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Kristin Sterk

Simple, Grace-Filled Living

Kristin Sterk
Kristin Sterk
Simple, Grace-Filled Living

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Meet Kristin

As a Christ-follower, wife, blogger, author, and advanced heart failure and leukemia patient, my desire is to encourage others in those same roles, through honest and real conversation. May you be inspired to embrace YOUR story of God’s grace in your own life, through simple, grace-filled living.

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Happy Father’s Day to this incredible man! Dan is Happy Father’s Day to this incredible man! Dan is always up for an adventure, choosing to put his creative hat on to amuse Mazy’s imagination, and yet snuggle every night together in the recliner before bed. So blessed to see you love her well and see her look up to you in so many ways! We love you!
Tried something new tonight at Redlum Farm Preserv Tried something new tonight at Redlum Farm Preserve in Holland: a bike park! There is a trail around the 20-acre park, but then hills/jumps to also try from easy (green) to hard (expert). Dan of course, nailed the expert, I on the other hand, caught my pedal on the first hill and thought the repercussions of not making it were too high, so I bailed. Side note: they are growing wild flowers in between the runs, which makes it beautiful! Definitely check it out if you’re in the area and are looking for something new to check out!
So we arrived home and saw a large box on our fron So we arrived home and saw a large box on our front steps, which I knew was our new canvas family picture to hang on our wall. Eagerly anticipating to see what it looked like, we cut the tape, pulled it out of the box, and THIS is what we received…I’m not certain we have the right picture…little did we know our family had grown 🤣!
✏️ SCHOOL’S OUT! Hard to believe we are at the end ✏️ SCHOOL’S OUT! Hard to believe we are at the end of our school year! Mazy is officially a middle schooler (🫣), I completed another year as a parapro, and we’ve already been living summer to its fullest with swimming, ice cream runs, bike rides, spring cleaning (🙌), and slower days. Bring on a 1990s-type summer! Do you have dreams of slowing down summer and living into each day, instead of jam-packing it full of scheduled activities? I’d love to hear what type of summer you prefer!?
What an incredible night of worship with Phil Wick What an incredible night of worship with Phil Wickham, Tauren Wells, and Jamie MacDonald! A night that brought tears to my eyes several times, especially since we went with my BMT nurse coordinator (and her daughter) who I was a patient with and now am friends. It was a bit of a last minute opportunity and while we sang the “Goodness of God”, I couldn’t help but look at her and then praise God for that full circle moment. The gift that moment was; if I hadn’t gone through cancer, I wouldn’t even be in that moment. GOD HAS BEEN AO GOOD. Thank you, Tara, your professional care and now friendship has had such an impact on my life! Worshiping with that many people brought me back to the days of convention with Youth Unlimited, and yet looking down and seeing Mazy praise God too, holding her hand, again, brought tears to my eyes. From generation to generation, may your name be praised! I think it has been decades since I went to a concert, but boy was it powerful. To GOD be the glory! @philwickham @taurenwells @jamiemacdonald
Oh the places we’ve been after 20 years! While loo Oh the places we’ve been after 20 years! While looking through my social media memories on this day (a fantastic way to see God’s faithfulness), there were pics of our wedding, vacations, hospital stays, Mazy’s baptism, COVID, my LifeVest (AED), and cancer recovery celebrations. Tonight, Dan took me to all the places where our relationship began. Our first date was at Applebees for dessert only bc I was too naive to realize he was asking me out for supper and told him I already ate dinner 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️. But not dessert! We also had our “first kiss” at the Rockford Dam, which once again proved that I had lots to learn bc we joke that Dan kissed a brick wall that evening 🤣🫣. AND the RBC gazebo (now Kuyper College), where we talked for hours on end, figuring out if we could make this dating relationship last a lifetime. And here we are, 20 years later! We walk a bit (okay a lot) more scarred, bruised, fragile, and with 2 kids in heaven, but our spiritual hearts stronger, refined, and seeing our Father more clearly, TOGETHER. For that, we wouldn’t trade any of it. All praise be to God for the things HE has done.
Oh the places we’ve been after 20 years! While loo Oh the places we’ve been after 20 years! While looking through my social media memories on this day (a fantastic way to see God’s faithfulness), there were pics of our wedding, vacations, hospital stays, Mazy’s baptism, COVID, my LifeVest (AED), and cancer recovery celebrations. Tonight, Dan took me to all the places where our relationship began. Our first date was at Applebees for dessert only bc I was too naive to realize he was asking me out for supper and told him I already ate dinner 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️. But not dessert! We also had our “first kiss” at the Rockford Dam, which once again proved that I had lots to learn bc we joke that Dan kissed a brick wall that evening 🤣🫣. AND the RBC gazebo (now Kuyper College), where we talked for hours on end, figuring out if we could make this dating relationship last a lifetime. And here we are, 20 years later! We walk a bit (okay a lot) more scarred, bruised, fragile, and with 2 kids in heaven, but our spiritual hearts stronger, refined, and seeing our Father more clearly, TOGETHER. For that, we wouldn’t trade any of it. All praise be to God for the things HE has done.
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