there's something about the seasons changing that leaves me unsettled. maybe it's just this season that's got me this way. i feel like something in me is snagged on something in my past... like a run in a sweater or a pair of tights. you don't notice it right away. instead, you notice when you try to move forward and all of a sudden a big hole ( Read more... )

i've struggled with this all my life, i guess ( Read more... )

As a woman with child and about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pain, so were we in your presence, O LORD ( Read more... )

life is funny ( Read more... )

i have such a bad attitude sometimes. i act like i'm trying so hard to stay positive in the face of some huge problem, but the reality is that there is no huge problem... and that sometimes maybe i just like attention. i say this phrase a lot, to myself and to others: "choose joy." funny how i can honestly say i find joy in my circumstances and ( Read more... )

i fell off the face of the lj map for a bit ( Read more... )

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” -Philippians 4:6-7

today, alone in my car, i was surprised to find that i've changed. in the driver's seat, looking at an unfamiliar stretch of road ahead of me that was taking me home, i chewed on a lot of things in my head and came to the conclusion that life is different now - not just because my surroundings have changed, but because i've changed too. something's ( Read more... )

so, in the end, i learned what it means to find god in everything and what it means to find everything in god.

peace comes when you find the courage to be joyful in the face of the things that the world wants to use to pin you down and convince you of your inadequacy.

joyful? i'm grinning from ear to ear.

for the first time in my life, i had enough hair to cut pretty much however i wanted, and the freedom to make the choice on my own. what a blessing... in something as simple as personal grooming, god whispered love into my ear and helped me see a little more of the woman that's being given form inside my heart. this woman... more prose than poetry ( Read more... )