felt this unshakeable peace and I tried to shake it to make sure it is real. But I couldn’t shake it.

1. My wake up call

May 9, 2019marilynlweav2 Commentsloved by the Father, Uncategorizedanxiety, burnout, Christian, Christianity, depression, Feelings, God, relationship, social work

It ended with a day where it seemed like everything fell apart. I cried so much that day that I did not think it was possible for me to have that many tears in my eyes and that there would be tears left in my tear ducts. I remember feeling so broken. I ended up leaving work early that day.

Enough

Mar 23, 2019marilynlweavloved by the Father, UncategorizedChristian, Christianity, dreams, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, Father, fear, Feelings, God, peace, photographer, photography, purpose, social work, storytelling, truth, uncertainty, unknown, visual storytelling, WORD

But through this all I still struggled with myself and the direction that God has called me to. I struggled with myself because I love my career in social work and the community I work in. And I love visual storytelling and photography especially with elderly. There was this tension between the two because I felt that if I leave social work I am leaving a career that I have built and love for over 10 years. And I was letting myself and others around me down by leaving social work. But I knew that if I did not see where my business might go that I was going to regret that and I could not live with that.

Lessons in the Storm

Dec 6, 2018marilynlweavloved by the Father, Uncategorizedcare, Christian, Christianity, community, emotions, Father, Feelings, God, hard times, healing, hurt, identity, Jesus, joy, King, love, maybe it's ok, pain, peace, relationship, sadness, storm, tension, truth, vulnerability, vulnerable, we are messengers

Recently I have been faced with one of the hardest things that I have had to go through in my adult life. While I am still in the midst of it all, there are a few things I have learned in last couple weeks.