by mgeisen | Feb 18, 2018 | spirituality
Are We Bleeding Out? Brokenness defines us, surrounds us and refines us. A world watches complacent and numb While life passes without a second glance. Daily events interrupt elusive peace, but many of us turn the other way. I ask again, are we bleeding out? When...
by mgeisen | Feb 13, 2018 | spirituality
Do you trust God’s plan? How would you answer that? I’m embarrassed to say that my answer depends on the day. I consider what kind of day I am having. Then I look at how things are going for me – is life running smoothly or is it challenging? I put...
by mgeisen | Feb 11, 2018 | spirituality
I love Sundays. Church is at 5:00 PM so I have most of the day to sit, settle, listen and be with God. Moving slowly makes me happy rather than the daily challenge of moving fast to catch up with myself. Today I am asking you to sit with me as I share my thoughts and...
by mgeisen | Feb 6, 2018 | spirituality
Recently as I was driving in the car, listening to one of my favorite podcasts, my heart almost seemed to stop beating. I”m in the zone listening and watching the road. In the next second, I hear the words, “we focus on self-preservation over...
by mgeisen | Feb 4, 2018 | spirituality
I loved the age when both of my sons began discovering their voices. The string of syllables followed by first words and eventually a full sentence mesmerized this momma’s heart. As they both became toddlers, a little competition developed between the two of...
by mgeisen | Jan 30, 2018 | spirituality
I love the thought of looking back over the month and recording things I learned, loved or lived. So here goes my attempt to share ME each month in 2018. January arrives in all its glory as the clock strikes midnight. As I get older, the clock is striking but you will...
by mgeisen | Jan 28, 2018 | spirituality
My phone vibrated next to me as I sat on the couch working on my emails for the day. I glanced down and quickly went back to work on decluttering my inbox, which is a neverending battle. Being a one phone family, I rarely answer my phone unless I know who is calling....
by mgeisen | Jan 27, 2018 | spirituality
Home is my safe place. A retreat from the weary world. My sanctuary, my quiet place, where I seek restoration. I desire for my heart to feel the same way. The home in my heart becomes my sanctuary when I allow God to reside there with me. Photo...
by mgeisen | Jan 23, 2018 | spirituality
I remember a short period of time, when my sons were young, spending my days as a stay at home mom. Each day ran into the next and very little seemed to change from day-to-day. If I looked ahead I saw what looked like the same old, same old. Looking back now, I missed...
by mgeisen | Jan 21, 2018 | spirituality
I have to do the laundry. I have to clean the house. Or I have to take my kids to basketball. How amazing would it be to change our “have to” into “get to”? What would it look like to change each statement above by starting with “I get...