noticing and responding to God in our everyday life
Let me be small. For a moment. A moment wrapped in my grandmas cozy quilt. The daylight dawning. I curl up, as close to the chair as I can manage. I snuggle in, wanting to feel small, protected, secure. I need to start here. Each day. With something bigger than me. Stronger than me. A […]
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“But you O Lord are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger abounding in love and faithfulness. Grant your strength to your servant.” Psalm 86:15, 16b I had some moments today that could be described as “removed, ungracious, quick to be frustrated, restrictive in love and faithfulness.” And when the rest of the house […]
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I’m walking along a new path. White butterflies flit by. An acorn stops me to say hello. And the thought comes to mind “This is where I live.” Maybe I should write it as “this is where i LIVE”. It is in this space- the one of a thousand details, that my soul sings. It […]
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“His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness.” I Peter 1:3 It’s 2:30am. Blurry eyed, I have just watched my husband load his gear into our friend’s car. They pull away into the night. Off to the airport, soon to catch a flight to Honduras. This verse comes to mind. […]
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“They will celebrate your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of your righteousness!” Psalm 145:7 His goodness is abundant. Overflowing. Plentiful. Generous. His goodness is not in limited supply. I won’t find an asterisk, as I would in my sales bill, that says, “hurry, quantities limited”. We don’t have to rush, nor strive, nor fight to get […]
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Hi. I’m Melanie. Thought since it has been a while, I should introduce myself. I wrote the following about a month ago, but has taken me that long to post it. Such is life right now. We’ve lived in our new house for a month. When I hang pictures on the wall it feels like […]
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We both laid on the soft carpet of the bare room. Staring at the red walls. The dark red walls. We got as far as putting the blue tape on the trim. Our daylight hours were waning, so was our energy. We were a few days from moving into our new house. So much excitement. […]
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We’ve been on vacation this week. Away from snow. Away from heavy jackets. Embracing sunshine and the ocean’s invitation. New life awakening after the dormancy of winter. Seasons of our souls, longing to be shaken from slumber. These trees stretching out to the heavens. Beaten over and over by the South Carolina waves. Yet still […]
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Rafflecopter drew a name for my first ever giveaway….on Sunday. Problem is I forgot to let you all know that! The winner of the beautiful scarf is: Kathy Harris!! Thank you Kathy for entering. I will contact you regarding getting the scarf to you. We had a snow day (again) yesterday. We close on our […]
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“You set all the boundaries of the earth. You made both summer and winter.” Psalm 74:17 It keeps falling. Each day a few more flakes. “It’s March!”, I call out. It keeps falling. He whispers. He reminds. “I’ve got it covered.” (I think he means more than just covering the ground with snow.) His word […]
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I love winter. I love the beauty of snow falling and drinking hot chocolate. That is until March 1st comes. Then my love of seasons changing overtakes. I’m ready for peaks of spring, grass turning green and windy days. When March 18th comes and my son has a snow day, well I really start getting […]
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“I hope there will be another tunnel!” The six year old’s enthusiasm and delight in going right through the mountains was contagious. But armed with knowledge and experience in the front seat, we knew the third one was the last one on the Pennsylvania turnpike. “Nope, that was the last one- they were fun weren’t […]
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And this button if you would like to read last years:
