writing when inspired about the often overlooked
Here is where I spend lots of hours – 5 minutes from my house
written August 4, 2011 I think I write about silence and solitude so much, not because I am “good” at it, but because it does not come easily to me. My random mind has trouble settling down. I am learning more and more why it’s called a discipline! Dear God, Settling into my old purple…
Linking with Diedra Riggs and The Sunday Community Psalm 18:2 Â You , oh Lord are my rock. my fortress, my deliverer, my God, my strength in whom I will trust. The ground surrounding the rock changes . . . muddy, soft in rain . . . firm in sunshine . . . gives away in…
Lord, as our lives dip, turn, rise, flip, and roll Help us to remember . . . You have the controls of our lives. There is no problem with Your skill as an operator. Our response is to simply rest in this confidence as we move through the days . . . weeks . ….
 ( I wrote this last summer, June, 24, 2010) Today I see them . . .     the baby ducks. I look for them every year, It’s already June And I have been wondering where they are. Maybe it’s been too cold – Too. . . . . something? And I am surprised by how …
I created this card to send to my Grandchildren. If they lived next door like in the olden days when family’s grew up together, I’d take them for walks and we’d look at God’s big creative world together, but since we don’t, …….. Created for my Grandchildren on May 11, 2010 I have a friend who…
“Waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question.” Elizabeth Elliot This is a post from two years ago, but it certainly fits into the theme of the Eternal Winter More than that, it fits this time of my life where there is much uncertainty/unanswered questions I gaze…
 “A spiritual discipline is necessary in order to move slowly from an absurd (Latin word for ‘deaf’) to an obedient (‘listening’) life . . . from a life filled with noisy worries to a life in which there is some inner space where we can listen to our God and follow His guidance.” As…
written July 2008, 2 years ago: God, there is so much change and growth going on in my life. You are helping me understand myself better. Sometimes I get tired of the energy it takes to continue growing. And that is where I was yesterday as I sat by the Lake: Yesterday the grasses danced…
Lord, I’ve been sitting here at the lake. The assignment from my class is to     “practice solitude” . . .     to be quiet     in Your presence. I should just be honest and say I know I should do this assignment. But I’d really like to get going. I have a lot to…
written March, 2008 – after extensive travel, both business and pleasure….just gone a LOT Quiet! How I need the quiet. It’s been a week of constant people being in new places constant noise and more people (even at night, my hotel room is full of people) Days without time alone with You Leave me on…