Monthly Archives: July 2014
Beautiful, No Filter
Such an awesome idea!! Pass it around, ladies! #beautifulnofilter
Diamonds in the Rough
We’re a diamond, all right – but misshapen, covered in grime, uncut, unable to shine properly. And in a way, I cannot blame the person I was talking to for thinking the way they were; I’ve thought similar, myself. I am myself, faults, grime, and all; I’m imperfect, and making me perfect is going to take away all of my imperfections, make me something I’m not; turn me into one of those church-going snobs or some dull, drab adult who doesn’t know how to laugh at a good joke or run amok in the rain. Continue reading
Our God of Second Chances
Rejoice. Hope. Persevere. Dwell on what is good. Do not worry. All of these commands are here in my head. God has blessed us and blessed us. One mistake does not change the fact that I am still His child. The what-if’s and self-blame are from our adversary, not from our Father.
But how do I rejoice, when I’m so humiliated about my blunder with the car? What about so guilty about the fact that I’d ignored Him this morning? Continue reading
Busy busy busy!
And I thought Monday was busy. I guess I owe a bit of an explanation for the delay in posts after doing so many in a row. Long story short, I work about 50 hours a week (barring days off due … Continue reading
Rumination
Easy rejoicing was cut off rather abruptly when I realized I might very well have lost a friend over an unintentional, but serious, mistake. If it had been a question of my faith, perhaps it would have been a bit easier to deal with, but as it stands, the error was in misrepresentation – not an offense on faith grounds, but an insult to another. Continue reading
Unlikely Prayers
A week ago, I was laying in bed after having watched a movie about Paul and listening to a podcast covering Revelation and thinking, “I really want to be one of those martyrs. I’d love that. That way I’d know for certain that I was doing this whole faith thing right, that I was speaking out.”
Yet little me kept hitting walls, staring down the music choice in one of my stores and being too nervous to switch it to a Christian station (even though I highly doubt the manager would mind) and being too shy to so much as open my mouth to customers about anything other than the weather and sales. Continue reading
God let the car crash.
“read your blog… Not to be a downer but God also let the car crash.”
That was the message that popped up yesterday afternoon from an old high school friend I’ve recently reconnected with. Continue reading
What a day!
And what blows my mind is the simple fact that God loves me more than that. That every passage I have read this morning is a swelling testament to His love and grace and joy. Continue reading
An Introduction
“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you.” Psalm 39:7, ESV This has been a long time in coming, I think. Let me introduce myself first (though I’m sure, as I begin, that everyone … Continue reading
Hope for the Lord 