Truth Thursdays: I Wish…

I wish…
I am what people say I am.
that i am braver than this.
i don’t cry so easily.
that i am as strong as people expect me to be.
but only sometimes.

… then He told me,
“My grace is enough; it’s all you need.
My strength comes into its own in your weakness.”
Once I heard that, I was glad to [...]

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TRUTH THURSDAYS #7: still on Identity

Truth Thursdays, people. Time to dig deep again.
Remember, you don’t have to directly answer the question, you could just be “inspired” by it. but better if you do directly address the prompt/question. remember the mechanics:

Every Thursday, i will post a question or a prompt on this blog and participants will write something that answers the [...]

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TRUTH THURSDAY: I want to…

SEE my God in everything. in the beautiful and tragic. in the grand and the minutiae. in the light of day and the shadows. in the love i feel everyday from my family and friends. in my friends who seek Him and for those who look the other way. even while stuck in traffic. i [...]

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TRUTH THURSDAYS #6: IDENTITY

Sometimes I want to never look in the mirror
and give up
the show.
(Sabrina Ward Harisson)

Hi guys,
It’s Thursday again! For some reason, it feels like a Friday, like I’m just about to fall into the weekend. Alas, it’s the last half hour of Wednesday and it’s time for us to ask ourselves a difficult question… well, [...]

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TRUTH THURSDAYS: Sometimes I…

Sometimes I love the quiet.
Nothing but the sound of the clicking of keys and words industriously appearing on my screen. I love the hum of the fan, the rushing wind it sends past my ears, it’s a roar that seems loud but only I can hear it.
It’s always awesome to actually hear my pulse thumping [...]

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TRUTH THURSDAYS #5: IDENTITY

Sometimes I surge with power.
Sometimes I am unable to buckle down my euphoria.
Sometimes I feel really terrible.
Sometimes I want to go home.
Sometimes I hate my body.
Sometimes I want someone to love all my faults.
Sometimes I don’t want anyone to look at me.
Sometimes I don’t say what I feel.
Sometimes I regret what [...]

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Truth Thursday: Today I Carry

Today I carry my time. and it drips through my fingers the tighter i hold on to it.
I carry yesterday.
I carry today and today and today.
I carry eternity one day at a time.

I don’t carry the hurt. not anymore.
I don’t carry promises we never intended to keep.
I don’t carry words that make me bleed.
no [...]

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Truth Thursdays #4: Identity

i carry with me dreams of flight and out-swimming the sharks and walking on water.
(stef of august 18, last year)

Wow, it’s Thursday already! And nope, I haven’t forgotten about our Thursday appointment, i just got home from watching The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (seriously, I want to watch it again) so the prompt is [...]

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TRUTH THURSDAY: My Worries for Today

…Each day has enough troubles of its own. (Matt. 6:34)

My Worries for Today aren’t here.

Funny, I used to face the new day (the one without any mistakes in it…yet) with a quiet dread that the sky is about to fall on my head. But since this year began (and wow, we’re here, coming at the [...]

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TRUTH THURSDAYS #3: (still on) IDENTITY

I see myself rushing around maintaining and preparingfor what “will happen next”and the worries that go along with itgetting ready for life– not being in lifeit seems we start so young with thegetupdresswasheatworkundressbath routinewe “grow up” too fast.if we stop there are so manyworries of what could happenwill I lose the connection?will i be replaced?will [...]

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