You may have noticed I have been going through a rough patch. I have been doubting myself and my ability to share anything here that would matter. I've been challenged with a bout of anxiety, depression, and SAD. Yet, there is still a battle going on inside that fights to be heard, to quiet the …
Month: March 2014
Being a Firework
Photo Courtesy of PDPhoto.org I was thinking I needed to get back to writing my blog, with more emphasis on something good or helpful. Taking one of my ideas and running with it. That's when I realized, like the song, I am a firework. I have times when I am excited and I have these …
Beauty For Ashes
Isaiah 61:3 The Voice (VOICE) 3 As for those who grieve over Zion, God has sent me to give them a beautiful crown in exchange for ashes, To anoint them with gladness instead of sorrow, to wrap them in victory, joy, and praise instead of depression and sadness. (The Amplified Bible reads: “instead of a heavy, burdened, and failing spirit…”) People will …
Remembering
Looking out on the gray and crying sky, Hearing the wind raging, “Why God, why?” The trees’ hearts are breaking, in pieces they lie. Has the whole earth forgotten the source of its joy? When will it remember the birds in their flight, As they soar on the breeze in the warm sunlight, Or the …
The Far Reaches of Grace 