So here we are at day two. Day 2 of "I'm not sick I'm just tired with an itchy throat, stuffy nose, and a slight cough." Day 2 of "Oh the soup? Yeah, girl I love soup. Eat it all the time." Day 2 of "No thanks, I can't have tea. I gave it up for Lent." Day 2 of Netflix binging and bed rest. And with ...
Fruitless Fig Tree
"Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, ‘Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why does it use up the ground?’" Luke 13:7 (NKJV)Yikes. I'm reeeallly feeling like that fig tree today. Why, when just a few days ago I was filled with so much ...
I hugged my dad on Sunday.Seemingly inconsequential event right? Not in this house.I'm not affectionate with the people I love the most. Even typing the phrase "people I love the most" makes me cringe a little. It's not something I like to explore but for what it's worth, I think it's hard for me to ...
Blessing, Testing 1-2-3.
My sister and I dubbed her "Kat Lady" because of the three whisker-like cuts sliced diagonally across both of her cheeks. Her name has since been shortened to "Kat" and in my mind, that is what I call her each time I see her. Kat has been occasionally ringing us up at our local Wal-Mart since I was ...
I tried to hate myself once…
I've tried to hate myself on a few occasions. But last night I remembered that I am not my own. I am God's property, His creation. And I cannot hate or harm that which does not belong to me. I cannot hate nor harm that which belongs to my Lord whom I love so much. To love Him is to love myself ...