The wind blew strong today. I spent the morning grocery store hopping with my mom and two babes, hoods up and eyes down. Then drove back to NE Indy later this afternoon for another appointment. Each time, jumping as quickly as possible from each place of shelter to the next – the car, a buildingContinue reading “l e n t :: day15_shelter”
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l e n t :: day14_covenant
My 2nd year college roommate painted this for Jeff and me for our wedding. She had previously done a simple sketch the inspired that painting and that we used on our wedding invitation. It is lovely. We asked her to draw it based on a song called “Closer” by Jars of Clay, specifically the lineContinue reading “l e n t :: day14_covenant”
l e n t :: day13_vision
Before we moved back to Kokomo, I’d forgotten how beautiful Indiana skies could be. Although the lack of sun during Michigan winters didn’t drastically effect my mood, the bright blue in the summer, watching dark clouds bring in a storm, or the articulate night sky has shocked me multiple since we moved back. I didn’tContinue reading “l e n t :: day13_vision”
l e n t :: day10_love
Love means that I find your needs and wants as important if not more important than my own. Perhaps at first that sounds a wee bit selfish, but I am being honest. How did I know I loved Jeff? His happiness became inherently more important than my own. How do I know I love myContinue reading “l e n t :: day10_love”
l e n t :: day9_refuge
Perhaps my bed would seem an odd refuge as I am an extrovert and am generally rejuvenated via wine, conversation and art. Recently, in a counseling session, I was compared to a lightning bolt. I doubt beds are fond of lightning bolts, due to fire and whatnot. And honestly, I somewhat despise sleep; we haveContinue reading “l e n t :: day9_refuge”
l e n t :: day8_might
One of the daily emails I pop open for morning guidance or encouragement is Christine Caine’s First Things First. It’s generally a short Scripture verse or passed followed by a quick paragraph or so from Christine, a prophet, preacher, and slave-freer. I didn’t get to that email until tonight, after spending all day mulling overContinue reading “l e n t :: day8_might”
l e n t :: day6_settle
set·tle ˈsedl/, verb resolve or reach an agreement about (an argument or problem) “every effort was made to settle the dispute” synonyms: resolve, sort out, solve, clear up, end, fix, work out, iron out, straighten out, set right, rectify, remedy, reconcile; informal patch up “they settled the dispute” adopt a more steady orContinue reading “l e n t :: day6_settle”
l e n t :: day4_injustice
Justice can only exist when we stop building fences. When complacency and apathy and American self-preservation and arrogance take a back seat (or perhaps jump completely out of the car) to compassion, empathy, a true embodiment of the Golden Rule, and the permeating concept of us FOR them verses us OR them. When we decideContinue reading “l e n t :: day4_injustice”
l e n t :: day3_look
“We know only a portion of the truth, and what we say about God is always incomplete. But when the Complete arrives, our incompletes will be canceled. When I was an infant at my mother’s breast, I gurgled and cooed like any infant. When I grew up, I left those infant ways for good. WeContinue reading “l e n t :: day3_look”
l e n t :: day2_voice
Voices. Some voices I hear too often, like the constant three-and-a-half-year-old storytime intermixed with eighteen month old almost-words. Don’t get me wrong—I love my hilarious ladies and am grateful that I was able to conceive, give birth, and watch these incredible little women grow—but sometimes it is overwhelmingly loud. And then there’s my own voiceContinue reading “l e n t :: day2_voice”
Magdalene A.R. Mastin 