Joy Desires To Be Voiced

Have you ever felt so elated, so excited over a bit of good news that you couldnโ€™t wait to tell someone? Maybe you think that you will just share with your bestie and no one else, but then another friend comes along and you just canโ€™t stop yourself from sharing the good news! And so … Continue reading Joy Desires To Be Voiced

I Wonder Whatโ€™s Been Stored

โ€All who heard the shepherdsโ€™ story were astonished, but Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often.โ€œโ€ญโ€ญLukeโ€ฌ โ€ญ2โ€ฌ:โ€ญ18โ€ฌ-โ€ญ19โ€ฌ โ€ญNLTโ€ฌโ€ฌ I think because itโ€™s the Christmas season and so many of us are writing about Advent scriptures and themes, I have pondered longer this year on the idea of Mary storing … Continue reading I Wonder Whatโ€™s Been Stored

Wisdom Wednesday.06

Itโ€™s been a week! A quiet, healing week of reflection over the glorious whirlwind of travel, family, and non-stop memory making moments of the week previous. Last Wednesday, I wrote and posted from my parentsโ€™ home in the northeast portion of Georgia. Today, I write from our home in Southern California. Plane, shuttle, Uberโ€ฆ plenty … Continue reading Wisdom Wednesday.06

Turn My Eyes Upon Jesus

I read the email Friday morning from Kate Motaung and saw that โ€˜turnโ€™ is her word for us today. Itโ€™s the Five Minute Friday writing prompt for anyone who wants to write along. Come, join us! I read โ€˜turnโ€™, and then my heart began to sing the refrain of this old hymn. Realizing I donโ€™t … Continue reading Turn My Eyes Upon Jesus

Wisdom Wednesday.05

2 O come, O Wisdom from on high,who ordered all things mightily;to us the path of knowledge showand teach us in its ways to go. Refrain: Rejoice! Rejoice! Immanuelshall come to you, O Israel. O come, O wisdom from on highโ€ฆ The Christmas carol, O Come, O Come Immanuel, is one I have sung during … Continue reading Wisdom Wednesday.05

Wisdom Wednesday.04

Wisdom existed before me. When I was born in 1962, wisdom had long spoken, taught and proven herself faithful. Wisdom will outlive me as well. And as I continue to grasp some nuggets of this truth, I become more appreciative of the human capacity to learn. โ€œCome and learn.โ€ Thus, has been the Lordโ€™s precious … Continue reading Wisdom Wednesday.04

Wisdom Wednesday.03

Is there anyone who doesnโ€™t want to be wise? By daily, simple interactions with people in our western culture, I tend to believe that most of us want to be thought of as wise. Or at least, to be taken seriously, and perhaps to be thought of as right. God is wisdom, in that He … Continue reading Wisdom Wednesday.03