I love how the world slows each December. It is almost like life is on pause as we wrap gifts and gather with family. Of course, our problems do not simply disappear. Pain is just as relevant, for some, even more so.
Continue reading “The hope back in waiting”
Time seems to have run past me. Snow replaces the leaves that were falling, the cold days becoming colder, and the evenings darker. Where have the days gone?
Continue reading “our promised land”
I know several people who just seem to radiate joy, even through short texts or notes in the mail. Who brim with a fervor that spills over into the lives of others. Who are not content to simply exist, but who love and learn and grow.
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“He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.” -Ecclesiastes 3:11
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Despite the fact that I have had much to write, my journal has collected more dust than I wish to admit. The truth is, the very words in my heart are ones I am not ready to read myself. I would rather run from my thoughts. So I’ve stuffed and studied and launched myself into whatever would let me escape.
Continue reading “Facing the storms”
Healing is a life-long process
Continue reading “18 lessons in 18 years”
Eternity changes everything. Yet to be fully life-changing, the hope of eternity must be coupled with the right understanding of our creation. After nearly 18 years and countless Old Testament lessons, the important of Genesis 1:31 finally struck me.
Continue reading “A goodness that redeems”
“Home is the nicest word there is.” – Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Some dreams are meant to fade. Others are meant to unfold in seasons. I found the latter true on Thursday when I began vocal lessons with a new instructor. Finding her was all God-ordained. In fact, I had given up on my dream of music.
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The season feels much like a hamster wheel. Stores are stocked with colored notebooks and backpacks in preparation for the new school year. Leaves are turning, nights are cooling, and apples are baking. The story that repeats each year shows us that change never truly changes. We prepare for the expected, the changing of seasons fostering hope for the next.
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Created to Thrive 