I’m sure you all have heard something similar to the phrase “Life is a journey, not a destination.” We like it, we like how it sounds, we like how it makes a poignant meme, we like to console with it…I…
Author: The Broken Mandolin
Ok I’m just going to say it. I admitted it to myself. I admitted it to my husband. I admitted it to my co-workers. And I am having a harder and harder time not admitting it to those who rely…
As commonly happens, I was reading my Bible during a sermon at church….not the listed verses, the ones around it. I’d had a good conversation that morning, there is so much hurt. So much unknown. So much unrest. So much…
Some days, I much prefer to simply step out of my self, to stop being an influencer, to be small and quiet. How far have you gone before to be ‘quiet’? I have been known to drive a couple of…
Read by my husband and I the other night. Sometimes Psalms wears me out….and sometimes King David knows where. I. am. at. “Lord, without you, what hope do I have? I put full confidence in you.” “Please save me from…
There is little else to say but I am finding myself more and more exhausted at the end of my work week. There’s a lot of times I can ‘pull on my big girl panties’ and keep on keeping on….
I read a paragraph today and I read it again…and I felt one of those chinks in my armor click into place. Do you know what I mean? Think of the medieval mail armor, which was made of up metal…
I’ve seen a lot of Memes and posts during these times of unrest and uncertainty that quote in whole or in part the Bible verse 1 Chronicles 7:14 “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves,…
Follow the nudges the Spirit gives you. At least twice in the last 24 hours God has turned me from saying/texting/posting/writing something and pointed me to silence or to say something else. When you ask for guidance daily in your…
A friend invited me to attend a concert by Casting Crowns. It meant leaving work early, expenses I didn’t know if I had, stepping out of my rut, my sweet (and willing) husband getting the kids, feeding them and getting…