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This morning I woke up to realize that today is Ash Wednesday the beginning of the Lenten season ( Read more... )

Return unto Me; for lo, I have sought after thee.

This is what it means to me to live a life of faith in the Trinity. Soli Deo Gloria

"Through the medium of prayer we go to our enemy, stand by his side, and plead for him to God. Jesus does not promise that when we bless our enemies and do good to them they will not despitefully use us and persecute us. They certainly will. But not even that can ( Read more... )

Staying up late is becoming a habit.
A habit that leaves me feeling indulgent.

Sitting here listening to a random mix of songs.
It's almost 2:00 a.m. and sleep is nowhere to be found.

Even though I'm not alone in our home
The stillness of the hour makes it seem as if I am.

And that is okay...more than okay.

A cold afternoon in the city...warmed by a long black cashmere coat ( Read more... )

So I'm standing in the kitchen washing the dishes when this very simple thought occurs to me...I'm no longer the tortured soul that I was many years back.  It stands to reason that wishing to write as I once did just doesn't make sense.  My place in life has changed and therefore so has my perspective.  I've been delivered, healed, set free and it ( Read more... )

There is a beauty that lays beneath the surface of the day to day
There just between the know-how and the wonder-awe
Like soft filtered light that inspires it draws itself upon the moment
Gently presuading one to allow a step of faith
Beyond contemplation into reality

joy for me is.... the visual of my husband under the hood...all greasy...wearing a white t-shirt and levi's....happy.  my son still sleeping at 10:30 a.m., simply because he is 18 and this is a rarity during these restless years of his young manhood.  my daughter working on her english thesis and asking me if I'd read it over....enjoying dark ( Read more... )