The Thoughts Of My Heart
Putting THEM into WordsThe Thoughts Of My Heart is inspired by Psalm 19:14, may the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be pleasing in His sight.
I use this space to share the thoughts of my heart – its joy, its sorrow, its highs and lows, its victories and losses. My hope is you find inspiration and reflection for your own heart and share them with me, too.
Once Agains and For A Whiles
ONCE AGAINs. I'll see familiar faces once againIn places that made me regainThe love, the smiles, the vigorOf what it is to be a victor. I'll see familiar faces once againSome of which waited for a plain,A point-blank and a directOf why I left despite their...
Lord, what if?
Lord, what if I wake up one day and life is so perfect? Then, I wouldn’t have tasted the sweetness of life-giving as a service to You… What if there were no sickness or problems to bring me suffering or sorrow? Then, I wouldn’t have learned to be grateful to the...
The Battle Belongs to the Lord
(This is going to be a quick reflection while I watch and play with my second daughter, Esther <3) Have you found yourself inside a courtroom? I have. For good reasons. Several times actually. Again, for many good reasons. I remember the mixed emotions trying to...
Smile Anyway
I’ve often thought of itIn places hard to getAnd circumstances impossible to makeA smile that can meltA heart that’s unrest.So I’ve made a resolutionAmidst every awful situationAnd sorrowful plightTo choose, to decideTo smile anyway.When you’ve been taken advantageIn...
Millennials: Work, Life, and Money
As a millennial myself, I've often thought about how we can keep up with the demands of our lives and supply of our money. Our generation is known as the Information Age. We are very comfortable with the use of electronic devices, other digital technologies, and of...
The Twelfth Day or Epiphany Sunday
As a child, I've always thought what twelve days of Christmas mean. What was the relevance of the number twelve to Christmas? I must have missed it on my Catechism classes. There is even a song that supports it called, Twelve Days of Christmas, and it's about the...
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