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}
Summer vacations on the rocky coast of Maine, walking the historic streets of Boston, fall backpacking trips through the White Mountains of New Hampshire, eating out and shopping in NYC, and now weekly ski trips to Vermont ~ over mountain passes with covered bridges in the background? Sometimes this Texas girl can’t believe her own… Read More Storehouses of Snow {Lent Day #18}
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}
I really wish I could come up with something better, more mature, and deeply spiritual to post for my daily Lenten confession endeavor, but this is all I’ve got today. It’s not your typical Lenten practice. In fact it’s actually the opposite of the fasting and self examination traditionally observed, but it’s what I resorted… Read More Morose Mood = M&M’s {Lent Day #13}
“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}
“Hardship after hardship is with me…” is what Job said in the aftermath of losing just about everything he had from his property, to this servants, to his livestock, to his health, and to his very own sons and daughters. Now, that’s true hardship. And it was one after the other after the other. What… Read More Wonderful Weariness {Lent Day #11}
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}