When words begin to form in my head, I have to write them down or I forget them. Knowing this, I just spent the last hour or more writing down the words that were bouncing around in my head. What I didn’t do was save those words and now they have just disappeared. Hopefully, this shortened version of the thought… Read More
Reflections on Beauty
Makeup. Somedays I want to wear all the things and somedays I don’t want to wear any of the things. This morning as I was getting ready to go into town, I was bemoaning the thought that I did not have time to put my makeup on. And that, in my opinion, I would not be worthy of going into… Read More
Come quickly Sunday
Sunday is coming. This is truth. A beautiful, life giving, hope sustaining truth. Friday and Saturday are long, though. So very long and hard. The time between that which breaks your heart and leaves you undone and when healing touches you is almost unbearable. When I think of Jesus saying, “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me”, I… Read More
Five Minute Friday – Begin
Begin. That’s the gist of it all. Begin. Start. Try. Not, be perfect. Not, succeed now. Just, begin. That’s what Five Minute Friday has done for me, it helped me to begin. It gave me the freedom and the encouragement I needed to just begin. Begin to my thoughts down in words. Begin to allow others to read… Read More
Depression and Jesus
Depression is that thing that makes good things seem insignificant and bad things seem insurmountable. Depression makes sunny days too bright to bear and cloudy days too dreary to function. It matters not the weather, it is as if my heart is broken to start the day. It matters not the circumstances, or the people, or the place. … Read More