God, Grace & The Grit In Between

8:05 AM my alarm goes off.  Almost instinctively I know I have about 15 minutes to quickly check Instagram/Twitter before popping out of bed, getting dressed, and heading to the practice field.  As I scroll through my feed I see my friends, my family, lots of different sports accounts, inspirational quotes and then, I click on the “explore” page... Behold! Pictures of girls in bikinis, girls in thongs, girls lifting weights in bikinis and thongs. There are girls drinking “tiny tea” (or whatever that crock of crap is) I see fitness pages with girls donning sports bras and matching spandex. I see makeup tutorials, fake boobs and eyelash extensions. I see ginormous diamond rings, “before and after” pictures, and lots, and lots, and LOTS of pictures of Beyonce. (Note: Beyonce is definitely cool) But these images are flooding our minds! They are affecting how we see  ourselves!  They're also  influencing  the societal definition of beauty. Magazines, Twitter, Instagram,