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Chasing the Mountains
I’m chasing the mountain top views But along the way I want to remember To look for your gifts Less visible than mountains But no less grand The trail contains So many of your treasures The insects jumping from the path The birds resting in the trees A cool breeze to refresh A moment to Continue reading
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Love Mingled with Grief
“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.” – Tolkien In my last post, I wrote about the reality of grief and how it Continue reading
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Altogether Unexpected
“This is a story of how a Baggins had an adventure, and found himself doing and saying things altogether unexpected.” – Tolkien Oh the comfortable life we cling to! As humans, just like hobbits, many of us cling to the routines of life. Even when we are called adventurous, we may come to realize, in Continue reading
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Weak Faith
Have you believed yourself to have the gift of faith? Have you, then, come to a season where that faith has faltered, maybe even seemingly failed? I have. I will say that I do not understand faith to the fullest extent and so when I say my faith has failed, I know it truly hasn’t. Continue reading
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Reflections on the Pit
Psalm 40: 1-3 I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry.2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire;he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.3 He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God.Many will see and fear the Lord and put 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 