i've been waiting and waiting to try and make my blog look better. mostly, i've been "patiently" ignoring how bad it's been looking.....and how frustrated it was making me feel that with the new blogger changes, my old tried and true roses-template would no longer work! but this past Sunday afternoon i (and my Dad) tried and tried to fix it...to no avail....and i about lost my mind in the process!! (foolish, i know!!) but thanks to a nice person named Michelle at Shabby Creations, (and the mere $10 i paid her) it's looking better tonight! and i'm sooooooooo pleased with the new look...
there's lots of changes in my little world.....lots of water flowing under lots of bridges....but tonight i'm happy to be listening to my new Stan Whitmire cd (of the Carpenter's music:)....and despite a whole lot of "stuff", i have an unexplainable peace in my heart...
and i just have to celebrate the improved look with a few little words...
it occurs to me that i've done a lot of waiting in my life....and just when i think i've gotten good at it, i realize i have more to learn....
and God is teaching me things; patiently, faithfully, and with so much mercy....
i'm reading a wonderful new book, Still (notes on a mid-faith crisis) by Lauren Winner. It was a gift from a friend and her timing (and God's) was impeccable. Winner writes: "The middle of the spiritual life may have many windows, and lots and lots of light, but it will also be a season of winnowing." and "Sometimes the reshaping is not big, not audible; not a move, a marriage, a child, a heroic change of course. Sometimes it is only inside, how you make sense of things. Sometimes it is only about who you know yourself to be." Yes....
This life of faith can never be stagnant...i believe we must continue to be open to His changing grace ~ open to letting go of what needs to go....holding onto Him and His abiding love. He is continuing to work on me....as i learn more & more how to wait...and rest...in Him.
"My soul, wait silently for God alone, For my expectation is from Him."
(Psalm 62:5)
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About Me
- Kimberly
- ~I am a caregiver (with my Dad) for my mother who suffered a serious stroke in April, 2000...we moved back to the South as a result of this family crisis...it has been quite an unexpected, interesting, and difficult journey. I work as Bereavement Coordinator for a hospice company. I enjoy serving as a musician for the Catholic church and in various roles in my own church. I've been blogging since 2007 and have appreciated this way of self-expression (the "deep" and the not so much!) and connecting with others....I value your comments and your friendships!~
About the Title...
it's a phrase from the dedication in An Uncommon Correspondence by Ivy George & Margaret Masson. There are many dynamics that can affect the scripts of our lives: our families, churches, peers, media, society in general: some with worthy foundations...others obviously not. What really matters is that the stories we write of our lives reflect Godly truths, not the expectations or often flawed agendas of others. My greatest desire is that my
life-script will honor and please the God who knows me best.
"Be daring enough to be different, humble enough to make mistakes, wild enough to be burnt in the fire of love, real enough to make others see how phony you are."
Brennan Manning,
The Ragamuffin Gospel
Brennan Manning,
The Ragamuffin Gospel
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