Something I have come to realize is how grateful I am for the hard times. Now I can only say this because I am out of one now, because truth be told when I was in it, I wasn’t thinking that. (But I do hope that as time goes on, I can endure them with a … Continue reading
Something beautiful happens when people love one another. It’s true. Things begin to change. People begin to change. It’s a lot easier said than done. It’s a lot easier to say to love people than when it actually comes down to it. It’s easier to say that we are to love the least of these … Continue reading
There is a part within me that wants to be free. That may sound odd to you, And it sounds odd to me too. Maybe because I can’t explain it or word it in a way that others or I can understand it at times. When others ask me what I am going to do when I … Continue reading
I wish I could say I wasn’t broken. That I wasn’t weighed down and burdened. That I didn’t feel as though I am falling apart. For in these past two months, I have cried more than I have in a while. I have felt the weight of tiredness, of exhaustion and of weariness. Above all … Continue reading
I picked up the book, The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren today and opened to a page that surprisingly fits to what I’ve been stuck on. What do we do with our lives? What job do I pick? What spouse do I choose? Help me get this job, get that one, do this or … Continue reading
Sometimes the most beautiful moments are the ones when we are standing still. They aren’t always when we are running, or jumping or even talking, But rather they are the very moments where we take a deep breathe in, look around us and take it all in. Rather than rushing through the very place we … Continue reading
It’s easy to get caught up in doing rather than loving. Who can blame us…right? We live in a culture where we gain status, success and acknowledgment, when we go above and beyond the call of duty…but lets think for a minute here. Are we building our live on a solid foundation that will last … Continue reading
“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” James 1:2-4 For, “Blessed in the man who remains steadfast under trial, for hen … Continue reading
Sometimes, in the midst of the endless noise, the stressful and ongoing life we live, we hear Him. He calls our names as we are heading down the road and gently points towards another way. The one less traveled on. The one that will bring you to stand alone when others tell you different. There’s … Continue reading
Today while trotting my mare through an open field, I asked her to canter, and as I ask her, she again tries to go running into the bush-even at a lope, she tries to run straight into the bush. While thinking about it (as this isn’t the first time that it happens, infact, everytime I … Continue reading
The Cowboy and Wife 