April 09, 2019

Quick and Easy Chicken Taco Soup

April 09, 2019/ Crystal Williams

Friends, I’m going to go ahead and start this off by asking y’all give your girl some grace here because this is my FIRST EVER recipe blog post! It is seriously ridiculously easy. You can go crockpot style and allow everything to slowly cook throughout the day, or if out of nowhere a cold front comes through or the rain begins to pour and you are instantly in the mood for something warm and savory, just throw all of it in a big pot and within minutes the soup will be ready to devour! Trust me, you can make it.

March 30, 2019

Reading The Bible As A Family

March 30, 2019/ Crystal Williams

If you know us, it’s no secret that Calvin and I both love God and love His word. With our very first baby on the way, we undoubtably desire to teach our little one about God and look forward to watching his or her knowledge of Him grow.

March 22, 2019

24 Weeks Pregnant Bumpdate

March 22, 2019/ Crystal Williams

A lot has happened since the halfway mark (20 weeks). Calvin felt the baby kick for the first time! We took maternity photos and I’m including a sneak peek of them in this post! :) We also got a start on our registries and I was able to attend The Mother of All Baby Showers event in Houston with my sweet mama. Now, time for the rest of this bumpdate:

March 04, 2019

20 Weeks Pregnant Bumpdate

March 04, 2019/ Crystal Williams

My halfway point #bumpdate is finally here! I can’t believe I’m halfway done with this pregnancy. Sometimes I still can’t believe I’m pregnant to begin with. I’m excited to answer questions I’ve been getting about the pregnancy, baby, Calvin and I and our journey into parenthood, as well as, share products and resources that have been game changers. Here we go!

February 20, 2019

How I Told My Husband (and everyone else) I Was Pregnant

February 20, 2019/ Crystal Williams

November 28, 2016 my husband and I began trying to conceive. October 26, 2018 I took a pregnancy test at home, alone, and it was positive!! That day was a Friday. I held it inside for ONE WHOLE DAY. How? I have no clue. But I do know I wanted the moment I told Calvin to be special…

January 10, 2019

Our Journey To Pregnancy

January 10, 2019/ Crystal Williams

That’s right! In case you didn’t know because you aren’t on social media or I haven’t seen you in person lately: WE’RE PREGNANT!! I have a lot to say about this so I hope you’re ready for some good reads that will be broken into multiple blog posts! ;) But before I start. . .
To anyone on the journey to parenthood I want to say: I see you.

November 09, 2018

16 Years Later

November 09, 2018/ Crystal Williams

16 years later since I first became a Christian…

and I still want more.

I’ve decided to share a very real and raw conversation I had with the Lord recently. But first, let me give you some context:

October 19, 2018

You Are Who He Says You Are (a free printable)

October 19, 2018/ Crystal Williams

I DON’T HAVE THIS DOWN.

Hear me out. I still struggle to understand every single day that my identity is God given, not self or others given. Let me explain…

September 06, 2018

How To Read Your Bible More (free devotional included)

September 06, 2018/ Crystal Williams

Friend, I get it. I've been there.
I was horrible at it, too. Reading the Bible was not my forte. I thought this struggle would go to the grave with me.

August 24, 2018

Faith and Connection: a recap of Social Share Unplugged

August 24, 2018/ Crystal Williams

My last day as a 27 year old I was blessed with a sweet gift, the opportunity to share my testimony of faith with women of different ages, backgrounds, professions and denominations. We all gathered together for the Social Share Unplugged event hosted by Danelia from Beautiful Purpose. The room filled with amazing ladies from all over the Houston area and though most of us didn't know one another well...

what united us was our faith.

July 18, 2018

Why I Listen To Podcasts and The Ones I Recommend

July 18, 2018/ Crystal Williams

I mean because if you're not listening to podcasts while you're cleaning, cooking, DRIVING, working out or whatever else, where you been, friend?!

My round up list of podcasts I'm enjoying are informative, mainly faith-based, and presented in a conversational type of way that makes it easy to follow while being challenged and inspired.

June 11, 2018

How To Get Out Of Your Head (and stop overthinking everything)

June 11, 2018/ Crystal Williams

Ever lay in bed, starring up at the ceiling and questioning EVERYTHING? Yeah, me too. And while eventually I may overthink myself to sleep like little kids that cry themselves to sleep, I end up waking up feeling defeated. God's been working this out in me and I'm praying this is a timely message for SOMEBODY out there, too. Maybe you.

April 25, 2018

Why You Should Lean In

April 25, 2018/ Crystal Williams

I don't know what this is. Honestly, I struggle in being a perfectionist AND indecisive. Lord, help me. So providing that as some context, you could see why I wouldn't be lying to you when I confess that it takes me WEEKS to finish and PUBLISH a single blog post. But this one, this one just sort of spilled out. And then I hit publish (within the same hour)!!

April 12, 2018

6 Life Tips From The Psalms

April 12, 2018/ Crystal Williams

Does what matters to God, matter to you? I ask myself this as I read the Bible. Cause truth be told, we read it or hear it and sometimes it feels like it goes one ear and out another. But for about a little over 3 months your girl was deep in the Psalms. I wanted to know what God was saying through the psalmists that each helped pen this book of the Bible...

March 16, 2018

Church Planting Confessions: A Williams Life Update 3 Years In

March 16, 2018/ Crystal Williams

We were pretty young and newly married when we jumped head first into church planting. Which, of course, then means we dove into full-time ministry as well while still learning what it looks like to be husband and wife...

March 02, 2018

To The Dreamer Bound By Fear

March 02, 2018/ Crystal Williams

I'm a dreamer. I day dream more often than I probably should and I think BIG. But if I were to be completely honest, sometimes, my dreaming stops there. It ends where it started, in my mind. While dreaming is exhilirating, often the doubts of "that dream is a little overboard" or "that would be impossible" creep in. More often than I'd like to admit...

February 19, 2018

The race, the perseverance, and the people rallying you on

February 19, 2018/ Crystal Williams

Maybe for some, the end is the easiest, but it wasn't for me. The fact that I was just moments away from approaching the finish line, yet not quite there, sent this wave of exhaustion and weariness over me. One foot in front of the other, I had to keep going. Then, without even thinking it, I began murmering to myself:

January 25, 2018

My story - the good, the bad, the redeemed

January 25, 2018/ Crystal Williams

I never knew why he looked so sad up there. Jesus, that is, hanging on the cross. I wondered. Not knowing in the first place why He was even on it. The night before Halloween of 2002...

January 11, 2018

My word + action plan for the year (and tips on how to discover your own).

January 11, 2018/ Crystal Williams

Am I the only that didn't jump on the "one word for the year" bandwagon for the last 6 or so years? I'll admit, I do jump on trends often. I mean, hello, Instant Pot for Christmas: I got curious, saw it everywhere, and gave in. However, this whole idea of no resolutions and one word, eh... it seemed "overly spiritualized" at first to me. But apparently, this entire "pick one word" thing...

January 04, 2018

How I got my first BLOGGER AWARD!

January 04, 2018/ Crystal Williams

The Crystal Lee Williams blog was nominated for the Liebster Award! Many don't know that I've been blogging for 7 years!!! That's insane. All in all, life with God inspires me to blog, documenting every...

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