The prompt for yesterday was this question: “What brings you joy in life?” Connection. Connection to people and to God is what brings me joy the most consistently in life. The fragility of working on positive connection. The hope of setting up even more beautiful connections in the future. The organic interactions I have withContinue reading “Bloganuary: What Brings You Joy in Life?”
Category Archives: Heart Stuff
Guest Post on Joy in the Face of Fear
“…I felt my heart afraid to hope for anything. All I felt was this overwhelming feeling of fear and dread. I told her about these feelings and how they were clouding my judgment. I couldn’t make logical decisions that I needed to make because I was too afraid.”
What Makes Me A Strong Woman- Truth From Scripture
Is being a financially wise wife a controversial statement? I often think of my twenties as one big lesson in the art of becoming a woman. I have been very fortunate to have wonderful examples in the community in which I live, varying from successful single women to talented wives and mothers. My mother, mother-in-love, grandmas, auntsContinue reading “What Makes Me A Strong Woman- Truth From Scripture”
Healing
If you ever have the chance to heal your body, to give space for your mental, emotional and physical health, I pray you take it.Over more money, or even enough money.This has been my experience this year and it wasn’t something cool I did and it didn’t look glamorous. But it did give me aContinue reading “Healing”
Nothing figured out
Hi sweet friend! I’m so happy to welcome you back to this blog. It’s a place for us to meet. To take a deep breath in, then out. Stay awhile and let me say a few things that I hope bring, well, hope to your heart and mine! Has this ever been you? (It’s beenContinue reading “Nothing figured out”
Pearl in the Sand {10th Anniversary Edition} Book Review
This is a fictional account of the story of Rahab of the Bible. It is well-imagined and does stick to the correct facts laid out in Scripture, though they are few. The story takes greater depth and becomes heart-changing in the hands of one of my favorite authors, Tessa Afshar.
God, our Father in Heaven
Many of us are familiar with this prayer from Matthew 6:9-13 which says, 9 Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven,hallowed be your name.[a]10 Your kingdom come,your will be done,[b] on earth as it is in heaven.11 Give us this day our daily bread,[c]12 and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”[d]Continue reading “God, our Father in Heaven”
Renaissance
I was sharing this with my husband. So much is going on within my heart and mind right now. I think it’s a renaissance of me. God showing me the very heart of who He created me to be. And giving me the way forward to actually voice what has been stuffed inside for many,Continue reading “Renaissance”
Do you ever feel like you just aren’t enough?
Do you ever feel like you just aren’t enough? Don’t do enough, can’t give enough? Everyone around you seems to do the best they can and you come up short, again. In your tone of voice, your work, your estimation of yourself, your weight, your style, your smarts, your ability to save money, to raiseContinue reading “Do you ever feel like you just aren’t enough?”
When it Just Keeps being Hard
Hello friend! I’m glad you’re here. It’s been a tough year for a lot of us, hasn’t it? I think we’ve all had many reasons for our hearts to feel downtrodden. That’s me, for sure. I’m usually able to stay in a bright place and find the joy, but doing that has been like pullingContinue reading “When it Just Keeps being Hard”
courage is in the leap 