Undaunted – adj. Not discouraged by difficulty, danger, or disappointment. Aside from having a definition with a built-in alliteration, undaunted is an excellent and inspiring word.It seems an infinitely noble concept to face hardship and not be discouraged. Ever.Nerves of steel comes to mind. And yet to me, seeking to live…
Rosette
1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. I leapt without looking last December. And landed in Haiti. Throughout the week I felt generally unsafe and mildly afraid. And day after day was…
He Will Be Our Peace
On a ledge above my kitchen sink, the words of Micah 5:5 are displayed in brilliant white lettering on a lovely dark wooden plaque. “He will be our peace.” This verse is a reminder for me that when my world is spinning, my heart is racing or the plans I…
The Treasured Grateful Jar
Several years ago as a grown woman with four children, I naturally began to think more often of my own mom and the sacrifices she made for me and my three siblings. I borrowed the idea of making a Grateful Jar for my mom filled with notes of thanks. It was…
Day 37 The Goodness of the Lord
This 100 day challenge of documenting the “Goodness of the Lord” has been good for my soul. Actively looking for goodness is quickening my gratitude response. And I’m glad about that. It is a bit shallow though “just” being grateful for the cat (though I do love my cat!),…
Unfolding Goodness
On a very early Monday morning over a year and a half ago, I lay wide awake. Turning to face my clock, I sighed. There were still two more hours before our alarm was set to go off. My mind was racing as I anticipated stepping into the day of…
The Sharing of My Story
I woke up this morning with a hangover. No, not “that” kind of hangover. It was a “still-thinking-too-much-of-myself” state carried over from last night. My selfishness, and more accurately my self-centeredness, manifests itself in the subtlest of forms. I was unusually vulnerable with a small group of friends yesterday. These…
Wait Here, Wait There (….wait, wait everywhere!)
Our dog Greta barely passed her Doggie Obedience class. She failed miserably the sit, stay, and heel part of class. But she was the all-star, the top dog in her class in one category….. it was when the command “COME” was given. During this part of the class she was…
Pondering Pits
A “pit” plain and simply sounds like a nasty place. Descriptive words for a pit that come to my mind are: smelly (think arm-pit!), isolated (bottom-of-the-pit), disastrous (as in, my little brothers bedroom-pit), dark, lonely, hopeless, forgotten, cheerless, void- of-laughter kind of place. Joseph’s brothers tossed him into a pit,…
-John Piper
“For there is no greater joy than joy in the greatness of God. And if we must suffer to see this and savor it most deeply, then suffering is a mercy.” John Piper – Don’t Waste Your Life