I sit with my ratty hair in my old rocking chair, the one I’ve had since before my daughter was born. I push with one foot, causing the chair to react with gentle motion. This double thickness fleece blanket is tucked on my lap, the one with the cute trucks and cars splayed out in printed […]
Words about Waiting
As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy. ~ James 5:11 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Life holds a lot of waiting. Waiting in line. Waiting for spring. Waiting for a new baby. […]
Who Can Create Like Our God?
Who could paint a more glorious, more perfect blue-of-a-background? Who could create giant mountains topped with crags and ice and snow and then turn around and form delicate buds with petals bunched inside waiting to burst open and announce springtime in all its bright and glorious array? Who could add brown bulbs that look lifeless […]
Liberated by the Light
So tired of intimidated, I want to bathe in liberated. And live in Christ, for I am free. Free indeed. These devil’s lies wrapped around me, They’re false. So wrong entirely. Their choking hold I’ve been so fooled. Not anymore. I’m who my Jesus says I am, Redemption’s plan. From Great I Am. For me, […]
To My Teenagers
We’re having a party! ……………………………………………………. Approximately a year ago, give or take, I was making preparations and plans for a party to celebrate our teenagers. I was still moving slow, much slower than now. It had only been a couple of months since my surgery. But sometimes pain and health makes you more acutely aware […]
Celebrating the Baby in the Manger
I want to see the baby in the manger, yes, I do, I want to gaze upon him with a child’s eyes and view, I want to see him all wrapped up in his swaddling clothes, I want to gaze upon his little fingers and his toes, I want to smooth his hair, all downy, soft, […]
Hard Pressed But Not Forsaken; Frayed But Not Forgotten
Some days my soul feels it can’t stand seeing any more suffering. Sickness. Sadness. Sorrow. Selfishness. Sleepless nights. Suspicions. Surmising. My prayer list is full right now of friends and dear people carrying burdens caused by hurts from this list. That’s a lot of words beginning with s. BUT there’s another word. SOMEDAY. Someday soon. […]
Shine Light
I gaze upon the manger, I gaze upon the tree, I gaze upon the twinkle lights, they sparkle shine at me, I notice the sweet shadow of the star upon the wall, The light and glitter fuse and gleam and make the stardust fall, Clear glass bulbs reflect and glow and beauty they proclaim, Gold […]
Unusual Kindness
Acts 28:2 ~ “The islanders showed us unusual kindness. They built a fire and welcomed us all because it was raining and cold.” I stretch my hands toward the warmth. The flames crackle and sway and send sparks careening into the air and up, fizzling away as they fly. The heat warms my fingers, and […]
Sunset at the Bean Field
Just before evening starts to gather in…. The blue and the beans and the shadows, they brush bold across the canvas of earth and sky and creation sings, silent and swelling, muted and magnificent, rising around in praise to Creator God, bringing pause to whoever will take the time to notice…. I’m so glad that […]
God’s Faithfulness Abundant
Deuteronomy 32:4 ~ “God’s way and work is perfect; He is faithful to me.” His faithfulness blooms forth in abundance in so many ways. Seek it. Notice it. Give thanks for it. His faithfulness is real even when we’re reeling from the hurricanes in life. It’s there when we say sad good-byes. It shows up […]
Let Us Laugh
A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for anything. ~ Irish Proverb I have these reminders scattered around my home…and some days I need to read them all….more than once…. 😊😄 I’m thankful for laughter and happy. It really is good medicine. I often long for the “garden days” before […]
Redeemed and Free and Known and Loved
I give you all my dreams and hopes and plans, Lord. With open hands I come and stand. Please. Take them all. Mold them. Make them. Plan. Create them. Into what You want for me. Dream the dreams You dream for me. At Your feet I fall. Deeper still I long to go. To follow […]
The Armor of God Study
I worked through the Armor of God this summer. I did some handlettering pages again like I did over here for Children of the Day. I did run behind a bit with finishing the study and then with handlettering my last page. Harvest. Company. Summer. That sums it up! 🙂 I have thoroughly enjoyed incorporating the […]
For Every Good Day
Every Good Day. This phrase has become a part of me this year. I’ve read about choosing “a word for the year”, on this blog and that, over the last few years. Without intentionally setting out to do it, these three words have become mine this year. Every Good Day. I can’t even pinpoint when […]
Reflecting on a Few Words From Our Marriage Ceremony
Back at the beginning of May, for our anniversary, I share these words from our marriage ceremony on Instagram. I think in my head that I will share them here too. The days continue and the clock counts as they always do and always will as long as this earth pulses on its axis. I […]