I am a photographer; a photographer to the very core of my being. I see the world as a series of snapshots, a compilation of images to compose, collect, and remember. As I coped through those first days of culture shock, I almost forgot that imperative truth about myself. I tried to see the world without my camera and process what I saw without a digital memory. It didn’t work.
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Wisdom on Prayer from Elisabeth Elliot
Just the other day I read a quotation from George MacDonald in which he says,
“If you’re waiting the salvation of someone for whom you’ve been praying for a long time, don’t suppose that God is not at work.”
Notice the Married Moments
We love romance and the epic drama of falling in love.
And then we get married and our “happily ever after” begins. And suddenly it’s about grocery shopping, and getting up with the baby on Saturday morning, and how to fit in a date night, and fixing a broken faucet, and the alarm clock on Monday morning… in other words, what’s known as “real life.”
Is it Good Enough?
I scold, I hold, I praise, I reprimand, I instruct, I look. I do this and I do that. And yet, is it ever enough? Are my kids feeling my love? Are they feeling my care? Are they learning to obey? Are they learning to trust Jesus? Are they learning right from wrong and how to make good choices? Am I doing enough for them, with them? Is it good enough?
A Real Life Love
I always wondered about the moment when I’d meet my future husband. Romantic dreams of Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy on a sun-drenched morning hillside filled my mind – Austen à la mode.
But can I confess something?
I barely remember Josh at all from that day.
Wounded Souls
And in a brief moment, with rolling eyes…
I judged him.
Such a simple action. A moment in the mind. We evaluate and we label and we measure. By whose standards?
I had him all figured out from a few interactions. This complex child of God.
True Femininity
Is it curling the hair Or painting the face? Pinning on bows, Pink ribbons and lace? Flounces and frills, Bracelets and rings? Polishing nails? Is it all of these things? No, you can’t pin it on Like a bow in the hair. You can’t put it on Like the garment you wear. It’s deeper than…
On Girls, Boys, & Brothers
A girl has a great influence over a boy, and every girl should realize that fact, and she should always try to use it rightly… Those sisters who are loving and kind and true are more than repaid for any sacrifice they may make, for there is no blessing greater than a loving, manly brother.
The Housewife’s Corner
Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal ready on time for his return home from work. This is a way of letting him know that you have been thinking about him and are concerned about his needs…
Trust
“Lord, my heart is vulnerable, When it breaks I cannot take it!” My child, I am holding your heart And I will never break it. “Oh God, I’m so uncertain— I just can’t find the way to go!” Child, remember I am leading you; You don’t need to know. “Savior, I can’t see the turns…
