How can we be living a life of hope amidst the pain? What if, Instead of letting it rule us, we use it to drive us closer to God?
Living a Life of Hope while Suffering
Category: Haiku
Murmurs of Peace Reach My Heart
What are murmurs of peace, and how can we hear them throughout our days? We each may have different experiences that wake up certain memories of times we felt calm and peaceful. But the connecting cord that binds us is the Holy Spirit, who Jesus […]
April: A Typical Day for Me
For the past several months I have found a routine that works pretty well for me, at least for the mornings. I wrote about that in THIS POST. After breakfast my husband and I do some reading together. Then I head back upstairs to read in […]
Yarn: Fun, Tangles and Lessons Learned
The rest of the yarn was in the worst tangle I had ever seen. I wish I had a picture to show you. It was a mess – attached to the cone on one end, the unfinished hat on the other end and what seemed like another tangle leading out from the middle.
Walking the Doodle Trail, Pickens, SC
For the second time this week, my husband and I drove to the nearby town of Pickens, SC, to take a walk on the Doodle Trail. It used to be a railroad route but has been made into a lovely paved trail for bike riding […]
Forest & Whisper: A Haiku
It has been awhile since I participated with the Monday weekly haiku challenge at #RonovanWrites. My last time linking up was in the post Rainbow: Quiet Beauty with a Promise. This week I couldn’t resist, because I love the prompt words, forest & whisper. […]
Stillness: Ten Minutes a Day
In The Presence Project, led by Summer Gross, our practice this month is taking ten minutes of stillness each day. That is not a very long stretch of time, but it’s amazing what a few minutes does to bring calm on a busy day. […]
Name: Does the Meaning Matter?
Name is the prompt word for Five Minute Friday this week. Names are full of meaning. It might be fun to do a little study to see if the meanings of our names actually fit who we are. I had a little fun and wrote […]
More Time for Jesus, Rest and Soul Care
More is the #FiveMinuteFriday word for this week. Because I’ve been participating in The Presence Project, I’m becoming more aware of God’s presence with me. So it’s no surprise that my first thought was that I want to know more of Jesus. Then an old […]
Glory: May Our Lives Reflect God’s Light
GLORY Glory is the prompt word for Day 20 of #write28days. It makes me think of brilliance or radiance, and of course, my thoughts went to God. Then I heard in my head the voice of John Michael Talbot singing the words – the […]