There is a heaviness in my heart that has been there for days now. It seems that the nation is feeling it--maybe even the entire world has stopped to hang a head down and squeeze eyes shut and let the tears come. It was the horror at Newtown, Connecticut that not long ago cast a… Continue reading when hearts hurt
Category: Prone to Ponder
a heart that beats
It happens to me often. Lying in bed in the dark and quiet, usually at the end of a long day, perfectly still for the first time in hours--it catches my attention. Badum. Badum. Badum. It's my heart. Beating. Steady rhythm and buried. When I look closely, I can see it pulsing underneath the skin.… Continue reading a heart that beats
love like blackred roses
Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Ephesians 5:1-2 Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. Psalm 63:3 The love of God never… Continue reading love like blackred roses
gaze upon the beauty
I'm having one of those days...a day that has my heart sprinting in seventeen different directions with all her passion and might. A day when the future is filled with "too much good stuff" (just like am-pm). A day that has my mind jumping around, giddy with new ideas and prospects and creative to-do's. It's a… Continue reading gaze upon the beauty
be still and know
I have allowed myself to get pretty busy these past two months and slightly overwhelmed, always moving on to the next thing. With finals at school, birthdays, helping to plan a retirement party for a wonderful French professor (such a blessing), receiving two scholarships at the city college I study at (praise God, Hallelujah!), the normal… Continue reading be still and know
My Heart's Overflow 