{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”
Author Archives: mariel
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”
tending tuesday: a connection with Papa
Welcome to Tending Tuesday! This week I want to introduce you to Pamela Henkelman. Pamela is an enthusiastic encourager with a passion to speak, write, and coach. She believes all of life flows from our intimacy with God. She helps weary, discontent, Christian women build a deep bond with God and understand their identity inContinue reading “tending tuesday: a connection with Papa”
leaning into the broken
{five minute friday: broken} I watched, in shock, one Christmas, as my young son playfully tossed his lovie high into the air and it made contact with my favorite nativity set. The set that spelled “Jesus” with Mary and Joseph tucked into the E and U and right there in the cradle of the middleContinue reading “leaning into the broken”
pausing to take notice
The brisk morning air in spring carries a hint of warmth with it and invites me into the garden. It is a sweet time to water the newly growing plants and I always love to spend time examining every little new flower or small sprout that has formed. In so doing, I won’t miss anythingContinue reading “pausing to take notice”