“Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our attitudes toward life. The longer I live the more convinced I become that life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we respond to it.” ~ Chuck Swindoll Today, I was thinking about a small, but loaded two-word phrase – “REAL LIFE”. What does real life mean to me? Well, I discovered that looking each word up in the dictionary made it difficult to describe, since both had more than 15-28 different definitions.(Wow!) So, I just kind of meditated for a few minutes on the phrase and considered what real life means to me. A few words that came to mind Imperfect Transparent Difficult Harsh “A daily joy struggle . . . a battle between grudgery & gratitude.” (words from Ann Voskamp) . . .it’s not really what we make of it. . .but what we make of God (our relationship with Him) An endless cycle of mistakes and graces Living forgiven Ugly-beautiful I st...
Source: sunsurfer.tumblr.com via Ann on Pinterest (John 16:33 NKJV) "These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." Linking over at these blog parties: In Search of Beauty Fresh Brewed Sundays Jumping Tandem Sunday
With February being the month that contains Valentine's Day(and being that I just recently celebrated my wedding anniversary) I have been thinking a lot about love....in relationships and God's love for each of us. As I began looking through some old photos and albums, I realized that my parents and their parents left me so many wonderful examples of what love truly is. In the next 3 posts, I want to share my family heirloom of love…called “The Love Chronicles”. A few years ago, I was given a box, full of letters that my grandfather and grandmother wrote, during their courtship. I decided to keep the memory of their love story by putting their letters, that tell this story, in a book. I hope you enjoy reading a few excerpts from the book below…. Below is a Valentine’s Day postcard, from my grandmother to grandfather. Also enclosed was a letter, written in French. Bien, cheri (Well, darling)...I could not interpret most of this letter. Any...
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