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Embrace these days secure in His embrace
How do I learn to abide (my word for this year)? What does abide look like? These questions have been swirling for many weeks. I don’t have all the answers yet but am trusting that they will emerge as I continue to pursue this word with God. One element of abide that has been pricking at my conscious recently is abiding in my daily life. I find it so easy to skim through my days with my mind in the past and the future and the what ifs. Am I really living in my days? Am I dwelling in these fleeting moments with my daughter, my friends, my family? My…
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Be careful what you write/pray about! More letting go.
I had somehow developed this idea that following all the growth this year, the roles I had taken on and the writing series I had completed that I was now in for a year of consolidating. I had grown reasonably comfortable and was quite ok with that. Silly me!! For quite a while I had been sensing God nudging me to take Netflix off my tablet to help cut down the time suck that it has often been in my days. I kept thinking that I would just control the time and that would be fine. Finally this week, I obeyed. I took the app off of my tablet. I…
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Change
Change. This word is a cornerstone in my work and a large part of my personal life too. I work for an amazing school called Alta-1 College, specifically in the online schooling program for students with mental health issues or other challenges that make attending a campus too difficult. The key criteria we look for when enrolling a student? The willingness to change and engage in the change process. It can’t be the parents or guardians wanting the change either. It has to be the student themselves for it to work. One truth that becomes apparent quickly is that beginning to change is not all that difficult but persisting with…
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Patience
Patience would have to be one of the toughest parts of parenting for me right now. I hate that I snap at my daughter at times. I hate that I can go straight from spending time with God to spitting out words through clenched teeth. I could justify this with sleep deprivation or hormones. That won’t change anything though. The speed at which I can go from patience to snapping frustration does have a positive side. For one, it makes me more understanding of my daughter. If I can’t keep myself under control, how on earth will a four year old?! That doesn’t mean that I allow her to get…
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Someday I will…..
As you can see from the most definitely blank pages in that photo, goal setting has been incredibly challenging for me of late. My life is at so different a place now than I ever would have thought of six years ago that I can’t seem to create goals past the really short term. It is a good different for the most part, however still different. I have been on a journey of learning to trust God for my future as He brings unexpected opportunities that change my course and this has resulted in a reluctance to form any long term goals. Have I been restricting my dreams in a…
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Someday I will…..
As you can see from the most definitely blank pages in that photo, goal setting has been incredibly challenging for me of late. My life is at so different a place now than I ever would have thought of six years ago that I can’t seem to create goals past the really short term. It is a good different for the most part, however still different. I have been on a journey of learning to trust God for my future as He brings unexpected opportunities that change my course and this has resulted in a reluctance to form any long term goals. Have I been restricting my dreams in a…
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Comfort
As I curl up in my cozy warm bed while a storm blows outside, I’m overwhelmed at the thought of the homeless in my city, the displaced in Nepal, the refugees around the world escaping war and disease, the incredibly poor. My mind cannot fathom why I have this comfort and they don’t. There are so many people, children dying from starvation right at this moment. I’m full and my fridge is overflowing with leftovers. What is so special about me? I am reminded to be so grateful for what I consider basics. My comfort also becomes a trap, though. How easy is it to stay in my safe bubble…
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Comfort
As I curl up in my cozy warm bed while a storm blows outside, I’m overwhelmed at the thought of the homeless in my city, the displaced in Nepal, the refugees around the world escaping war and disease, the incredibly poor. My mind cannot fathom why I have this comfort and they don’t. There are so many people, children dying from starvation right at this moment. I’m full and my fridge is overflowing with leftovers. What is so special about me? I am reminded to be so grateful for what I consider basics. My comfort also becomes a trap, though. How easy is it to stay in my safe bubble…
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Begin…..
I read the prompt word for this week’s Tuesday at Ten and had an unexpected reaction. I felt these emotions that took me a little while to identify. Begin. A seemingly benign word. So why did I feel excitement and dread, anticipation and overwhelmed, and general angst at just the thought of writing on this? I needed some time to process this and what associations I have with this word. A beginning is full of potential, promise and opportunity. It is also full of the possibility of failure, tough times, hard work and defeat. The fear of the unknown comes into play. The tiredness I battle makes it seem easier just…
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Begin…..
I read the prompt word for this week’s Tuesday at Ten and had an unexpected reaction. I felt these emotions that took me a little while to identify. Begin. A seemingly benign word. So why did I feel excitement and dread, anticipation and overwhelmed, and general angst at just the thought of writing on this? I needed some time to process this and what associations I have with this word. A beginning is full of potential, promise and opportunity. It is also full of the possibility of failure, tough times, hard work and defeat. The fear of the unknown comes into play. The tiredness I battle makes it seem easier just…
Encouragement for women in leadership
