Birthday thoughts, travels, and a prayer.
Last year for my birthday I posted a link to a helpful "life evaluation" resource: Ten Questions to Ask at the start of a new year or on your birthday. It doesn't seem like a whole year ago that I took...
View ArticleMercy tastes better than coffee.
Alarm goes off, early. It's been raining all night and I still hear dripping, my nearly-dark room testimony to the the heavy grey of an overcast sky outside. I've committed afresh to be consistent in...
View Articleheart talk
I'm reading through Proverbs right now, and have been thinking about the significance of the following verse in living as Christ's disciple:Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow...
View ArticleI'm loving this season...
Dear October,I wish you would stay a while. Like, longer than a month..I enjoy your relatives, September and November, but I'm particularly fond of you. . The other evening, I surprised my younger...
View ArticleIn spite of this
It's raining.I don't have to go out though, so I'm content with the bone-chilling dampness, the wind and the steady tap tapping of the drops against my windows. It makes me feel safe, cozy - bundled in...
View ArticleLoved, rescued, and made alive!
Have you thought about the gospel today?This evening I was reading a prayer of Ezra, a godly man who helped lead God's people out of captivity from Babylonia. I was struck with one part of his prayer -...
View ArticleCraving Balance
Confession: I am an odd mix. I love goal setting, making lists, being disciplined, accomplishing tasks and being organized. On the other hand, you will often find me messy, disorganized,...
View ArticleTrue Woman conference
Laaadies! You can now watch, listen or read all the messages from the True Woman '10 conferences. Nancy Leigh Demoss says that a true woman is: A woman willing to surrender every area of her life to...
View ArticleThe searchers, and the God who sees.
I saw his name come up on facebook and clicked the profile out of curiosity. Yes, it was him. Someone I knew from an old job - barely an acquaintance, but I had sat across from him at a hamburger place...
View ArticleCold weather.
.................Here in Ontario, it snowed the other night - big, wet flakes that immediately got me dreaming about cold cozy evenings and the Christmas season and everything winter brings. Of course,...
View ArticleConsumed with...?
Trish Ramos, who works with The Way of the Master, wrote an excellent post on a topic that probably hits home with most women. Seeing an older woman pouring over a copy of People magazine in an...
View ArticleExactly what I meant to say.
Have you read any prayers by the Puritans?I've seen some quoted in part - a line here or there in a book, some phrases turned well-worn in the far spaces of my heart, memorized by accident: Lord, Let...
View ArticleLearning to Abide
...............Sometimes, the Lord's presence is so evident. Worship is sweet, spending time in the Word is a delight. There is joy, a calm steadiness of trust. My soul says, all is well.But something...
View ArticleSeeking and enjoying Christ
I've heard it many times, but need reminding so often - there aren't any stops in this journey of sanctification. We are either moving forward - pressing into Christ, growing into His likeness - or...
View ArticleHappenings of late
And just like that, it's December. I can hardly believe how quickly we've slipped from fall to winter, Christmas rapidly moving closer. I'm trying to keep in right order the things that fill up my days...
View ArticleWhat's been keeping me busy, you wonder?
Although a whirlwind of busyness, this last month has been full of reasons to give thanks to God. I haven't thanked Him enough...this afternoon, running around with a list of errands, I kept coming...
View ArticleI've been reflecting on my single years...
Amidst all the excitement of this new season I find myself in, I still remember very well the struggles of the other: desiring marriage - or at least to be in a relationship moving towards it - but...
View ArticleImpatient with the progress
"It is a sure mark of grace to desire more...For every look at self, take ten looks at Christ..." - Robert Murray M'Cheyne..........I don't think it's an accident when all my grand plans and intentions...
View ArticleI Recommend...
Lacking many words or much inspiration, and with a new post long-overdue, I thought tonight I'll just share what I've been listening to and reading recently. I love recommendations, so if you have...
View ArticleOn a cold day in March...
... (but with sun that warms your skin) Loris had plans. Plans that involved a cozy restaurant and roses at our table......
View ArticleA video you should watch (and it has my voice!)
I'm not back to keeping up this blog yet (that will have to wait until after the wedding, I think!) but I thought I would point you to a youtube channel that belongs to my fiance, Loris, and his...
View ArticleNew Blog
I think that this new season I find myself in calls for a fresh new blog, so do you want to join me? (Click here for the About)
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