January 2022
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Fire Ramblings
Anyone else read verses like Isaiah 43:2 [When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned up] and laugh or cry (because you feel like the fire is burning you up)? I don’t think I ever read that verse and really believed it. In the midst of suffering I read that verse and Continue reading
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Master Weaver
The beautiful tapestry You weave means every hurt was not wasted for me or for them Your hands are magic as they bring good for all Your children even when they hurt one another You do not desire such means but they happen none the less And You see them before they did knowing the Continue reading
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Joyful Ruins
I remember a few years ago at church the pastor preached on joy. At one point he had us turn to one another and share about someone we knew who was truly joyful. My friend kindly turned to me and told me I was that person for her. I honestly felt some pride at hearing Continue reading
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Laid Before You
“Do not trouble your hearts overmuch with thought of the road tonight. Maybe the paths that you each shall tread are already laid before your feet, though you do not see them.” – Tolkien This sounds awfully like the Bible, does it not? Do not worry about tomorrow because tomorrow will worry about itself. Matthew Continue reading
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Change of the Heart
Testimony to the work of the Lord. Two times very clearly, God has changed my heart about something over night.I don’t think this was by accident either. In both circumstances, I had a very tough decision to make and I had been asking for God’s wisdom and will over it for days, maybe weeks. I Continue reading
About Me
An obsessive journaler who loves meeting others along their journey and giving them a hand to hold through pieces of writing. I write about the heartbreaks of life and the joys, the ups and downs, and I often learn my greatest lessons and miracles from nature.
Joyful Ruins 