Wherever you go. However you get there. There you will be. You bring all of you wherever you go. We cannot “escape” ourselves. We take all our insecurities, fears, hopes, dreams, everything, all of us, with us wherever we go. Which sounds so straight forward but I think sometimes people think they can leave part …
Tag: life
Traveling Observations.
Traveling is exciting and adventurous. It can also be stressful and tense. Traveling takes time and gets us off/out of our schedules, long hours on planes, and in vehicles in transit, delays, out of your normal routines, lack of sleep, irregular food intake, unfamiliar places, confusion and uncertainty can all contribute to high emotions. This …
The World Isn’t as It Should Be
“The world isn’t as it should be.” I’ve read that sentence in two Advent devotionals this year. I understand that the world is not as God originally created it, the perfect garden. I thought about saying the world is not as God intended but then I was thinking He had to know that man was …
Do you ever have…
Do you ever have those days or those weeks or those months where you just can’t seem to get ahead, or it feels like nothing you do is right, or life just feels overwhelming. Maybe you had a trip or a work thing that threw off your “normal” rhythm and then it seems you just …
Teenagers.
Last weekend, I had the privilege of getting to stay with my teenage niece and nephew while my sister and her husband were out of town. It was a delight to spend a few days with them and observe a small part of their lives. My observations and our conversations caused me to reflect on …
Memento Mori
Last month, my husband’s mom died. She had been sick for a while, but it still felt sudden and unexpected. Her death had a way of making me think about life, about time, about relationships. Then last Thursday night we were told that three runners on the Milligan University cross-country team had been hit by …
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