I love what they've done with it

 

 

“Same,” she texted back.

 

Such a wonderful use of the word!

Short.

Concise.

Or as concise as I need it to be.

I can always add more words, but in my effort NOT to overshare, same is the perfect word. In my efforts to let the other person talk it all out before I say anything, same is a wonderful way of acknowledging their feelings, telling them I understand a bit about what they are telling me, and they are not alone even though they might feel like they are.

 

Daughter: Ugh. My head. Must be the weather

Me: Same

… and now we can go back to our respective resting/medicating/napping/pushing through

 

Son: Made the bills again this month. Yay.

Me: Same. PTL! LOL!

… and now we know we are both struggling financially, but God is good.

 

In a world full of words and images, same is a respite from the noise.

 

Are you weary of so many words?

 

Same.

 

_RHTM_

 

By the way, I wrote a book. Find it here. Thanks!

Then join us for FMF.

 

 

I have a choice

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I have a choice

to stay in bed, or to get up

to work or to rest

to write or to read

to move or to be a couch-potato

to visit or not to visit

to believe that God works all things for my good or to believe God is out to get me

to do housework or let it pile up for the next day

to cook supper or get take-out

to mow or let the weeds grow and worry about the consequences later

to speak or keep my mouth shut

 

Most of the choices I make are based on consequences.

I pay my bills because I know what it’s like to get way behind and have things taken away.

I mow the grass because it’s difficult to walk in tall weeds, lots of bugs and sticky seeds, and I like to take long walks.

I keep my home tidy because a messy house gives me the feeling of frustration (and that voice of my mom telling me to clean my room).

I go shopping because I hate running out of the basics.

I do errands because I hate letting things go undone and piling up and causing me anxiety.

 

I read the Bible, pray, and study because if I don’t the darkness moves in, and my peace disappears.

I read books because I like to discuss them with friends.

 

I write because otherwise my brain is jumbled. Writing calms me. Writing is a place I put everything that I want to say but shouldn’t say out loud. Writing organizes my opinions and helps me see, in black and white, what I really think. Writing is like breathing.

Writing is life.

 

_RHTM_

 

Thanks, Kate, for all your encouragement. Five Minute Friday is my happy place!

 

 

 

random cover

 

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Cover me

Take cover

Stealing the covers

Under cover

Covered in medals

Book cover

Under cover of darkness

Covered in clover

 

“For behold, darkness will cover the earth And deep darkness the peoples; But the LORD will rise upon you And His glory will appear upon you.” – Isaiah 60:2

 

“When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe from him, covered himself with sackcloth and sat on the ashes.” – Jonah 3:6

 

“Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.” – 1 Peter 4:8

 

_RHTM_