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When the formulas are stilled; the theories are quieted and the wings of their hope have grown weary – there will still be – Jesus.
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. ”
Matt 11:28-30
This has been a VSP 🙂
And Jesus said* unto me
“Heather-Love, it’s time to get out of the boat”
But Heather said unto Thee
Continue reading “A Boat by Other Name”
I have been thinking much on fear in the last few months… the fear of the Lord, the fear of man, fear as an emotion/feeling, and the rightful and wrongful places it holds in our lives.
Continue reading “Fear as a verb”
Over the last few months, God has been taking me ever so tenderly into a place of deeper trust, less of my own figuring-out and more choosing/welcoming/seeking of His light.
Continue reading “Peter didn’t drown”
Could you imagine life without music?
Continue reading “Eternity song”
Someday I would love to do impromptu ‘open house’ evenings where I just pop up a note saying “tonight I’m making churros (… or chilli… or whatever) come if you can” – play some music and enjoy whoever turns up. There’s some problems with that of course, like quantities and diets, and a dozen other things but it’s something I love the idea of regardless.
Continue reading “Open House”
Lord I want to be a person you work through.
Except without pain please.
OK so this is my second ever play with oil paints. It is very fun and I am very inexperienced but I hope to keep at it. This one has two contrasting sides which illustrate how I see two topics graphically.
Continue reading “Twin Flips”
This is my first ever attempt at painting with oils… palette knives… and of using the easel my Dad made for me 18 months ago. It came about when a few different things came together. The desire to paint, the specific idea – and a challenge I received to stop taking in extra information for a week. Lo and behold some deeper thoughts of my own made their way through – and some time to be creative in a range of ways.
Continue reading “Pivot”
We have a pair of very pretty but very tall bedside lamps in our bedroom which I have to grab and tip sideways to reach the switch to turn off when laying in bed – so when one of us goes to bed before the other, we leave a small battery operated touch lamp on its lowest setting so the other can see their way – and turn it off easily.
Continue reading “Love that flattens mats and leaves a light on”