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This makes me want to meet you face-to-face even more ... because there is such wisdom in learning to hear what is unsaid and grace in longing to capture the heart of words when the words themselves may not be just what we prefer.
What a beautiful lesson to all of us ... a two-fold lesson, of learning to listen well and learning to trust the hearts of others.
You are beautiful, inside and out.
Cowardly lions (or Shame to Anonymous Commenters!)
Closest thing I've got to a burqa... Two days before Christmas, I received a duplicate comment -- an anonymous, public duplicate comment -- on two faith-based sites to which I contribute monthly: Robin, Please, please, – my heart asks, – please don’t be offended; And, I know that this...
And so, my one word is also listen. As in slow down, be still ... breathe deep and embrace life.
I look forward to sharing this journey with you!!
xo, my friend! For real!!
...and my One Word for 2013 is... (one I'd rather not choose...)
i. It was the intensity of his gaze that held me captive, anchored to whatever it was he wanted to say. Leaning forward, hands twined around his mug, he wrestled for words that wouldn't make him sound threatening or crazy. "I had a dream about you..." was an unexpected? interesting? dangerous...
Oh sweet Robin ... you have put into words almost every thought I've had. This isn't about guns or rights, not even about mental illness or parenting, this is simply sin. Broken, desperate, fallen ... and this depravity is nothing new. Word-made-flesh came into a world that was just as broken, just as desperate, just as fallen ... the oppressive Roman rule, the fear that slaughtered babies.
The sages of old (biblical and otherwise) rightly say, "There is nothing new under the sun." Until all things are made new, all old things will remain. My heart breaks and aches. And there are no simple answers, no easy fixes ... just this, "For God so loved the world ... "
It doesn't make sense, it doesn't "feel" like it helps. But I cling to the truth that I cannot fathom ... God loves us, each of us, all of us.
Collateral damage in bits and pieces
- i - I was headed toward the cashier when I noticed him: a man wearing baggy pants, a black raincoat and a skittish demeaner. His eyes surveyed the check-out area, but it was the way he patted the outside of his right pants pocket that made me nervous. Pat pat pat, slipping hand inside hi...
this. yes. amen.
Collateral damage in bits and pieces
- i - I was headed toward the cashier when I noticed him: a man wearing baggy pants, a black raincoat and a skittish demeaner. His eyes surveyed the check-out area, but it was the way he patted the outside of his right pants pocket that made me nervous. Pat pat pat, slipping hand inside hi...
Love this, Victoria! So thankful that God gives us grace to grow in Him and our relationship with Him. Your words encouraged me today.
Guest Post :: A Lifetime of Prayer by Victoria Jenkins
Prayer is powerful. The impact it has on the world just can't be estimated. The broken hearts pouring out all over this place. The hearts breaking after years of seemingly unanswered petitioning. The hidden masterpiece each conversation with God is weaving. The visibly miraculous set into m...
Beautiful, Robin. Thank you for this reminder.
The panhandler's breath
He slipped in sideways between the closing elevator doors, as if he were late to a meeting; he pressed the "5" without looking. But it was evening, and baggy pants and faded navy hung on his tall, slim frame...and his stealth entry stiffened the hairs on the back of my neck. The corner of my ...
While we have moved to a sans Starbucks part of rural America {yikes!!}, I do have other ways to participate in your challenge ... and gladly join you in doing so.
Great challenge, Robin!
Apparently @Starbucks is reading my blog... ~ & a challenge for you! ~
So...apparently there IS power in the digital pen. After I mocked the giant coffee mermaid, their marketing genuises (<--- they really are genuises imo) got together over an overpriced steaming latte, and decided to give a little back to their customers. From Thursday, November 17 ~ Saturday ...
Oh Robin ... all I can say is "YES!!!!" Especially about setting the boundaries early. Thank you for this series. {Please put into an ebook so I can shove it down my friends' throats. Thank you.} ;)
Privacy, protection and respect
~ 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Day 11 ~ The world wide web forever changed parenting. By introducing a host of decisions non-existent a decade ago, the internet heightens the responsibility of a parent to be informed about the rewards and risks associated with online activity. Five ...
Oh Robin! This series is just what I needed. I'm saving each one to remind myself that this season is a blessing not a curse ... and that how I handle myself during the tempest is far more important long term than whatever the tempest is about!!
You are such a blessing to this mom of a tween. THANK YOU!!!
Tell 'em what they NEED to hear, not what they WANT to hear 31 Days of Parenting Teens & Tweens, Day 3
A parenting series that doesn't build from one post to the next; rather, it's a collection of thoughts and advice from a mama who's been there, doing that, intended as encouragement, not dogma. I hope you'll check in every day to see if I'm speaking to YOU! ~ ♥ * * * * * Middle school marks a s...
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