Assume

Today I am participating in the Five Minute Friday with Kate Motaung and her crew of brilliant writers. The word this Friday is {assume}. Setting my timer for 5 minutesโ€ฆ and go! ***** Photo credit: Lisa Brittain ASSUME. One of my favorite accounting professors taught a class on auditing. His opening line for the semester … Continue reading Assume

Adore

write28days #adore #eyesonjesusandshine #writingchallenge #writeyourstory Before you get turned off thinking I am portraying my thought life as super spiritual, please pauseโ€ฆ take a deep breath. There are only a few reasons my thoughts are consistently flowing upward to Jesus in this current writing season. And I emphasize season! I read, ponder and write first … Continue reading Adore

Changes

A straight line on an EKG means you have no heartbeat. Itโ€™s called a flatline. Without a heartbeat we cannot live. A flatline means death. This visual aid encourages my simple pondering thoughts as I look at the one-word {changes}. Itโ€™s true. Itโ€™s science. A healthy heartbeat on an EKG looks like a lot of … Continue reading Changes

Tiny

Pondering the one-word tiny today and it takes me less than a second for a connecting thought. Her name is Rebecca, and sheโ€™s two weeks old today. We received a picture yesterday from our daughter-in-love that caused me to oooh and aaah and whisper with fascination, โ€œSheโ€™s so tiny!โ€ Photo by Team Brittain To describe … Continue reading Tiny

The Forty-Sixth Day of 2023

I just had to share this beautiful post because itโ€™s written beautifully with grace and wisdom. Iโ€™m stirred to pray and my intent is to stir others to be aware. Awaken to the amazing beauty of God even in the midst of so much darkness and evil. Thank you for reading, praying and sharing! Eyes … Continue reading The Forty-Sixth Day of 2023

Beautiful

Can a dry and weary land be called beautiful? Beautiful is the one-word in which Iโ€™m pondering this day. Photo by Lisa Brittain The Living Zoo - giraffe Palm Desert, CA The answer to this question, Iโ€™m learning, is perspective. If youโ€™re reading you probably already know this. I do too, but I forget sometimes … Continue reading Beautiful

Skulk

1: to move in a stealthy or furtive manner 2: to hide or conceal something (such as oneself) often out of cowardice or fear or with sinister intent Definition from Merriam-Webster: As I expected, a quick search for Bible references containing the word {skulk} turned up no results. Is there a Greek, Hebrew or Aramaic … Continue reading Skulk