a planted life | learning to love
Yesterday being Mother's Day, me being a mom and a having a mom and knowing moms and women who long to be moms and/or grieve the loss of their children, it was a day full of thoughts turned prayers.Yesterday also being the last Sunday in a series on marriage at my church, and me being... Continue Reading →
It's not that other days with a broken heart aren't painful. It's just that on Valentine's Day everywhere you look, go or listen pink shiny hearts and candy pour like salt on your wounds. I've waded my way through the gushing pink day with my own busted up heart many times. This year I do... Continue Reading →
When I read Psalm 8, my mind goes to Lamentations 5.What is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. -Psalm 8:4-5 The joy of our hearts has... Continue Reading →
I was at a county courthouse today. Not a place I usually spend any time. In fact, except for filing for a legal separation almost exactly two years ago today, I'm never there. Today I was there to file a motion to vacate the order of legal separation.In that quiet, rigid building I felt like... Continue Reading →
My family is shaping up to be a baseball family. I enjoy baseball. One of the coolest things about baseball is the sound you can feel in your gut when a batter hits the sweet spot of the bat making perfect contact with the pitched ball. You know instantly, "That's outta here!"There's a sweet spot... Continue Reading →
Jesus is really the only One who can condemn you and the only One who can really save you.Quieted,Sheila
Just as kind of a warning. This is a wordy post. I've worked thru my thoughts on this subject and it may be a little tangent-y. Also I'm no Biblical scholar, but I love the scriptures. Redeemer. Its one of my all time favorite words.I'm no literacy expert, I don't even really have good grammar,... Continue Reading →
Tonight I sang, "What can wash away my sins? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. What can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus... Oh precious is the flow that makes me white as snow. No other fount I know. Nothing but the blood of Jesus."So much in those words. In times... Continue Reading →
Cultivating Faithfulness 