I am jumping back in with a Five Minute Friday post. Every week over at fiveminutefriday.com, writers from around the world write for 5 minutes straight with no edits and share what they have written. This week’s writing prompt is “neighbor.” The first question that pops into my head is: What does it mean to […]
I Need to Stop Trying
One of my favorite songs is Colbie Caillat’s Try. It is such a beautiful picture of the way we try so hard to be all things to all people – especially as we look at beauty. (more on beauty in a brief book review below) But I think it applies to all things in life. […]
What Inspiration and I Cannot Do
It’s Friday and this week’s Five Minute Friday one-word-prompt is Inspire. Feel free to link up over at www.fiveminutefriday.com! We would love to have you join our writing community. Or read others’ reflections on Inspire! START I have been feeling less than inspired lately. This comes from a month of stress, sadness, disappointments, and, well, […]
Experiencing the God of All Comfort
This week’s Five Minute Friday prompt is the word “comfort.” My thoughts are still turning, so let’s see what happens, shall we? Can I get it all in within 5 minutes (and make it make sense without edits)? Probably not, but I’ll try anyway. Ready? GO 2 Corinthians 1 is a passage I can’t quite […]
Though I Walk Through the Darkest Valley...
On Tuesday we learned the most devastating news that my husband’s closest friend took his own life. I credit this man for standing by Tim during a season when I felt our marriage was at its weakest. He supported Tim. He loved Tim well. Most of all, he was a safe place where Tim could […]
What am I worth?
Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are? -Matthew 6:26 This week our family is stepping out into new territory. A huge project is underway. And I’m nervous. No, if I let myself […]
What the Darkness Cannot Do (In the Ligh...
For months verses about “Light” have been jumping out at me. I want to do a brief series about them. Consider this the first installment of my musings and reflections on the power of Light in the world. In us. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. – John 1:5 A well-meaning […]
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I’m going to write this, but I might delete it… Sometimes a girl just needs permission. ? That is the comment I wrote to myself before plunging into this post for Five Minute Friday. Because writing takes courage. And if you are a writer I want to encourage you to write even if you’re a […]
The Truth of Who I Am :: Shame vs Love {...
It’s Friday and time for Five Minute Friday again. Kate Motaung has prompted us with the word “Truth.” I could go so many ways with this, but right now there is only one I want to talk about. The Truth of who I am. I’ve written briefly on shame for the past week or so. […]
I feel like a fake! I’m a terrible mom!
Neil Armstrong felt like a fake. Imagine. While in a room full of artists and scientists, musicians and discoverers, he said to Neil Gaiman: “I just look at all these people, and I think, what the heck am I doing here? They’ve made amazing things. I just went where I was sent.” And I said, “Yes. But […]