Faith Archives ~ Page 7 of 12 ~ The Grace Between

Part One: The First Goodbye

*In case I haven’t made it clear, this is primarily a recounting of events that took place in 2005-2006. This is not happening right now.* We have a death to-do list. I mean, who doesn’t, right? Husband’s initial interment request was that I fly his...

About Round Bushes, Psalm 82:3, and the Hunger Games.

Yesterday morning I was trimming the hedges. Now, I have never trimmed the hedges before and was intimidated at the prospect of wrestling into submission the bushes that were eating our house. Yes, it was that bad. So I was into it. It was a massacre of epic...

What I Know Now

Dear sixteen year old me, and twenty year old me, and twenty four year old me . . . and all the others in between, I’ve been wanting to write you . . . to break through the glossy shell of youth, of naiveté, of security. To tell you what I know now. I wanted to tell...

Sameness

  Sometimes …. like right now, for example …. I am overwhelmed by the sameness of my sin. The same battles. The same ungratefulness. The same ugly heart.   For instance.  I want to be pregnant.  I’m not. Reconfirmed today. I should be nine months...

William Lawrence Irvine

My precious grandfather died on Monday. So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home...

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