30 Day Writing Challenge: Day 3 – Your First Love and Your First Kiss

Today's writing challenge topic is actually something I covered, in part, a few days ago.  Today though requires a little bit of expansion on that previous post, and requires me to delve into dusty but sweet memories. Day 3:  Your First Love and Your First Kiss Young love.  It's a beautiful and magical thing.  Feeling …

Exhale

Music is a huge part of my life, hence the large number of posts recently centered around specific songs.  I am a poet, and find comfort in working through my emotions in rhyming prose.  It would make sense that music would go along with that.  Sometimes just the right song comes on the radio at …

30 Day Writing Challenge: Day 2 – Your Earliest Memory

Day 2:  Your Earliest Memory I remember odd moments of my life.  I don't remember entire scenes.  I can't remember childhood conversations unless they were about something big.  I can remember the first time I was told that a family member passed away.  I can remember when my first (and still favorite) cat died.  I …

Proof of your love

If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don't love, I'm nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate. If I speak God's Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, "Jump," and it jumps, but I don't …

God-shaped hole

Empty. Searching for more. Unfulfilled. Looking for answers. Have you ever been there?  I was.  I was looking everywhere to fill that hole in my life . . . everywhere except where I needed to be looking.  The hole in my life was huge.  I had a marriage that was not falling apart, but was …

30 Day Writing Challenge: Day 1 – 5 Problems With Social Media

I am not generally one to look for writing prompts, but as I was scrolling the Facebook (ironic considering the prompt for Day 1) this evening I can across this 30-day writing challenge.  I've seen them in the past but never taken one on myself.  I don't know if I'll be able to stick with …

Just Pray

Where are you, Oh, savior or mine as these struggles pile up Why have you forgotten me Why have you turned your back Where is the love from your overflowing cup Child, I am with you everyday I reach my hand to you But you don't see Open your heart and just let go I …

Just be held

I got into my car this morning to take my son to school and then head to work.  There was nothing abnormal about today's routine.  But as soon as the car started and the radio came on Casting Crowns just kept singing over and over again, "just be held."  After my post last night I …

Eviction of lies

Oh, where to start this post.  There are 5 million ways to start.  So many thoughts that want to come out.  The problem is there is no cohesive flow to them, so allow me to apologize if this post comes off as a bit rambling and disjointed. My church is right in the middle of …

Jana Kramer and my first boyfriend

I was in the studio today and this song popped up in my playlist.  I have heard the song a few times over the recent weeks, and never gave it a second thought.  Today though it made me think of Bill.  Bill was my first boyfriend.  This is not going to be a post where …