Broken, Blessed, and Made New

Today is one of those perfect weather days. If I could choose to live in a world like today every day, I would in a heart beat. The sun is out. It’s a fall sweater and jeans kind of day. I’m off work and sitting outside with my coffee (and my puppy) while my husband plays golf. My sister is coming to hang out with me in a few hours before we all go out. October is just around the corner. This girl’s heart is happy.  I can’t help as I sit outside to think about the story of Mary and Martha in the Bible. This world anymore is so go, go, go. And I feel like our life this summer was so reflective of that. Barely a minute to sit down, always have something going on, or always feeling like I’m catching things up that are behind. It’s nice to feel some calm settle into our lives.  If you haven’t read the Bible passage of Mary and Martha, you really should. {John 12:2, Luke 10:38-42} Jesus and peeps come into the house. While He is there, Mary is sitting at His feet and liste...

It has been a long time since I’ve been on here.  I’m writing this one for a few of the people I love most on this earth and mostly to tell you what God is doing in my heart.  I write this one with tear-filled eyes and a heavy heart. I write this one with anger but also fierce, fierce love.  Some people I care deeply for are hurting. And not hurting like ‘I had a bad day at work’ but rather experiencing deep sorrow and pain. Oh my goodness, if I could take it all away for them, I would. But I do know there is a plan, a bigger plan than I can even comprehend right now. God knows, I don’t, and I have to be still and rest only in that. He is making something beautiful out of these ashes. He is creating a masterpiece out of His saints. He is chipping away at the bad to make us look more like Him, if we let Him. This process is so painful. But I’m clinging so tightly to His promises, because He has proven faithful. If I’m being totally transparent, I’ve really bee...