I know what I ought to do. That doesn’t mean I will or that, doing, I’ll succeed. I ought to sign off. I ought to sign out—be done and away with the distractions. The attention isn’t real. It’s just others killing idle time—no different than my own spend of what cannot be […]
Browsing Category: Journal Pages
MILESTONE
I turn forty today—one of those birthdays with a zero at the end that are made to be a milestone. Whether it is or isn’t, like most in life, it’s what we choose to make it. I wake at the same time (actually slept in—started my day only a few minutes before five). […]
A CHANCE
Do you believe in God and scriptural sings? Do you believe God gifts messages and affirmations in design and orders laid before us for discernment? I do. There is a land auction today. It touches ground I own (or, more accurate, am making payments for). I am going. I intend to […]
ANSWERED PRAYER
Maybe some day another will read, check-in and follow up. It will be sign of another’s interest, sign of another’s care: their value we exist. If not, trouble not: our life is not their worry. Neither is it ours. Our life is not our own; it’s for the purpose that we serve. […]
OVER IT
Maybe some day another will read, check-in and follow up. It will be sign of another’s interest, sign of another’s care: their value we exist. If not, trouble not: our life is not their worry. Neither is it ours. Our life is not our own; it’s for the purpose that we serve. […]
PUZZLE
Life is a puzzle that, as ideal, becomes more clear in time and connection of its pieces. Maybe one day it all comes together: we see it full for what it’s meant to be. Maybe (and most likely for our majority) it remains greater and lesser degrees of mess; the proper place and fit […]
GIFTS OF ART
Our son had a rough morning. Rarely the peak of a nine-year old’s interests and priority—we went to church. Worse, think perhaps we would take a family picture for potential Christmas card—we dressed up. All of this he took in kind and time. He tied his dress shirt around his waist. He wore […]
MAKE YOUR ART
Our son was having a rough morning. Rarely the peak of a nine-year old’s priorities and interests—we went to church. Worse, think perhaps we would take a family picture for potential Christmas card—we dressed up. All of this he took in kind and time. He tied his dress shirt around his waist. He […]