A funny thing happened the other day that reminded me how grateful I am a) to have people like J.Fo. in my life, and b) to have grace in my life. I was having a slightly frazzled conversation with a few folks as I signed my bill at dinner. Suddenly I realized “oh [...]
Posts Tagged ‘God’
A Reminder of Grace
Posted in Daily Notes, Thoughts in the Faith, tagged faith, God, grace, Jesus, love on November 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Folding Your Underwear.
Posted in Life As I Know It, Thoughts in the Faith, tagged God, life, faith, christian, laundry, analogy, free will, choice on October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m warning you now: this analogy might be too much for some of you to handle.
If you ever asked me, I would never say that I really dislike folding laundry. It seems painless, mindless, productive. Yet every time I fold laundry, I come to detest it. For one thing, it always takes way longer than [...]
Solitude vs. Loneliness
Posted in Daily Notes, tagged depression, God, life, loneliness, lonely, people, psychology, Relationships, solitude on July 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve written a similar post before, but I stumbled across this article yesterday, which I think does a better job of saying what I was trying to get at.
Recently I have discovered something important about myself: my definition of loneliness. For me, being lonely is being alone when I don’t want to be. It’s wanting [...]
Giving your life to Jesus
Posted in Thoughts in the Faith, tagged christ, Christianity, faith, God, hope, Jesus, life, love, testimony on April 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I hear that phrase a lot: “I’ve given my life to Jesus.” It can be found especially frequently in the stories of those who have risen out of dire circumstances, and become admirable citizens of life. They have flipped their lives around, committing to goodness and hope. I love hearing these stories and drawing inspiration [...]
Have you ever ignored God’s call?
Posted in Thoughts in the Faith, tagged christ, Christianity, faith, God, god's call, homelessness, service on April 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
On Sunday, our pastor mentioned a time in a coffee shop when some disgruntled customer walked out, and he felt called by God to follow and have a conversation with this man. He said he didn’t want to, was relieved when the man wasn’t outside, but then walked a bit down the street. Running into [...]
Loving and hurting.
Posted in Life As I Know It, Thoughts in the Faith, tagged God, love, Relationships, unconditional on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I read this great post by Stephanie about unconditional love. It never ceases to amaze me how many people are out there just like me. The views in this post are identical to my own. It is interesting too that I read this post just after having a conversation with my boyfriend/best friend about loving [...]
Still Transitioning
Posted in Life As I Know It, tagged Family, God, life, MM's Friends, parents, self on November 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So I am facing the sad reality that although I thought it was past, I am still in fact transitioning into my new life. I have come to realize that different steps of this transition will come in waves, just like the rest of life. Just as one part feels settled, another will [...]
Truth and Hope
Posted in Life As I Know It, tagged God, hope, mccain, obama, politics, president, truth on November 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My Truth:
The reason I have felt so indecisive about who to vote for in this election is because I honestly believe that no matter who gets into the office, things will get better. No matter who we have for president, he will make mistakes. No matter who we have, he will upset people. No matter [...]
