Darkness. Waiting. Feelings of doubt and despair but also the mere bubbling up of a hope not yet dead… The earth trembles, the tomb shakes, and no amount of darkness can hold back the light … the life of CHRIST! It can’t stop there beloved! As this weekend started drawing to a close, my […]
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Walking Into the New Year Waving A White Flag.
The rain is pouring down on the metal roof of my sunroom right above my head. The staccato rhythm of the rain is beating in my chest and it feels like the new year has swept in with gail force winds. I feel the tension in my body and I’m tired. I’m so tired of […]
The Power to Live A More Than “Normal” Life This Year.
Well, we’re officially into the new year and I think we can all see there was no magic reset button to bring all things back to normal. But here’s what I’ve learned in the last six years beloved. NORMAL is overrated. Six years ago today, we stumbled out onto Michigan Avenue after doctors told us […]
What is Holding You Back?
I took a month off podcasting to step back and breathe. As you can see from the date of the last blog post that’s where I’m spending most of my time. You can find similar content to my blogs over at “Seek and Savor, ” on iTunes and other places you tune into your favorite […]
What To Do When Plans Change Without Our Permission. ( Blog Swap.)
I’m sharing a few words from my writer friend, Carol Graft today, because as I read them they lingered on. With the words came memory on top of memory of all the plans I have made in my life that didn’t come to pass. Sometimes beloved the answer is simple. It’s arriving at the answer […]
A Truth to Savor When You Need Direction.
I read this verse the other day and I was stuck. I couldn’t go on until I soaked in every bit of it’s life giving truth. “The Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to lead them on their way during the day and in a pillar of fire to give them […]
You Were Made to Do Hard and Holy Things!
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about COMFORT. How we like it, how we arrange our lives and our schedules to create as many moments of it as we can get. I am chief among comfort seekers. I love nothing better than a warm fire, cozy blanket and hot drink while being surrounded by my […]
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Before You Ring in the New Year!
I grabbed my stocking cap, pulling it snug over my ears and stepped outside. Pulling my gloves from my pocket I inhaled deeply. “There’s nothing like the crisp clean air of winter,” I thought. Still, the temperature had dropped and it took everything in me to brave the cold. Walking around the bend I passed […]
Sometimes In Being Undone, We Are Made New!
I woke up this morning to a cold house! Sometime in the last two days our heater stopped working downstairs. I found out yesterday my car needs big, repairs before it can pass the emissions test I need to renew my tags, and my body is feeling the after effects from a stomach virus. I […]
Your King Is Coming!
It’s 21 days until Christmas and I am grasping for that Christmas feeling. Yes, I have the tree up, the Christmas music has been playing for a while now. I am even hoping for some snow. But, current events have left me feeling a bit deflated. We’ve experienced so much change the last couple of […]