"What do you want to do in light of what you've learned?" This is a question on the last page of the Beth Moore study I have just completed on the book and life of James in the Bible (James:Mercy Triumphs). What do I want to do in light of what I've learned? The answer... Continue Reading →
86,400 Moments
Every morning. Tick. Tick. Tick. A little rhythm I hear as I rise each day by the seemingly small clock next to my bathroom sink. Tick. Tick. It's a subconscious reminder that a new day has begun. Minute by minute. Second by second. I have 86,400 seconds every single day to either use or waste,... Continue Reading →
God’s grace flows to open hands
Closed-fisted. This is my general approach to life. I enter each day tightly grasping on to the things I know. The things I love. The things I have. All of these things only allowed to be mine by the grace of a loving God. And even then, never really mine at all. This has been... Continue Reading →
Darkness to Hope
Ever since I allowed myself to write a few days ago, I have been extremely weepy. I have cried more the last few days than I have in 8 months. I am crying at everything. Happy tears. Sad tears. Just because tears, which are maybe really cleansing tears. I am realizing I am feeling again.... Continue Reading →
Too long
My 5 year-old's reading lesson this week includes three new sight words...to, too, and two. She understood the concept of two (the number) and to (in the direction of) pretty quickly. It took a bit more to understand the word too. Too - also or very. As I was trying to give her examples of... Continue Reading →