Freedom

Walking in the Kingdom

The Kingdom of God is not like our earthly kingdoms. Being a part of the Kingdom of God means that now I live differently than I used to. It means I live in an ‘upside down’ kingdom that doesn’t make sense to my natural mind or even make sense to those around me. I nowContinue reading “Walking in the Kingdom”

Things I Know

I want to kick negativity out of my life. I want to be free from negativity. This is one thing that I want. There are other things I want to be free from too, like people pleasing, obligation and duty, feeling like I don’t measure up, free from the fear of man. I want toContinue reading “Things I Know”

Focus

Since writing my last post I’ve been thinking a lot about FOCUS. Last Friday I wrote a post about doing daily activities from a place of peace and contentment rather than from a place of hurry and worry. I mentioned at the end of that post that I was off to make some soap andContinue reading “Focus”

When was…?

I’ve lost myself in the doing. When was the last time I bought myself a new dress for a party? For my birthday party? Do I celebrate myself? When was the last time I had a day off? Like really, truly, literally-no-agenda day off? And not just a day-off-with-ten-other-things-I-need-to-get-done ‘day off’? When was the lastContinue reading “When was…?”

The Doing

Last night I started to read ‘A Million Little Ways’ by Emily P. Freeman. I’ve been listening to Emily’s podcast, The Next Right Thing, for a month or two now. In one of her earliest episodes she shares about a woman who wrote to her with a desire to write, but didn’t think she hadContinue reading “The Doing”

Room for Mistakes

Do you leave room for mistakes in your art? In your life? My niece, the one who likes to draw, was showing me her latest pictures a few weeks ago. They were adorable, detailed pictures of animals. In one of them was a cow, ‘…with a bird on his head?’, I asked. ‘Yep’, replied myContinue reading “Room for Mistakes”

The Heart of My Sojourn

‘Therefore we do not lose heart…’ It’s hard to do something, anything, if you don’t have the heart for it. I was talking to a friend the other day via Messenger and I said I was struggling with my job. She asked more about that and so I told her a bit and ended with,Continue reading “The Heart of My Sojourn”

Favor

I mentioned the other day that I felt the Lord had given me two words recently. The first, Unravel, I outlined in a previous post. The second word: Favor. I’ve been kind of surprised by this word to be honest. It’s not one that ends up in my Christian vocabulary very often. Sure, sometimes, yes,Continue reading “Favor”

Pleasure

The past couple days I’ve been at home, mostly. Yesterday in the morning I finished a wholesale order for my body care co, dropped it off and ran a couple errands (social distance style). My plan for the afternoon was to work on social media scheduling and getting a newsletter out. Both biz stuff IContinue reading “Pleasure”

Recovering a Childlike Spirit

My sister’s daughter, my sweet 5 year old niece, gave me a bookmark the other day. One that she had made herself. It was a hybrid rectangle/square (I know, your math brain is freaking out right about now. A rectangle/square isn’t possible! But, oh, it is. It really is) cut out of pink construction paperContinue reading “Recovering a Childlike Spirit”