Tuesdays are the busiest day of our week. I’m heading out in just a few minutes to teach all day at Classical Conversations. Then it will be dance class for Kayla, dinner at home, and Men’s Boot Camp Bible Study for Robert. Robert usually has a very full Tuesday as well, but canceled regular appointments… Read More Inherently Good? {Lent Day #21}
I thought of giving this post the title “How To Kill Your Blog,” but that sounded a bit dramatic. ☺ I hope I don’t sound like I’m constantly complaining here, and have been a little worried that I’ve become the “bummer blogger” with this season’s posts. The really awesome thing, though, is that just as… Read More My Bummer of a Blog {Lent Day #20}
Bland and dim. That’s what I was feeling ~ even wanting to be ~ last night and before this morning’s challenge to be salt and light. Tired, feeling pulled in a lot of directions, coming off of a crazy week, looking in the face of another, and totally unprepared for my Sunday morning small group… Read More Bland and Dim {Lent Day #19}
She emailed me in her grief and asked if I’d pray. She had said things not intended for certain ears, but those ears eventually heard and they were hurt. So hurt and angry that they refused to forgive. My friend tried several ways of reaching out and admitting her fault and expressing sorrow for what… Read More Unaccepted Apologies = Unhappiness {Lent Day #16}
I’m not sure how Martin Luther did it, confessing his sins daily and sometimes for hours on end. I read recently that he just about drove his Father Confessor insane with his “excessive” confessions. He was accused of trying to avoid work and studies by staying in the confessional, but that wasn’t the case. He… Read More Amputation, huh? {Lent Day #15}
Yesterday Robert urged me to sit awhile and reflect on the Lord’s goodness to me over the weekend. “Otherwise your heart will grow hard,” he said. He told me that he does it every Monday ~ reflect on all that the Lord did on a Sunday. All of the conversations, the responses, the encouraging words,… Read More Only God Can Do This Stuff {Lent Day #14}
“My dear,” she said after a time, “have you a perfectly distinct, settled view of what Christ is to the human soul?” “I do not know. I understand, of course, more or less perfectly that my salvation depends on Him alone; it is His gift.” “But do you see with equal clearness that your sanctification… Read More Resisting Gifts & Retreat Rejoicing {Lent Day #12}
The sad thing is that I didn’t think I was capable of this. Speaking words that wound. Growing up, I was on the receiving end of a lot of wounding words, harsh, sarcastic tones, raised voices, and unbridled criticism. It was painful then, and the the memories can still produce grief. I would never do… Read More Wounding Words {Lent Day #9}
Donwton Abbey had me dumbstruck and up later than I wanted to be last night. Actually, I sort of knew what was going to happen, because as I Googled around to see when season 4 would start, I ran across some pretty big spoilers, hints of tragedy. Wasn’t one big tragedy enough for one season?… Read More Adoption Grace {Lent Day #6}
He’s been near and dear for many years. She was fairly new on the scene, becoming his wife in the summertime. I go to a lot of weddings. I cried at theirs, because I had prayed for this moment for so long, because he was so happy, because she was so beautiful, so perfect for… Read More Passover Crimson, Snowfall White