Category: steady


Mar
2021

[savor]

categories: five minute fridays, intentional, purposeful, steady

I always like to look up the definition of each week’s word to help me center on what I want to say.  Merriam-Webster had numerous definitions and my favorite is “to delight in, enjoy.”  That is how I want to live my life. I fail more times than I succeed but it’s the goal. 

Ever since my babies were born, I tried really hard to savor the seasons I was in at the time. It was hard when they were little because the days were long but it didn’t take long to realize that the years were short. 

Now that they are young adults (my baby graduates from high school in two months) I want to savor this season as well. I want to remember their baby and toddler years, but I don’t want to dwell there. I want to be present in their lives now as they make their way in this big world. 

I tell my young mommy friends not to wish for the next season. It will come soon enough. Sooner than they can imagine. Savor everyday that you have in this season. Seasons will change, a lot of times without our even noticing it. 

In the words of Jim Elliott, “wherever you are, be all there.”  Savor it with all of your heart. 


Feb
2021

[observant]

categories: five minute fridays, intentional, steady

How many times a day am I actually observant? So many times I am running a million miles an hour, running from errand to errand and thinking about all the errands I’m not going to get done that day. 

I wake up and ask God to give me opportunities to share the Gospel, to meet a need, to make a friend.  With blinders on and a mission to check off my to do list, I miss the opportunities He might have for me that day. 

So I resolve to pay attention, to see what is going on around me, to be observant to the world around me. 


Feb
2021

[sunrise]

categories: faith, five minute fridays, steady

There is something so soothing, peaceful and beautiful about sunrises. Whether it’s coming over the mountains, the ocean or the trees in my backyard, it is constant and steady. No matter what is going on in the world or our little world, the sun comes up. Every.Single.Day.

And that is a constant reminder to me about God…He is faithful, He is steady and He will be there every time we look for Him, just like the sunrise. This gives me peace and rest in my soul. My breaths become deeper and softer and I feel the release of stress and tension if just for a little while each day.

Easter Sunrise Service a few years ago

Jan
2021

[fix]

categories: change, faith, five minute fridays, steady

My goal this year is to participate in Five Minute Fridays as many weeks as I can.  Of course my go to is perfection, but I know that’s not possible.  So here I am, for the second week in a row, posting at the last minute before the link closes.

This week’s prompt was difficult for me.  I honestly don’t know what words to share that encompass fix.  The first thought I had was fixing things.  I am not a “fixer” by nature, especially when it comes to relationships outside my people in my home.  It’s just easier sometimes to let acquaintances and “friends” wither away over time than to have hard conversations and “fix” what is usually a miscommunication.

So I decided to look in the Bible and see what the original meaning of fix might be.  In my search, it took me to Psalm 108:1.  The ESV says, “My heart is steadfast, O God! I will sing and make melody with all my being.”  Doesn’t seem to fit the topic of fix.  But then I did some more digging.  The KJV says “O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.

Fix in one version, steadfast in another.  If you read my first post of 2021, I chose my word for the year; wait for it…STEADY!

Chaim Bentorah says that in Psalm 108:1, David “calls out to God saying that his heart is fixed.  The word for fixed is kon which has the idea of being established or directed. Today we would say his heart was focused.”

So with that validation today of the word God laid on my heart for 2021 of being steady…maybe it’s more about steadiness in my relationships than the perfection of ensuring I write one post a week for 52 weeks.  Hmmm…