Abide

Journal

Here is where I see God in the ordinary, the mundane, the everyday.
These are the things I am noticing today.

  • Protected: Weekly Wrap-up: Week 9

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  • When Grace is in the Room

    Old habits die hardwhen they are tied to your worth.Always striving to belong,to prove you deservea seat at the table. What would it look like to relax,to recognize the value in yourselfthat is so…

  • Clouds

    Clouds

    I found myself today on a plane after 15 years on the ground. Sitting in front of me was a little girl and her mom. As the plane climbed, the little girl looked out…

  • Ordinary

    Ordinary

    When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.— Acts 4:13 I find this…

  • Traffic

    Traffic

    We got stuck in traffic on the way to church this morning. There was a multicar accident that shut down three out of four lanes of the interstate for several miles. This was not…

  • Protected: Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 8

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  • 4:52 pm

    4:52 pm

    The day started like any other Thursday: an early morning run before the sun woke up. But today was different. 11 years ago, on a Thursday no less, a baby was born into the…

  • Shadows

    Shadows

    Shadows. Vapor. Dust.A blowing in the wind.Our busy comes to nothing,yet still we toil again. A shadow is but temporary,dependent on the light.It has no substance in itself,no power, form, or might. Yet shadows…

  • The Blowout

    The Blowout

    It was 5:00 p.m. and I was cooking dinner when my husband called. His tire had blown out on the highway. He was safe, pulled into a parking lot, but he’d be late and…