Good morning... In important matters, God gets our attention. His "surround sound" method of speaking cracks me up. After yesterday's post, I Made A Mistake, my friend emailed me: "This should make you chuckle. Look what is in my inbox this morning!" ****** Subject: Inspiring Quote for February 23rd, 2018 "I hope that in this year to come, you [...]
Good morning... I made a mistake. I hate being a mistake-maker. As soon as my error was revealed, I emailed a heartfelt apology. I went on with my late afternoon, to the bank, the grocery, the dry cleaners. Still the frustrating thought lingered, "My blunder inconvenienced people." I dropped off my son's car, picked up my husband, we enjoyed [...]
Good morning... In my book, I put a question mark by a new-to-me word. Evanescent. Do you know what "evanescent" means? I love to treasure hunt truth, so I get to googlin'. "Evanescent" means soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence. Quietly fading. Quickly fleeting. Brief. Short-lived. Vanishing. "Every person's life is lined with memories, keepsakes, habits, and [...]
Good morning... Sunday afternoon through Tuesday breakfast, the Holy Spirit and I facilitated a private "With God Weather Life Retreat" at the mountain home of a dear, deep friend who hosted a hearty handful of women handpicked by the LORD. Sharing our stories of brokenness and beauty, sorrows and joys, darkness and light, we journeyed side by side, as [...]
Good morning... As we conspire, breathe together with God, our inside self and our outside self grow to become best friends. Connected. Congruent. In constant conversation with our Creator. No longer needed, our icy false self melts into God's warmth, watering the ground of our true "birthright" self. Connected. Congruent. In constant communication with our Creator. Who we are becoming [...]
Good morning... In one week this fall, I learned the root meaning of two key words. One Thursday morning, I learned: "anxiety" means "to choke." I get that. When I get anxious, I tighten up. I spiral down inwardly, constricting myself. I cut off my own air supply with obsessively anxious thoughts. The next Tuesday afternoon, I learned: "conspire" means [...]
Good morning... 2.18.2018. As I write the date in my journal, I notice the pretty pattern of today's numbers. This exact date has never been before. This exact date will never come again. Two. Eighteen. Two thousand and eighteen. We all wake to lives in flux. One of a kind. Imperfectly unique. We all wake today to lives in [...]
Good morning... This is the question grabbing my attention from yesterday's post Eight Questions To Ponder: "How have I been shaped by the strongest hate and the strongest love?" Asked by the speaker to quickly jot our first response to each of the eight questions, my answer to this question tumbled onto two lists. Strongest hate: Names of my [...]
Good morning... This hurting world needs Our Special Endowment, the unique spiritual gift God has placed within each of us. Tucked inside the bulletin from our Women's Lenten Communion Service, we meet deep questions to help us discern: “GOD, WHAT AM I MADE FOR?” Focusing on these eight questions as we journey through the forty days of Lent, we [...]
Good morning... He sent me a poem last week, a poem giving voice to our shocking loss, now a poem speaking truth in the wake of a school shooting, and, years back, a poem ringing true on the day it was written by a 12th-century Jewish poet. ****** 'Tis A Fearful Thing by Yehuda HaLevi (1075 – 1141) ‘Tis a [...]
