to {abide}
abiding is clinging with a death-grip to grace
staying buried in truth when lies are attacking
choosing love,
again and again and again.
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There were eighteen of them in all. Eighteen chocolate cakes. My husband is smiling… The three finalists were *this close* but after several “tests” he finally declared a winner. I was excited because it was the easiest cake of any that I made. I am including all the recipes because each of these were chosen…
Kids ask him the question quite often. Their little foreheads wrinkle up and their eyes narrow and they say, “Why haven’t you washed your hands?” He gives them all the same answer, his eyes twinkling a bit, “I did wash them but look,” he scrubs them hard together and then holds the blacken palms out…
I remember that Christmas like it was yesterday. The way my heart was lighter because of all the surrendering. The way the house sparkled with Christmas lights for the first time in years. After all the years of sorrow during the holidays, it was the first Christmas of joy. Infertility has this way of zapping…
This week has been full of good things. The weather has been warm and the corn is piled high in the silo. Four beautiful years have been given to my Husband and I. And hope for the future still warms us. ————————————- because God really knows how to meet needs – from Ann Voskamp on…
I suppose that roses are more beautiful, lilacs smell sweeter, lily of the valley are more regal with their delicate little bells. Still, I would choose dandelions. In the heat, in the cold, in the sunshine, in the shade, in good soil or bad- they flourish. They can be mowed over, dug up, cut down and they…
Some mornings I wake up with my mind racing. Thoughts of what needs to be done, what should be done, what could be done… they all tighten my stomach into knots. God, how do I do this? How I live a life that is wholly focused on you when so many things are vying for…
Beautiful!
oh, I like that ‘death grip to grace’ — we need it so!
thanks for linking up.
So good girl! God is the same yesterday, today, and forever… and we get to abide in Him! Whoa!!! 🙂 ~ Blessings sister, Amy
Perfection.
Love. This.
Love this!