I like to make my own decisions about my life like where I live, how I spend my time, how I make a living, etc. I’m an independent sort and I pretty much want to do what I want to do when I want to do it….. except for this one thing. By submitting my …
Ponderings
On Purpose & Brokenness
Did you ever see the movie Hugo? The one about the boy who lives inside this huge clock in a Parisian train station? It’s based on the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick and it’s a magical tale about an orphan boy trying to uncover a secret left to him by his …
He’s in the Future
I tend to be a worrier and as a result, I’m a planner because I want to control the outcome. If truth be known, I want to control the future, to know what’s coming and to plan for it. To be ready. Prepared. Not caught unawares. There’s no big sin in it save this: Sometimes it’s easier to trust in myself than God.
That’s the ugly truth and it’s embarrassing to admit I struggle with it, but there you go. My future seems so real and often I feel as if I Know Best which just proves one thing: I don’t.
Educated into Intimacy
You’re being educated.
Educated in intimacy-the hardest, the most glorious thing. Think about this: the savior of the world, the maker of stars, the Son of the morning, the Dayspring from on high, the Rose of Sharon, and King of Kings-He wants intimacy and oneness with you. And with me. Impossibly possible and wonderful.
We Are Not the Same But We Are All One
I love this online writing world but even more, I love connecting with other writers and finding out their passion, the thing compelling their words. I got to meet a whole bunch of them this weekend at Allume, a conference for Christian women bloggers and writers.
Four hundred and fifty of us gathered in beautiful Greenville SC for 3 nights and 2 full days of learning, connecting, worshipping and building community. I finally had the chance to put faces to online avatars and interact with ones who’d already touched my heart with their words.