The Sunrise Story

Thank you to  Holly  for this amazing opportunity to explore my Spiritual Journey every week! Authenticity. Real. Ugly. Truth. We cover this up on social media. We show pictures of success and clean houses and smiling kids and cute dogs on social media. I do this. Some people complain about that. I don't think there's anything wrong with posting about our joy and our success, but the unavoidable consequence of that is believing that as the whole truth, when it's not. I will not post a picture of my sink filled with dirty dishes (but know that it's there). Authenticity. Real. Ugly. Truth. God loves us. God loves me...just as I am. God loves you...just as you are. What powerful words!! We all have the ugly moments. That's a time when I turn to God. That's when I let it go (or try to) and believe that God will work it out...or God will work ME out. That's where life really is. I love that Holly picked this topic! It's as if she read my mind, ...

Today is my 14th  slice for the March Slice of Life Challenge on Two Writing Teachers . Thank you Ruth for this opportunity (and reminder) to celebrate this blessing called life! I celebrate breakfasts with friends! I'm about to spend Saturday morning with some of my favorite people in the whole wide world...eating breakfast and catching up. We've been friends for over twenty years! (I'll add pics later today!) I celebrate the power of books! I'm loving Jen Hatmaker's new book For the Love ! That's all I can say right now, but here's a quote that I LOVE... I celebrate Vanillapen. My favorite new app! It creates amazing posters!! It cost $5, but to me it's worth every penny! You'll see more quotes on here now! Here's my OLW... OK, my other new favorite app is Plant Nanny. It reminds me to drink water. It's a cute app that was recommended to me by a friend. The more water you drink, the more your plant grows. I...

     Today this blog post is serving two purposes...my 12th slice for the March Slice of Life Challenge on the Two Writing Teachers blog ...it's also my contribution for Spiritual Journey Thursday on Holly Mueller's blog ! What a wonderful word...DISCOVER. I love the playfulness of this word and the possibility! My journey feels like a long journey of DISCOVERy and lately I feel like I'm searching for and hoping to DISCOVER love! My love for God. My love for friends. My love for family. My love for myself. I have those. I know what those feel like. I continue to cultivate those loves and DISCOVER ways to make them stronger. What's funny about Spiritual Journeys is this...if you are looking to DISCOVER something, it seems to appear in ways you could never guess! I look for love. I want to have love in my life and share love and live a life filled with love. Lately, I seem to be reading books all about love and watching movies filled with love. There are mome...