where my heart and His Story collide
Amazing grace! how sweet the sound; What do you do when your heart gets broken? Stomped upon. Crushed. Shredded like wheat with words that hissed and labels that felt all too real, or more like your worst possible fears. Ones you wish you could reject altogether, but instead keep wondering whether they are indeed accurate,… Continue reading Even a Wretch Like Me
What if I told you that it's okay to expect the unexpected? That it's even okay to get caught up in expecting the loftiest of hopes, the greatest of dreams, and an utterly endless supply of happy endings. And what if I were to add that it's not only okay, but what you were actually… Continue reading Expecting the Unexpected
Cheers and Yes. And yet, it feels like only yesterday I spotted him sauntering into a dance club wearing a ball cap of all things. Just last week, even, that I realized after two months together something was way overdue because we had a surprise blessing due by year's end. Only a couple weeks ago… Continue reading 27 Years, Already?
What in the ever loving world!? How? When? Why in the name of all that’s right and holy?!?Yeah, that's how I feel. Because I certainly don’t feel Fifty? Or, feel like being Fifty? So can I lie? Can I just pretend I’m the only person in the world who stops aging at 49? You know,… Continue reading Something About Fifty (That’s A Whole Half Century, You Know)
Will You, dear Lord, hold my heart while I walk this next little while? Hold my shaking hand in Yours as I find a voice to talk with You a little while? Will You hold me close each time I need to cry hard upon your shoulder? Hold me even tighter as I choke back… Continue reading Hold My Heart
So Now What? How do you keep going when you don't know where you're going? I've been lost plenty in my life, but never anywhere like this. And I'm too old for this, right? Too grown. Too found. Too old enough to know better. One would think. And how can this happen, anyway, when it… Continue reading A Trip to Nowhere
Speaking Hard Things Have you ever wanted to say something to someone you care about and can't? Been too scared and wimpy to speak truth in love? Thought you had no leg to stand on in the matter, anyway? Well that's me right now, anyway. And I'm considering typing it up and sharing it with… Continue reading Everything is Beautiful in its Time (a gentle reminder to a sister and also to myself)
The Menagerie The Menagerie Listen, I was managing this menagerie as well as could be expected. Or, at least like an inexpensive doggie daycare might. No one learning new things or even listening to anything, yet, fed, loved, played with and, most importantly, still alive. But now? Well, I'm gonna let you in on a… Continue reading Fur Friends and Frazzled Nerves
Note: This post was written last year. It's essentially my heart on matters of racial relations inside the church of America. I've been nervous to share, so sat on it. I hope where you disagree, it would be prayerfully or, at least, kindly. I don't tread into these waters lightly, preferring to keep from anything… Continue reading Race, The Church, and Listening in Love
Redeemed Ruth 