i know a way (so you know the way) get on your skinny knees and pray (maybe not today) you’ve got to see the dream through the windows and the trees of your living room — belle and sebastian, write about love i periodically realize i have a long way to go in loving people.…
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watching
“it’s not polite to stare.” that’s one of the fundamental rules of politeness, i’d imagine, along with “don’t pick your nose” and “close your mouth when you chew.” i learned it, but it’s a hard rule for me to obey — along with “don’t sit crossed-legged at the dinner table.” my excuse on that one…
Read Morelesson for today
i think God takes us through hard things not only so we can learn obedience in the moment, but so that later we can learn compassion. neither is necessarily easy, but both are good.
Read Morenotes from a darkened room
can i write in the dark? i do not mind the dark except it makes it hard to see the lines on which my pen is running. i do not mind the dark, because being in the dark with people i don’t know is almost as good as being alone. if you can’t see the…
Read Morechew on this: love
“self-centeredness tries to take what it wants without offering the love (that thing) demands. it’s not loving to try to get from someone what would make you feel good without providing the context that would be the best for the other person.” — johnny vanderhorst “let each of you look not only to his own…
Read Moretoo much on my mind
i’ve been thinking so much lately that i’ve had too much to write. so of course i haven’t written any of it (is that laziness or perfectionism?). it’s hard to say to myself “sit, write, put words on that page!” when my thoughts are flying around like bats in a cave and i’m always tired…
Read Morestuck in a moment
if you insist on living in yesterday, you very easily could miss out on what today has to say. remember that, self.
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learning to say ‘i love you’
My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and experiences a relationship with God. The person who refuses to love doesn’t know the first thing about God, because God is love—so you can’t know him if you don’t love. This is…
Read Moremen and women
no one understands the way things work between men and women, except God who in His infinite wisdom created them and made them not the same. hey, not even the proverb-writer agur understood it. in proverbs 30 he says There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Four which I do not understand:…
Read Morewalking home
squelch, squelch, squelch … i trudged along down the sidewalk, feeling the tide rise in my tennis shoes and my little toes going numb. with my hood pulled tight around my face to keep the rain out, i felt blinkered like a horse. with my blinders on, it’s all pretty good — i could take…
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