Practicing Resurrection Day 18

Wise Words from Anne Morrow Lindbergh, "Women need solitude in order to find again the true essence of themselves: that firm strand which will be the indispensable center of a whole web of human relationships. She must find that inner stillness which Charles Morgan describes as 'the stilling of the soul within the activities of …

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Lack (FMF Link Up)

Linking up with http://www.Fiveminutefriday.com.  The rules are: set a timer and free write for five minutes on word prompt, then share. Lack... I lack for nothing... the Lord is my shepherd, my father, my deliverer, my Jehovah Jireh, my provider and yet how many times do I fear that I will not have enough. That …

Leaning in

I have been prone to avoidance when it comes to pain. Well, more like ignoring, pretending it is not there, or giving enough space so I do not have to deal with it. When my parents got divorced, I was married and lived out of town, so I did not go home. Problem solved. Only …

Regret

If I am not careful regret can become a constant companion. Regret for things I have done wrong, or things I have said wrong, or in the wrong way. Regret for things I did not do, or did not say, though I knew I should have. This Lent had me in an unexpected tailspin. There …

Search (FMF Link up)

Linking up with http://www.Fiveminutefriday.com.  The rules are: set a timer and free write for five minutes on word prompt, then share. Search Search, I use that box often on my browser, only sometimes I forget to use the right one. I prefer to use the Google one because it seems to do a more thorough …

Become

Cindy White is a woman that I knew for too short of time, but who left many marks on me. I have written some of the lessons she taught me here https://inkblotlife.com/2018/10/15/more-than-this-moment/ and here https://inkblotlife.com/2018/10/25/god-buys-dirt/ Today's word prompt is become. It made me think of Cindy's Celebration of Life Service and the teens there with …

Sunday Quotes

Confident (FMF Link up)

I used to be confident of my own strength. I used to be confident in my own plans. Even my life verse I took on at a younger age, before I learned about studying a verse in context, was "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13 Only I was confident …

Name

There is power in a name. When I think of naming my brain goes first to Meg from A Wrinkle in Time Series by Madeleine L'Engle. In the second book Wind in the Door Meg, the main character, learns the power of naming people. She must save her loved ones from the Being that is …

Hope Again

Sometimes something gets misplaced and you really do not notice until you need it. As you reach for it, you realize it is gone, or what is left isn’t really user friendly. These past few weeks a word keeps popping up that I am realizing I have allowed to float off and not lean on …