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HOW IS GOD LOVING ME – AND WHERE IS GOD LEADING ME?
Short thoughts on a word prompt through the Five Minute Friday writing community
Dear Kate and my FMF Writer Community, THANK YOU so much for these FMF prompts, encouragements, and opportunities over this past year! I have loved the challenge, and I have appreciated how our community comes together each week to read, share, and support one… Continue Reading “FIVE MINUTE FRIDAY: THANK YOU (AND FAREWELL)”
The times in my life when I have felt the most desperate –when I have felt so verybrittle and broken,tender and terrified,frail and fearful,lost and lonely,confused and cornered,sorrowful and searching,helpless and hopeless –were also the times I most felt your infinite and loving presence.… Continue Reading “FIVE MINUTE FRIDAY: DESPERATE”
God of all wisdom, As the students begin to go back to school, I long to become your student again. Teach me how to be more like Jesus when the world beckons me otherwise. Instruct me through your Good Word when I am seeking… Continue Reading “FIVE MINUTE FRIDAY: TEACH”
I need you as my accountability partner, God. Expect me to be present –to bask in your loving glow.Ask me exactly where I’ve beenwhen I have failed to show. Call me to be responsibleto tend what needs I can.Beckon me to higher ground(but lend… Continue Reading “FIVE MINUTE FRIDAY: ACCOUNTABILITY”
Today’s prompt has me thinking about the question, “Where are you from?” I notice that my answer depends on how far I am from my birthplace home… When I am in Northwest Ohio, I reply, “Northwood” (the smaller city where I was born and… Continue Reading “FIVE MINUTE FRIDAY: FROM”
Our word prompt for today’s Five Minute Friday, DRIVE, is especially timely for me, as Jim and I just drove back home to West Virginia after visiting our daughter and grandsons in Ohio… We actually enjoy our four-hour drive. We love to watch the… Continue Reading “FIVE MINUTE FRIDAY: DRIVE”
We make a good team. Jim loves a clean house with sparkling bathrooms and shiny floors. I love an organized house with tidy closets and little clutter. When everything is clean and organized, our home serves as our sanctuary; we find refuge from the… Continue Reading “FIVE MINUTE FRIDAY: ORDER”
Let me be strong in you, God. Let my strength come not from strivingbut from centeringin you. Let my strength come not from pushing but from placing myself in your hands. Let my strength come not from gritbut from your gracealone. Let my strength… Continue Reading “FIVE MINUTE FRIDAY: STRONG”
I believe I am finally shedding my cocoon of protection created during the cold, harsh realities of a winter season that lasted far too long. These summer days have warmed my soul, brightened my outlook, and inspired me to begin living and growing again.… Continue Reading “FIVE MINUTE FRIDAY: SUMMER”
Our youth group was large and loud, but my voice was not. So when we needed to have their attention, one of us leaders would yell, “God is good!” Those nearest us, the ones who could easily hear our words, would reply, “All the… Continue Reading “FIVE MINUTE FRIDAY: QUIET”
Simply Soul Searching 