Once Upon A Time
Once upon a time … It’s the way so many childhood stories begin. The words quickly take us back into stories of possibilities, dreams, beauty, courage, and magic. She brings an old book off the shelf, holding it to her chest tightly, taking in the smell of the...
Your Sturdy Shoes
"Your shoes shall be iron and bronze; As your days, so shall your strength be." (Deuteronomy 33:24, KJV) "Martin Luther's wife said, "I would never have known the meaning of various psalms, come to appreciate certain difficulties, of known the inner workings of the...
Design
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Design. Design: "to plan and fashion the form and structure of an object" (dictionary.com). It is amazing to think everything we...
Faithfulness, Mercies & Glory
Most days the shade is up as I dry my hair. I never tire watching the sun rise up over the woods which sit at the end of our yard. Here’s the thing I have discovered: The sun always rises, but never in quite the same way. As the seasons change, its positioning...
He Breathes Into Us
She stood there, hands on her chest, breathing in and out, very deliberately and with intention. So I asked, "What are you doing?" "I breathing, Mimi", she replied nonchalantly. At two and a half, she's exploring all aspects of body functions and performs them with...
Of Humility, Heirs, and Character
"Do nothing from selfishness empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves." (Philippians 2:3, NASB) Humility - I'm not sure it is a quality much admired anymore. Most want to be important, prominent, and known. Last...