I can't get this old woman out of my head. She stands in front of her flattened house, describing to a local news reporter how she survived the impact of Moore, Oklahoma's recent devastating tornado. Minutes into the interview, one of the crew spots her little terrier underneath a crumpled bed frame. "Thank you, God,"… Continue reading a humble heart
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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
come just as you are
Me: "I just cannot wait to be where I need to be. I'm so close to figuring it out.... Because I know this isn't it. So I'm looking for Him to show me where He wants me to be." Friend: "But...you ARE where He wants you to be." Me: "Right, okay, but..." ---------------------------------------------------- I've had similar conversations… Continue reading come just as you are
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
indescribable
Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are regarded as dust on the scales; he weighs the islands as though they were fine dust. Isaiah 40:15 When I have days of doubt and confusion, it usually stems from having trouble comprehending the vastness of God. This tiny, simple, tangled human brain gets trapped in the… Continue reading indescribable
My Heart's Overflow 