and Purposeful Prose
I have a poem for you! First, let's take a look at what yesterday brought. I woke up at around 4AM and couldn't get back to sleep. Very grey thoughts churned around in my head until the alarm went off at 7AM. By then I was in tears. Early in the afternoon Andrew and I [...]
My thoughts are all over the place. I'm having such a hard time figuring out where to begin. I guess the begining is a good place to start, right? This was our first trip together. We had only been married a year. A family reunion called us into the great outdoors and beyond our own [...]
Adrift Out of touch But not out of sight My needs are met Even in the fight. Worn Thrown by waves But not out of hope When the sea's rough You settle my boat. So I won't forget Your faithfulness You deserve my praise And nothing less I won't cease to thank you For all [...]
One of my biggest problems is patience. I can be quite patient with people, but when it comes to personal progress, especially when I feel that progress is sloth slow, I'm not so patient. Don't even get me started on set backs or feeling as if I'm going in circles. Most of my problems stem [...]
This one is going to be a bit journal entry-ish. It hasn't been the most productive week. At least that's the way I've felt. Fatigue was an ongoing theme this week, so I was down for naps quite a bit. However, mentally I fared okay. My mood was fairly even, but I did have one [...]
Faith and patience go hand in hand. It takes time for things to grow. Thankfully God doesn't leave us unattended. He remains our gardener and He is with us always. Those who believe in Jesus as their Master Gardner recieve the Holy Spirit who helps us to understand Scripture, comforts us, teaches us and gives [...]
The best step that I've taken in these last couple of months was when I dropped my Sunday post. Shortly after this I decided I wouldn't read blogs on weekends as well. This has been really good for me. It's given me a chance to shut out all distractions and simply listen. One weekend I [...]
As I came in from my walk today I said to Andrew, "I feel as if I'm about to turn over a new leaf. But I have to be careful to turn it over slowly." He says to me, "Uh huh, or else you'll fall off your lilly pad." That's about right. Then he added, [...]
Jesus did it again. I'm crying. No, this is a good thing. I had written a piece on praise. I was going to post it today. Change of plans. Without giving too much of that post away, I was looking through my notes on the Psalms in one of my journals when I came across [...]
It's okay not to feel okay. These words are just as much for me as they are for anyone else who is struggling right now. There are a lot of really strong people doing a lot of great and brave things right now, and to be honest it makes me feel so inadequate. I was [...]
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