and Purposeful Prose
Thankful So thankful that You're never silent But it took time to hear Your voice It took seeking It took asking It took listening To have faith. Thankful So thankful that I'm not alone But it took seeing to understand It took Your loving invitation Your sacrifice It took kindness It took trust and risks [...]
I felt my mood shifting last night... woke up depressed this morning. I can't listen to the usual music when I feel this way. I need fight songs. "Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God."Psalm 20:7 Fireflight Wind can mean power.... God utilizes everything. https://youtu.be/I87im7jpUd0 [...]
I took all but one of these photos last Monday when the sunshine beckoned me out of our Hobbit hole. That's not to say that this suite is a hole. It's a very nice basement suite. However, we are partially underground. Thus, my dad refers to us as ground dwellers for good reason. Every year [...]
I believe that there's a beneficial type of striving and a fruitless brand of striving. When we're striving in our own strength we fight God. We don't have to. He's for us, not against us. Moreover, when we strive for our peace in Him we will find it. (Romans 8:6, John 14:27) I have to [...]
Andrew: "I think I hear a woman's voice." I listen… "Bark bark!" Me: "Um, that's a dog." Moments later I start laughing uncontrollably while he's trying to tell me a story. I couldn't stop laughing for a good long while. He had to phone his mom. He always phones his mom when I laugh like [...]
I wrote this poem below back in October. I thought that I had deleted it as I felt that it was too depressing. I'm generally a positive person, but I do have my struggles, and I can hide how I've been feeling. When I reconnected with the friend that I mentioned in "Peace Talks" I [...]
Alright, I can prove that there's English in my blood despite the fact that my husband insists that I'm more Irish and Scottish. This is likely due to the fact that His "da's" ancestory is Scottish. Leuk! Ah cannae speak like that! I can't do accents. When I described this post to Andrew, I tried [...]
My mentor always said that he was a supremely blessed man. This doesn’t mean that he didn't have his heartaches. He had his frustrations, grievances and hardships too. He had it all, but he endured it all with the hope and joy that He found in Jesus. This is one of the things that I [...]
Gentleness takes patience; It's aims to be kind; It prays without ceasing; it loses it's pride; It knows we're all flesh, so It looks for others best. These things it rejoices in. In God it abides. Gentleness is thoughtful; It chooses words wisely; it doesn't rush in with sword raised high; It was taught that [...]
I wasn't sure what sort of image I wanted to use for this post, but when I saw this one, it was an immediate "Yes, that’s the one!" It made me laugh. "Talking around the water cooler" comes to my mind. Photo credit goes to pixabay user aitoff. To be honest, I've been struggling to [...]
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