by mgeisen | Feb 12, 2015 | spirituality
And so – we write for five minutes, our words tumbling out – no editing, no polishing – just flat out on a one word prompt! We gather all our beautiful thoughts here in our Five Minute Friday community and then love on each other as only we can do!...
by mgeisen | Feb 10, 2015 | spirituality
Inhale, exhale… Daybreak, evening dusk… Life goes in, life goes out… A daily rhythm of beginning and end set on repeat, or is it? How are your days spent? Is there a balance between the living of life followed by a renewing and refueling? Are we...
by mgeisen | Feb 7, 2015 | spirituality
A new day begins and as the world wakes up in all its glory we only need to “come as we are”. No pretenses, no specific expectations – just who we are and what we bring as a daughter, son, mother, father, wife, husband, sister or brother. Come as you...
by mgeisen | Feb 3, 2015 | spirituality
As the stars and moon hang out in the night sky, so does the sun mingle with the day, When rain pours from the clouds, the drops of tears nourish the earth below, As leaves grace the branches of trees with beauty, flowers provide the splash of color needed as a...
by mgeisen | Feb 2, 2015 | spirituality
Winter is officially here! We see it in the dusty browns, grays and barren branches. We feel it in the cold that seeps into every pore and lingers. We smell it in the crisp, frigid air and the piled up leaves starting to mold. We hear it when the wind slaps against...
by mgeisen | Jan 29, 2015 | spirituality
And so – we write for five minutes, our words tumbling out – no editing, no polishing – just flat out on a one word prompt! We gather all our beautiful thoughts here in our Five Minute Friday community and then love on each other as only we can do!...
by mgeisen | Jan 27, 2015 | spirituality
Several weeks ago, I found myself in complete darkness. My power unexpectedly shut off on the coldest night of the year. Sitting with a hot bowl of soup, I was just settling in for a night of warmth and relaxation when my world became black. Using my phone as a light,...
by mgeisen | Jan 24, 2015 | spirituality
The early morning quiet greets me most mornings at 5:00 AM. The darkness is still an inky black and the only light comes from the bedside lamp I turn on to start my day. There is a complete hush of quiet broken only by the throwing back of the comforter and my...
by mgeisen | Jan 20, 2015 | spirituality
2015 is my year to shine. That’s my word and I have been impatiently waiting for clarity and a complete unfolding of what it’s going to look like. As you know and I do as well, it’s only been a month- not even quite a whole month-twenty days in!...
by mgeisen | Jan 17, 2015 | spirituality
This. has. been. a. week! A week of raw… A week of ache… A week of emptiness… A week for tears. A beautiful, wise grace-filled woman recently described tears as love. In the brokenness of life, when tears flow without end, God gathers our tears as...