a planted life | learning to love
I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.- Psalm 9:1(My guy's current project: a small barn)It's Thanksgiving eve and the house is asleep. We have a couple of young guests tonight. My friend had surgery today and so we got to hang out with... Continue Reading →
Twas the night before my first night shift in postpartum in years and I'm trying not to think about it. As I was driving earlier today, trying to sort out my thoughts and the knot in my stomach and that queasy feeling, it hit me, "All those rules you need to remember, they hang on... Continue Reading →
...I only posted my "happy face" posts and didn't let you know when I'm struggling. Actually, I feel like I struggle more than I'm "happy" which is probably a testament to my immaturity in Christ. Nevertheless I'm compelled to share what lifted my head amidst the tears today."But without faith it is impossible to please... Continue Reading →
***(I just have note that my friend, after originally writing this post helped me more accurately jog my memory as to when this event happened in the past... not 11 years ago but more like 8 or 9. I know it really doesn't matter, but since it was brought to my attention and this post... Continue Reading →
So many things are coming together for me right now at midnight. And if I truly want to be vulnerable before you (whoever you are) with the hopes that you might trust Christ more, then I must share what's going on with me here right now.I was supposed to post what I'm learning today, but... Continue Reading →
For whatever reason, it seems Christmastime (especially last year and this year) is a time when the Spirit really admonishes me- in every sense of the word.I've been looking back, not in a longing way, not in a holding on to the past way, but as though I were an athlete looking at a previous... Continue Reading →
I HAD to share this!Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. -Proverbs 24:15-16Feeling at the bottom of my seventh fall before 6am today, I turned to a... Continue Reading →
"Draw near to God and He will draw near to you." -James 4:8Sometimes I'm overwhelmed, like tonight, with the impossibleness of the ones I love drawing near to God. Even my own faith is tested and I know, that if my faith wasn't kept by the power of God (1 Peter 1:5) I would not... Continue Reading →
In my through the Bible in a year plan (which I'm about 6 months behind on) I'm in Job.I haven't wanted to read Job lately to be honest. I've been doing everything to stand and take my stand against the wiles of the devil which seek to make me doubt and be discouraged and depressed...... Continue Reading →
Ever wish progressive sanctification (being conformed into the image of the Son... from glory to glory) involved some version of a magic wand, pixy dust, or a beauty sleep induced from heaven to which you wake up changed!?I have a dear friend who has said to me before something like, "I wish God would just... Continue Reading →
Cultivating Faithfulness 