Christianity

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:

Faithful Artist

Feb 11, 2020marilynlweavloved by the Father, Marlo & Co, Uncategorizedartist, Chester county portrait photographer, Christianity, lancaster portrait photographer, landscape photographer, photography, portrait photography, sunrise, sunset

You meticulously and brush the sky with the stroke of your paint brush. You do this with intention.

9. Trying to Hide my Brokenness

Jan 2, 2020marilynlweav1 Commentloved by the Father, Uncategorizedburnout, Chester county portrait photographer, Christianity, Feelings, Finger lakes NY, Geneva Lake, Hershey portrait photographer, lancaster portrait photographer, Marlo & Co, photography, social work, storytelling, stress

While I was in it, especially in the last year, I knew life was hard but I thought I was dealing with it ok. If you had asked me, “how are you doing?” I would have probably say “ok” or “good” and I truly believed that. The funny thing I thought I was carrying it well and that I was fooling the people around me.

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.

Meet Marilyn

Jul 13, 2019marilynlweavloved by the Father, Uncategorizedaunt, burnout, Christianity, community, entrepreneurship, fun facts, introduction, Marlo & Co, photography, relationships, seniors, social work, storytelling, tacos

I realized that I never did an introduction blog post about me. So here it is; along with an announcement about some changes that are coming to the blog.

My name is Marilyn. I am the creator of this blog and Marlo & Co.

Emotions & God’s truth

Jun 26, 2019marilynlweav2 Commentsloved by the Father, UncategorizedChristianity, death, emotions, Feelings, hurt, King, loss, love, pain, truth, waymaker, WORD

Tonight at church I had a hard time singing these lyrics to this song as I was processing my friend’s death. All a sudden I could not sing these words because I started to question why God did not heal my friend.

6. Broken

Jun 13, 2019marilynlweavloved by the Father, Uncategorizedbroken, brokenness, Christianity, empty, Feelings, Isaiah 43:2, peace, psalms 147:3, puzzle, relationship with God, surrender, tired, Trust, truth, uncertainty, WORD, Words

Like there wasn’t anything that could take all my broken pieces that I felt that day and make sense of them let alone put that back together. I felt like glass that was shattered into a million shards of glass. I wasn’t sure what to do with my brokenness that day.