Christ
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What you Love
I think I was taught that my loves were silly compared to Christ, or a spouse, or children I may have, or saving the world, or working my job. My loves may seem small but they make up who I am and get me through the day. Without Steve Irwin, small creatures, Phil Collins, violins, Continue reading
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Universal Christ
Do You meet me in those notes of music that calm my soul? In the sounds of birds singing in the morning? Is Your love and grace expressed through humanity? Through connections with others and laughter and tears? I’ve sought You in the rescue, in the big, and miraculous. I’ve been told You are found Continue reading
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Partner not Rescuer
Lord, am I looking for a man like You? Or am I looking for a normal man who loves You? I think waiting for a man like Christ has been so ingrained in women… waiting for a Boaz, that it has damaged what I look for in a spouse or boyfriend. Because Christ “rescues me” Continue reading
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No one Way
Does pursuing God only look one way? Church attending bowed heads pouring out yourself memorizing scripture? Or Can it look like other paths? Time alone standing up for others questioning listening writing being Can it look like understanding sexuality? Letting go of guilt? Who is to say that the path you are on different from Continue reading
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Start with Love
Start at the beginning my friends You’ve worn the chain of works rules duties around your neck all your life that is not Christ that is man who laid that on you Let go of what you’ve learned of striving serving without being filled release the laws of musts shoulds the Savior does not offer 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 