Intimacy. Language is fascinating. Words have meaning and many words have more than one meaning. When we look back at the etymology (origin and original meaning) it is something other than its current usage. The WORD though is the same through all eternity. How utterly unfathomable is this, and yet it is precisely this WORD … Continue reading Meeting Elizabeth of the Trinity
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We can only Wonder at Every Gift You Give
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaIDkoFXdUk We can only wonder at every gift You Give Many mornings I wake up hearing a song lyric on repeat. This morning not so much. Nope, this morning I woke up in conversation with a couple of different people. Over time when this happens the clarity is there's something the Good Father desires to … Continue reading We can only Wonder at Every Gift You Give
Building Callouses
My Sweetie's Blond As long as I've known my Sweetie he's played the guitar. Not so much in recent years between life and the moves. I've longed to learn to play and thought, "oh one day I'll do it." When he asked what I wanted to do over the weekend -this was it. We started … Continue reading Building Callouses
A Faith in Quilting Post
Alt Title: Active but not busy It's only taken a bit over thirty-two years of being in relationship with my Sweetie, and nearly thirty years of being married to him to come to the understanding that our thinking processes are different, compatible, but different. That we each think and act differently is both heartening and … Continue reading A Faith in Quilting Post
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
Sigh
As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before him, and asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”Jesus answered him, “Why do you call me good?* No one is good but God alone.You know the commandments: ‘You shall not kill; you shall not commit … Continue reading Sigh
Getting to the heart of the matter
Patti said in response to a fb status update: "I find a big issue for me is my pride doesn't want to keep going thru the painful stage. I feel like the world's longest beginner! But I'm committed." As I ready Patti's response this verse from Proverbs 16 came to mind: "Pride goes before disaster, … Continue reading Getting to the heart of the matter
A Quilter's Heart 