Reminded

 Sometimes we just need to be reminded of this:

God will make a way

prayer changes everything

God is always fighting for you

God has great plans for your life

God breaks chains, not promises

God's in control of every situation

even in the waiting, He's working

God will connect you with the right people

God removes and God replaces

God knows what you need, go to Him

put God first and everything else will follow

taking time to be with God is the best place to find strength

~jacqueline whitney

The mess

 How can I blame the wind for the mess it made, if it was me who opened the window.

Hurtful things

We must let go

Of those hurtful things

That burn and hiss

And bite and sting.

That hurt the heart

And clip our wings,

Where we can't fly

And we can't sing.

I think it's time

To turn the page,

Turn to the light

And quiet the rage.

Forgive the slights

We cannot change,

And spread our wings

To escape this cage.

Afterglow

I saw this taped into a sympathy card that Kitty & Bob sent to Mom/Gma after your accident:

Afterglow

I'd like the memory of me

to be a happy one.

I'd like to leave an afterglow

of smiles when life is done.

I'd like to leave an echo

whispering softly down the ways,

Of happy times and laughing tmes

and bright and sunny days.

I'd like the tears of those who grieve,

to dry before the sun

Of happy memories that I have

when life is done.

~Helen Lowrie

Fighting me

 Whoever is fighting me is fighting God.

And God has never lost a battle.

Not one.

Not ever.

Real connection

 I don't know who needs to hear this, but

one difficult conversation, one bad night,

or one moment when your insecurity got

the better of you does not end

something that was meant to last.

Real connection is sturdier than that and it

can hold you at less than your best.

The point

 Marriage vows exist

because feelings move.

The promise was built

for the days the feeling

isn't there, and that was

always the point.