Note to Younger Self
Haha! That just goes to show that pictures can mean whatever we want them to 25 years after the fact. The truth is that I was an insecure 17-year-old who thought that I wasn’t cool enough, thin enough or smart enough. I wish I could go meet that girl and tell her that she was really all three.
Susan is a really dear friend. She is also ridiculously impressive.
A Call to Rest, Part 2
Eternity in Our Hearts…
A Call to Rest, Part 1
Glorifying and enjoying Me {Jesus} is a higher priority than maintaining a tidy, structured life. Give up your striving to keep everything under control–an impossible task and a waste of precious energy.
The Unfixable Life
In a recent e-mail from a friend, she told me that’s she praying for me in the midst of my unfixable life. I haven’t been able to get that term out of my head.
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. {James 1:2-3}
Flower Power: Embellished Lampshade
Creativity clears the mind. So in an effort to clear my own, I indulged in a bit of fabric flower deliciousness on Saturday.
Life on the ‘Line…
…being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. {Philippians 1:6}
Boys and Poo, the 8th Wonder of the World
The boys and I field-tripped to a goat farm today with some friends of ours. We could also refer to the event as Adventures in Poo. The sheer variety of excrement thrilled a posse of little boys to no end.