"Who knows what you have spoken in the darkness, alone, in the bitter watches of the night, when all your life seems to shrink?"~ Grima Wormtongue ~The Two Towers (film version) So many of us are right there with Grima's slithering words to Eowyn in The Lord of the Rings. We're lying up at night, … Continue reading Yesterday’s Grief :: Reflections From A Coffee Shop Conversation
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Remember His Faithfulness, Even in The Dark
"Believer, look back through all your experience, and think of the way whereby the Lord your God has led you in the wilderness, how He has borne with your ill manners. Think of how His grace has been sufficient for you, in all your troubles."~ CH Spurgeon Reading through Genesis in my devotions has sent … Continue reading Remember His Faithfulness, Even in The Dark
Photographs & Good-byes
"If it's time to go, remember what you're leaving. Remember the best." ~ Eleven ~ Doctor Who We stand in the airport, water in our eyes, hands raised in farewell, arms aching to hold them one last time. Staring through the glass windows, we watch their plane soar into the sky, wondering why miles have … Continue reading Photographs & Good-byes
Idolizing The Past aka Misplaced Nostalgia
"It is a dangerous thing to romanticise the past. To drag up old memories from the depths of our hearts and fashion them into something they're not. We built a mirage from a memory and knelt before it like a false god." ~ Beau Taplin "The joy of nostalgia is that you edit the past."~ … Continue reading Idolizing The Past aka Misplaced Nostalgia
The Christian INFJ | Part II
"I took it off. I did not want to carry it with me anymore." ~ Anonymous A year and a half ago, I wrote a post called The Christian INFJ | Part I. I always intended to come back and write a Part II but I really wanted to soak it in prayer and make … Continue reading The Christian INFJ | Part II
Growing Up, There Used To Be This Bridge…
"Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes but when you look back, everything is different." ~ CS Lewis ~ Growing up, there used to be this bridge. It was when things were different. You know, people just drift apart sometimes. Sometimes there's bad blood and sometimes there's just distance. Maybe it's the distance … Continue reading Growing Up, There Used To Be This Bridge…
December :: The Stubbornness of Hope ::
“These are the times that try men’s souls.” ~ The American Crisis by Thomas Paine aka T Paine, as my history teacher used to call him ~ T Paine wrote those words in December 1776, when things were topsy-turvy in our nation; it’s December 2020 and stuff’s still up in the air.These are the times … Continue reading December :: The Stubbornness of Hope ::
Pre-Autumn Reflections
"The pause between summer and autumn is nostalgia with a sharp edge. Let the memories come." ~ Victoria Erickson Hey there, lovely humans. It's been awhile...like three solid months of blogging silence. Mostly because I just haven't had anything to say which is a frustrating and freeing feeling. Frustrating because I've wanted to write and … Continue reading Pre-Autumn Reflections
A Rooftop Conversation
"This song reminds me of campfires and blankets and friends and starry nights and facing fears and facing truth and what’s to come." | Anonymous Quarantine has had me returning to old favourites and old memories. Moments of reflection, sometimes painful but mostly filled with contented Joy. The Most High has been teaching me that … Continue reading A Rooftop Conversation
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe | Book Review III
"Peter did not feel very brave; indeed, he felt he was going to be sick. But that made no difference to what he had to do." | CS Lewis As with The Magician's Nephew, so many things captured my attention in LWW but I'm going to focus on two main bits: First off: Hygge. I … Continue reading The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe | Book Review III
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