Kristen Blog

Well, folks.  I think I have just barely managed to get my head above water.   Fun Saturday Night celebrating this little mini-me on the pickle ball court with my boys.  @ Chicken N PickleKC It's a busy time.  A busy time.  If you are out there struggling, I can assure that you are not alone.  I am full (in my office, my heart, and my mind) with many others who could identify. So...with all of my "free" time, I am currently reconsidering my new native wildflower garden plans (because I ordered $30 seeds, and I didn't even ask first!!...and guess what...I'm not in trouble!! *see kayak situation below) around whether or not I am “setting up” the butterflies to be hit by cars.  We can NOT have that, now can we? It takes a special kind of person to carry around this mega-intense amount of love, empathy and compassion.  For example, I apologized to a plant at the garden center today for not picking it.  I realize this is weird, but you don't know ...

It’s a tale as old as time.   So...she rewrote the ending.   You can thank me after the dust settles a bit.  I’m getting used to waiting.  Some flavors, you must allow to acclimate, before you can fully savor... Let’s face it, predictable gets boring and you all need a little salt in your lives.  😉😬 "To weep savingly over not possessing God as your treasure, He must have become precious to you.  The gospel awakens sorrow for sin by awakening a savor for God' (108).   - John Piper   God Is the Gospel It's been a heavy, heavy week, my friends.  I have been muddied by the battle.  My emotions are heightened, and my body is wounded and weakened.  Oh, Matt.  Poor Matt.  So often do I bite the hand that seeks to hold my own.  (And I am not saying I don't get my share of grief from him...I have just been awakened to the sorrow of my own sin for so long now, it is my most common observation.) ANYWAY...I bit the hand REALLY ...