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“The Way of Suffering”
Suffering. How can a word provoke such a powerful image, feeling, or place most everyone can relate? I might have already lost you. No-one wants to suffer. I don’t want to suffer. But we do want deeper. We do want closeness. We do long for acceptance and understanding. We do want compassion for those hurting, […]
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Simple thoughts on reading
Growing up I had a lot of insecurities and one was reading. My heart would race and I would feel so silly because I read slower than my friends and stumbled upon words easily. I had the hardest time sounding words out. So that lead to an early age of not enjoying reading. Of claiming, […]
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Making connections
This season of life seems to be one of making connections. Those ah-ha moments that put pieces of life back together where they were once all strewn across the floor for people to step on. Last night, we were having small group and I was sitting and thinking about influence. And I immediately had this […]
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Sometimes He doesn’t take it
I’ve talked with God a lot about my struggles, the things I don’t like about myself. Anxiety is one. Depression another. But in all my asking He doesn’t take it. He allows it to be a teacher. Our feelings aren’t things to be pushed away, but to be held. To allow them to do their […]
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Maybe we are all chosen.
Sitting in my living room, listening to little snores from a baby boy who hasn’t felt good lately. Stomach bug has taken him down. Sitting, thinking on what to write and how to write it today. I have bacon cooking and coffee brewing, planning to enjoy a little down time before picking the older kids […]
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Life doesn’t always go as planned
Sitting at home, writing today, while my mother-in-law works in the other room today. Her flight got cancelled yesterday and the one for 1 pm today was cancelled as well. The airlines are planning to call her back and give her an update on a new flight. Stressful. So much of life has not gone […]
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I see you
Dear momma, I see you. I see you loving on those babies, when you are so tired you cannot even think straight. I see you cutting up those grapes in halves because you’re nervous your toddler will swallow them whole. I see you momma cooking two meals because you don’t want to eat chicken nuggets, […]
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Grounded
Where to begin. This topic is heavy and hard to articulate. It’s something I’ve felt a thousand times, but still struggle with the right words for it. Anxiety. Defined as “…an abnormal and overwhelming sense of apprehension and fear often marked by physical signs (such as tension, sweating, and increased pulse rate), by doubt […]
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Writing
I’m off this week. A little jostled. Like my tiny world shifted a little too much this week. So today I’m still writing. I don’t want to write only when I feel awesome or when I feel I have the most amazing word for someone. But I want to write, and do it on days […]
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Never too far gone
Jordan Feliz sings “There’s no distance that I can’t reach you…” about the love our Father has for us and how He comes for us. It’s hard to know this truth until you’ve been to the pit, the place you thought was out of God’s reach. Two years ago, I hit that place. Rock bottom. […]
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