The last few days I've had the phrase, "help me feel compassion for you" running through my head. Today, Good Friday, is a great day to dig deeply through the crap that sometimes fills my soul and examine that. The selfish, self-righteous, if only you'd listen to me the world would be perfect, I'm way … Continue reading Examining
Category: prayer
So, we’ve been told
Beauty is only skin deep. So we've been told. So we're told. Yes, that's an intentional rephrase. While at lunch I perused facebook on my phone and was stopped cold seeing an image of a sweet, long-haired little girl, sitting cross-legged, wielding a pair of shears, poised to cut the "bulge" from her belly. The … Continue reading So, we’ve been told
Memories
Over the weekend one of the readings was on the Spiritual Gifts. How we're all part of the same group (the same body), and yet we're different, and we have different functions (jobs). There are so many things that flit through my head as I think about the gifts. And today I'm going to look … Continue reading Memories
Christmas
Merry Christmas dear ones. Thoughts of Christmas and this Season whirl around in my head, like snowflakes in a light wind. Frittering to and fro before landing and becoming part of the overall landscape of things. Thoughts of Mary giving birth to her only child in a barn, and laying him in a manger filled … Continue reading Christmas
Littleness
After months of slowly reading, savoring, I've finished reading The Ragamuffin Gospel. Brennan has a heart of littleness that the Saints have. A heart that clings to the gift of God's infinite LoveGraceMercyCompassionPeace. A heart transformed, a heart understanding of the Gift of this love, understanding deeply and profoundly how living in this LoveGraceMercyCompassionPeace offers … Continue reading Littleness
Trust and Hope
My sweetie and I generally go to the 7 PM Mass on Sunday at one of the local parishes. We do our best to get to Church about 1/2 an hour early for some quiet time and prayer, to enter into the moment of the Mass, when Jesus becomes real and Present, where we … Continue reading Trust and Hope
Proverbs 14:30
Jealousy is defined as: resentment against a rival, a person enjoying success or advantage, etc., or against another's success or advantage itself. Jealousy is also defined as: vigilance in maintaining or guarding something. (Thank you dictionary.com) And then I read Proverbs 14:30 this morning "A tranquil mind gives life to the body, but jealousy rots the … Continue reading Proverbs 14:30
Review
I am living in something of a challenging moment. Challenging moments are part of the Journey, they are moments where slow and steady navigation is required. As I logged on to write this morning a couple of memories cropped up. (And competing ear worms more on that later) Our youth group would take a trip … Continue reading Review
Object-ive
I object. I'm an object. Actually I object to being viewed as an object. I am a person. I am a woman. With thoughts and feelings. With a heart and mind and soul. The thing is, that other person is too. You know the one. The one that was defined as Ugly Strong-willed Stinky Pushy … Continue reading Object-ive
Free . . . ish
So I've been thinking about some quilterly things. And I realized I never really told you about how I learned to quilt. Sure if you've heard my lecture or have read my other blog for any period of time you've read part of the journey or watched it unfold. However if you're new to my blog, … Continue reading Free . . . ish
A Quilter's Heart 