Five Minute Friday – Wait
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! Click here to learn...
Into the Light
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,...
I Have A Date… The Weekend Brew
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...
My One Word-One Month Later {Almost}
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! There is a...
Sunday Morning Always Comes ~ Tears
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 little love...
God Bookends Our Story
A beautiful book was written and a year later I still love to turn the pages and remember. Chapters full of life, distant and not so distant memories and stories of a life well-lived, Snapshots that share joy and ones that are sure to cause tears, Words intertwined...
Woven Stories of Grace…The Weekend Brew
Several weeks ago, God laid the word “legacy” on my heart in a moment of self-pity and despair when I was missing my mom. The word consumed my thoughts and I felt nudged to look at it more deeply. I began the process with my post here at The Weekend Brew two weeks...
A Closet Eater’s Diet
Oh my word, friends, I really did not want to write this post. NO-I mean - I really tried digging in my heels and said "no way", but God always has the last word. This is not my usual post-there are no poetic words just the plain hard truth. A punch in the gut kind of...
Be the Gift… {Devotional for ALLIN}
I saw you today out of the corner of my eye as I pushed my cart hurriedly in the opposite direction-my vision hyper-focused on the frozen food aisle straight ahead. I didn't even give you a second glance. I gazed straight into your eyes as you walked into my...
Time to Shine 2015
Over the last 6 months, I have heard the steady rhythm of a voice whispering over and over "I have big plans for you". The words change ever so slightly, but they have stolen my heart with new possibilities. The message is clear and plays on repeat reminding me my...
Delight or Despair
As 2014 comes to an end and another year is ushered in at the stroke of midnight on January 1, a time of reflection seems to be the logical conclusion to mark an ending and prepare for a new beginning. The chance to look back before looking forward seems to be what is...
The Gift of Legacy…{The Weekend Brew}
The wrapping paper is scattered Ribbons adorn the family and the floor Gifts have been "oohed and ached" over and now clutter the couch crowding out the sprawling bodies Contentment and thankfulness fill the room and a brief moment of silence enters as each person is...
Dear Grief
Dear Grief, It's been almost a year since you stole my happy and colored my world in black, grays and shadows. You swept in on the tail of Loss and haven't looked back. Your shadows are the antithesis to the light that arrives each morning and lingers until the last...
The Babe is Coming
Anticipation is building (look through the eyes of a young child and it is palpable) The babe is coming Excitement hovers on the fringes of your days and fills your whitespace with its rapid heartbeat The babe is coming You begin the process of opening your heart wide...
The Shepherd’s Song…{The Weekend Brew}
8 And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. 10 And the angel said to them,...
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