Welcome to Tending Tuesday! This week I want to introduce you to Caitlin Mallery. She is a writer, poet, mom, and all around woman. She wants to chat about the ways we can do ordinary things extraordinarily well. You can find her on Instagram (link at the bottom of post) sharing about poetry and theContinue reading “tending tuesday: practical prayer time”
Author Archives: mariel
finding hope in desperation
{five minute friday: excuses} Last week I found myself sitting in the ICU waiting room with my mother and grown sons while my husband had a life-saving heart procedure done. I had no idea that was where the day’s events would lead me but there I was. I brought that man home three days laterContinue reading “finding hope in desperation”
awkward introductions
The weight of the bundled baby in my arms for the first time was surprising. He was so tiny yet round and heavier than I had anticipated. His perfect face so unfamiliar. Hi, Baby, I’m Mom, was my first thought. I practiced the word on my tongue attempting to take ownership of it. It feltContinue reading “awkward introductions”
held in the middle
{five minute friday: middle} Beginnings are easy to fall in love with. The start of a thing carries such hope and expectancy. New baby, new house, new job. I dearly love the start of a new month as I open my new, fresh, empty journal for the month and pen a letter to Jesus committingContinue reading “held in the middle”
you’re invited
He reaches out His hand in my mind’s eye and invites me along. Though Jesus is God, or maybe since He is God, He invites us into the work He is doing. It is mind blowing, when you consider it. In my time tending through a passage in John 21, I unpacked verses 9-10 andContinue reading “you’re invited”
tending tuesday: five tips for practicing prayer
Welcome to Tending Tuesday! This week I want to introduce Denise Prosser. She is a wife of 22 years and a mama to 4 daughters from central IL. She has experienced several facets of motherhood including various health issues and international adoption. God has taught her many lessons over the years, and she enjoys sharingContinue reading “tending tuesday: five tips for practicing prayer”
an invitation to her table
{five minute friday: she} She changed my life. She captured my heart and my attention from the beginning. I met a woman in my early years of walking with the Lord who I was taken by and sought to be mentored by from the start. She demonstrated Jesus so beautifully and with such grace thatContinue reading “an invitation to her table”
simply living unhindered
Just as one season ends, the next one begins. So it is that way in my time with the Lord these last several years. I have found I cannot let my heart go long without a daily time in the Word. I am too prone to wander, Lord, I feel it. As I finished myContinue reading “simply living unhindered”
finding the healing we crave
I’m sick. Terminally and eternally ill. Unfortunately so are you. The sickness of sin permeates every person, regardless of culture, race, nationality, financial standing or popularity. There is no remedy apart from Jesus, the Son of God, who lived, died and was resurrected as the eternal remedy for that sickness that leads to death. OnceContinue reading “finding the healing we crave”
small steps towards slow growth
I got my second gardening magazine in the mail last week. It made me giddy! Flipping through all the fun veggie plants and gardening tools inspired my mind as I built an entire farm from a garden in my mind. I only ordered three jalapeno plants from the catalogue though because that is the realityContinue reading “small steps towards slow growth”