Good morning... Walking down the aisle as mother-of-the-groom, I was surprised to feel my tears well up as I saw the faces of our longtime friends beaming in the crowd. Four couples who helped to raise our son came from Atlanta along with their grown-up sons, guys who had wrestled or played soccer with Kyler since we moved [...]
Good morning... A friend sent me these encouraging words from the left page in her book. "You're stepping into a week of answered prayers." What a marvelous perspective to take on our everyday lives. "God is striding ahead of you. He’s right there with you. He won’t let you down; he won’t leave you. Don’t be intimidated. Don’t [...]
Good morning... Several of you have said, "Sue, don't blog this weekend. Just give yourself a break to fully experience your son's wedding." On most levels this advice makes complete sense. "Give yourself a break." Except on one very core level. The challenge is this - I live off of these God's given words. I am deeply nourished, [...]
Good morning... I talked on the phone with my parents as they drove to yesterday's 1:00 pm doctor appointment. "How are you feeling, mom?" I asked. "I don't know what I feel," my mom quietly responded. After a long, grueling day of doctors and x-rays and waiting and discomfort and uncertainty and more waiting and concerning results and [...]
Good morning... This week of our oldest son's wedding, I blogged about my emotional thunderstorm. One reader's response was short and swift. ****** Good morning ☀️ Your emotional storm… It is real because… You planned Laid logistics Loved Prayed Dreamed Worked Made lists Posted post it notes Expected Cultivated Stayed awake Laughed Loved and planned more Had ideas [...]
Good morning... The wild thunderstorm outside matches how I feel on the inside. Drenched. I feel drenched with swirling emotions. The wordless prayer card above has been sitting beside me for the past few weeks, silently speaking my hidden worries and my deepest desires. The image reminds me of the bright, light-filled kitchen table in my parents' independent [...]
Good morning... God's voice whispers all over our everyday lives, yet each of us sometimes wonder, "How do I know when I am actually hearing from God?" One creative answer to this deeply important question comes to us in the spoken word of a powerful poet. "Great poem from Amena Brown!" wrote a friend from our Sunday afternoon [...]
Good morning... As I prepared with God for my annual kickoff talk with the Lovett School Moms In Prayer group, I sensed one thing we all have in common: we all worry. We don't want to worry. We don't plan to worry. We don't have to be taught to worry. Our human minds just seem to automatically worry. [...]
Good morning... In honor of a few friends facing immense transition, this weekend I created the wordless prayer card above. "Thinking of you as you cross today's bridge into the holy, hazy unknown," I texted the image to each of these soul friends. As this new morning dawns, I expand the reach of my wordless prayer to gently [...]
Good morning... It doesn't interest me to know... what my husband and I will look like as we age. I want to know... how to connect amid the toxicity of our world. I want to know... how to rise above my self-protection (my clenched fists, my rushing forward, my eyes down), rising above to let my true colors [...]
