Joyful Ruins

Discovering joy in the hard places

Ordinary Divine

Ordinary days

unextraordinary work

I sit

I live

I breathe

I wait

the pull of shame is strong

a culture tells me

that standing still

will waste my life

but You

Jesus

You were hidden for 30 years

You called Shepherds

Prisoners

ordinary men and women

to sit

wait

hide

and without them knowing

what was happening

You formed them in the silence

You prepared them for Your glory

You treasured them in their hiddeness

these years were not wasted

they were intentional

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Jessica P. Mills

I see the world through stories and insights. I have always been a sensitive soul, especially towards nature, people, art, and faith. I spend a lot of time reflecting and finding treasures wherever I can. The two values I live by are beauty and celebration. I hope my blog communicates those two things, seeing beauty where beauty is not often seen and celebrating every aspect of life, the hard and the easy.

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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.

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