Every spring catches me off guard with the rumblings of change that always come. People moving, people getting new jobs or going after new opportunities. There's always newness in this season. However, with the newness and change there is sometimes a sense of loss for the good that exists now. I'm currently wrestling through that, [...]
Month: April 2015
Gratitude Project Day 1: No Expectations
I've decided to start a gratitude experiment. Each day I'm going to post something I'm grateful to God for either in my life or in his character. It's day #1 (Monday, April 27). Today I'm grateful for... a beautiful sunny morning and the reminder that the expectations I put on myself aren't necessary. I can just [...]
Inconvenience.
"Inconvenience is the proof of love... it's never too late to live a remarkable life. Just start leaving marks of love now--right when it's inconvenient. And then tomorrow." --Ann Voskamp
Happy Soul.
"Oh what a happy soul I am, although I cannot see! I resolve that in this world content I will be. How many blessings I enjoy that other people don't, to weep and sigh because I'm blind. I cannot, and I won't!" - Fanny Crosby
Ponder.
“But Mary treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart.” -Luke 2:19 This is one of my favorite verses in the Bible. So many places in the Bible seem so removed and report-like. Sometimes it’s hard for me to remember that the people in the pages were actually people who have emotions, laughed, and have [...]
GLIMPSES OF JOY 