start your day with grace.

“I wish that my words were written down, that they were recorded on a scroll or inscribed in stone forever by an iron stylus and lead! But I know my living Redeemer, and He will stand on the dust at last. Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet I will see God in my flesh. I will see Him myself; my eyes will look at Him, and not as a stranger. My heart longs within me.”

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  • Book Review: Introverted Mom

    Author: Jamie C. Martin My rating: 5 stars By the end of the first chapter, I was in tears. While I have been aware of my introversion for my entire adult life, never before have I had it so well… Continue reading

  • The Poor in Spirit Are Blessed

    The poor in spirit are blessed, For the kingdom of heaven is theirs. Matthew 5:3 I hope this post finds the ones who need it.  I have found it difficult lately to put words to how I am feeling. My… Continue reading

  • Her-Frame

    I saw the Spirit walking in her framewhen I was but a “skin-flask in smoke.”The walls yet boards and cut-outsof the still-frame life still “yet-to-be.”She, actively, balancing on scaffolding,the vision of my “future-self,”beautiful on-high. And I, sad,a draft-on-paper-bones looking longinglyto… Continue reading

  • Prayer no. 1

    How joyful is the one Whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered! How joyful is the man The LORD does not charge with sin And in whose spirit is no deceit! … For day and night Your hand was… Continue reading

  • At the Name of Jesus

    What is the danger of a president who publicly silences the claim of a citizen that “Jesus is Lord”? For starters — and this may be too obvious to be worth mentioning — the entire impetus for freedom of speech… Continue reading

  • A Word Fitly Spoken

    A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver. Proverbs 25:11 Part of my vision for my blog is for it to be something people can read at the onset of their day, perhaps with… Continue reading

  • Little Cracks

    If you do what is right, won’t you be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it. Gen. 4:7 I have… Continue reading

  • Corners

    I hide around the cornersto counteract the sound,that final missing clickthat signals I am naught.Corners that will not catchme in the throatlike coming to the grave middle piece Empty-handed. They’re all but made of peace,being already solved, sit cornered.I hide… Continue reading

  • The Paradox of Choice

    My daughter, Rory, is what I like to call a “Both/And” kind of girl. When given the option between two good things, her answer is always both. The kind of girl who wears an Elsa dress under a kitty cat… Continue reading

  • Umber-Ella

    When the cold front caught us unawares,we were wearing t-shirts,outsmarting puddles in the Supergarciaparking lot, gigglingbecause we got out without the kidsfor once, and in a hurry dartedinto town for burgers. Wishthey had something to wearover regular clothes to keep… Continue reading