In the midst, always…always, pause to give thanks. To offer words of gratitude, of deep appreciation for the good. The small things, the big events, the mundane and ordinary, the extraordinary. Cultivate an atmosphere of recognition for these gifts. So today, in the midst, I give thanks for :: the dandelion days of summer, moving...
Maturity. As time moves on, as years fly by, we all want to grow up — to consider ourselves having jumped hurdles towards ever-increasing readiness in life. No one aspires to be accused of still ‘acting like teenager’. But then we do. Act at times as if life has taught us nothing, as if experiences...
We pause for a moment… In all reality this break from the daily of life is short. Our spirits could cry out for more, believing what we have simply doesn’t suffice. It’s not enough. More time, please? But a little becomes much when God is in it. He is the master of taking small things,...
Winter slows life, makes still, enforcing pause. And we want to rush…to move, to bypass the waiting. This weekend brought an unexpected stillness to the schedule, an unwelcomed guest at first. Oral surgery bearing more intensity and procedures than anticipated led me to a quietness, in bed, with medication easing the pain. Stillness. Pause. And...
This practice of gathering grace… of pausing to notice, and to keep record, has changed me. What else did I believe gratitude would do? When the decision to focus is made, the heart responds. But this is not a journal of praise to some unknown person, sent out into oblivion, never to be received by...
pausing today to give thanks…. for a toddler’s smile and sloppy kisses our son’s pursuit of reading and writing skills (very intent this child) our third girl’s desire to create (so like her Mama she is!) for a twelve-year old’s efforts in study watching the growth in our young adult daughter being graced with her...
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