Summer. Even saying the word makes me feel good. I think the magic of this season is so much a part me because of the rhythms of school ingrained from childhood. From my earliest memories it has always been ten months of school (September to June), two months of summer holidays (July and August)—the standard… Continue reading “Summer” and “read” are synonyms (Spiritual Journey Thursday)
"I have loved you with an everlasting love..." - Jeremiah 31:3 This is the verse on which the Rebekah R. Jones' Original Bible Art Journaling Challenge series, Week 36 is based. As soon as I saw the word “everlasting” I thought of dried flowers, which are sometimes called everlastings. My mom used to grow gorgeous… Continue reading Love everlasting (#BibleJournaling)
Some Bible stories are just too deliciously visual to resist bringing to pictorial life. I found Jonah to be one of those. In my 2018 project to journal at least once in each minor prophet book, Jonah got the full treatment; an entry on each of its four pages. I love the end-of-Jonah challenge cast… Continue reading Jonah (#BibleJournaling)
Romans 8—what a great chapter about freedom in Christ! It starts out: “So now there is no condemnation to those who belong to Christ Jesus. And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death” - Romans 8:1,2 NLT. “Condemnation” is… Continue reading Free to fly (#BibleJournaling)
Welcome to Spiritual Journey (first) Thursday, hosted here today. This month we’re exploring the topic “special days.” Following my thoughts, below, is a widget where you can leave the link to your post. Somebody's turning seven! (Photo © 2018 by V. Nesdoly) The look on the face of my four-year-old granddaughter—of excitement, anticipation, I’m-ready-for-the-spotlight—said it… Continue reading Special Day (Spiritual Journey Thursday)
In my personal Bible reading, I’ve been following The Bible Project’s reading plan. I’m now in the prophets, and what a lot of beautiful, poetic, and picturesque passages they contain! Last week Hosea 14:2-4 snagged my attention: “Take words with you, And return to the LORD. Say to Him, ‘Take away all iniquity; Receive us… Continue reading Take words … (#BibleJournaling)
The Way of Letting Go: One Woman's Walk toward Forgiveness by Wilma Derksen My rating: 5 of 5 stars The abduction of their 13-year-old daughter in November off 1984 shunted Winnipeg residents Cliff and Wilma Derksen onto an unfamiliar and horror-strewn track. The discovery of her body seven months later, bound and frozen, provided closure… Continue reading The Way of Letting Go (review)
A few weeks ago an acquaintance sent me a newly published book of her poems. They were simple but beautiful in their first-person expression of praise, love, and gratitude to God—a collection of modern psalms. I reacted to that book like I have to other similar ones, asking myself, why don’t I write more overtly… Continue reading Vicarious (Spiritual Journey Thursday)
On these last days of Lent, our thoughts go to the subject and central character of the Good Friday and Easter celebrations just ahead. There is no One more beautiful to contemplate! “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the Pioneer and Perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the… Continue reading Fix your eyes on Jesus #BibleJournaling
“You have turned for me my mourning into dancing. You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness.” Psalm 30:11 This little doodle was inspired from reading Psalm 31 in my quiet time. It seems like the perfect way to welcome the first days of spring. But what if it isn't spring-like… Continue reading Clothed with gladness #Biblejournaling
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