patience
My teen asked sarcastically if ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ was a four letter word. (I should add it was in response to an economics lesson & we were discussing market crashes.) Without skipping a beat, it rolled off my tongue that ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ was an eight letter word & God is teaching me that itโs needful to count to eight.โฃ โฃ โฃ
๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต, ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ & ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ, ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ. โฃ โฃ โฃ
if I ever go down
If I แดแด แดส ษขแด แด แดแดกษด...may I have praise hands in the air, a song beating in my heart, and gratitude leaving my lips. โฃ โฃ โฃ Thankfulness ษชs แดสแด สแดแดsแด I แดแดแดสแด offer. โฃ โฃ God has given ๐๐๐๐๐ in my valleys, built ๐๐๐๐๐ in my storms, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ in my bow.โฃ โฃ โฃ โฃ
reconnect
I can be sort of a planner nerd. I like my days organized with stickers and glitter and pretty pens. It started during a season of my husband working rotating shifts(LEO), myself on weekend night shifts, and a new baby. Coordinating our work hours was a necessity for functioning.
restore
I grew up with immense admiration for my great grandmother. Suzie was poised energy, accomplished and adored. When someone commented that they had never seen Suzie cry (even though I had secretly witnessed her shedding tears behind a partially closed door), I mimicked her battle plan as my battle cry. I pushed down hidden fears and tears for three decades.
reimagine
By four years old, I knew in my heart that I wanted 3 things: I wanted to be a nurse, a mother, and a wife. I wanted them pretty much in that order-I was four years old, wisdom or experience clearly wasnโt available yet. At nine years old, my babysitter gave me my first journal-just a simple, small, dime store journal that I could hide my hopes and dreams, fears and horrors-safely held under lock and key. As space ran outโฆ
friends that love
Itโs been a heavy week. It couldnโt be polished pretty or wrapped in a bow. This week, I needed to kneel.
radiant
โฃ In our day to day lives, there are moments that are fleeting and there are some moments that, even though seemingly small, make a huge impact. Words are such a thing. They have a weight and depth so deep they can barely be held...and yet they hold us, nurture us, breathe emotion to us. โฃ โฃ
the breath of Thursday
๐ป๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐?? ๐โ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐-๐กโ๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐โ๐ก๐๐.
My grandfather convinced me I could accomplish more than I could imagine on a scorching Georgia July ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐. It was our last conversation. I came home to North Carolina and he passed two months later before the leaves even fell. โ โ
๐ฟ๐๐๐ โ๐๐ ๐ ๐ค๐๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก-that ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ had been where I learned what it looked like forโฆ
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