Sunrise of your Smile

I first heard this song when I was sick back in high school and early college... I remember tryin' to tell my mom about it because the words had really touched me. Anyway, months, maybe even a year passed, when she found the Scribbling in the Sand album by Michael Card. I remember she had left it for me with a blank sticky note that had nothing but a smiley face on it... my mom always used to put a smiley face on her notes... and even still, almost always does...

Well, I was just cleaning out a drawer in the office and found it... and thought it might be a good one to post simply for my own benefit... :)

If only hugs could stretch miles...maybe life wouldn't feel so disconnected...

Holding on to the only One I can...

when only God knows...

Have you ever felt that no many how many words you spill forth, no one understands where you're comin' from? That's how I feel most days lately...

So maybe I'll find some truth in myself that resonates with the words of song... and feel understood...

So thankful that God understands me even when I can't find words enough to bring understanding...this world can sure be a lonely place sometimes...

a year of changes... a year of letting go

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing the monkey bars... You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.
Author unknown.


Well, I said it was going to be a year of great changes. I never would believe they would involve the things and people they have...


Most surprising has been the truth of relationship revealed by the mirror of crisis.


It leaves me wondering what God has in store for me and for our family of six...

All around me the foundations of relationship shift and change like sand...revealing the truth of their facade ...
I'm so grateful to cling to the knowledge that God's truth stands firm... God is unchanging.

Things may never be the same from this point on. I'm finding it nearly impossible to believe they could...


May we follow God's plan for our lives come what may... and may my heart be at rest with the lasting impact of all that has transpired. It has never been within my reach to change or influence all that life has unfolded before me...especially within the last four weeks...

and so,

I must let go.


Letting go isn't always easy, especially if it's unexpected...


I can only trust God as He leads our family of six through these changes and may we fully greet this new life and embrace Him fully in this brand new beginning...