3:217 – Not Enough Words #faithbites #faithjourney words Setting According to the second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, there are 171,476 current and 47,156 obsolete words in the English language. Sometimes there doesn’t seem to be enough words or the right words to express how we are feeling. Do you ever feel that you said the wrong thing or […]
3:205 – First, It Hurts Setting #faithbites #faithjourney hurts Yesterday, I received an injection in my back. Let me tell you it hurt like the Dickens. The numbing medicine was very painful then it got easier from there. Today, everyone is asking how I’m doing. When I say sore, they ask if it’s because of the pain I had before […]
3:189 – Pretending Is Exhausting #faithbites #faithjourney pretending Yesterday, we talked about how people may be sick or in pain but “look ok“. We also discussed how like sickness and pain, we are all commit sins that aren’t visible. Part of that invisibility is the nature of pain, sickness, and sin. It’s below the skin and you can’t see what’s […]
3:185 – And I Screwed Up Again #faithbites #faithjourney screwed So this #faithbites was going to be about something else and then I screwed up again. Yelled again twice when I shouldn’t have. I apologize am forgiven and then it happens again. I’m not asking for absolution, just frustrated at myself. How many times have I don’t this, said I […]
3:177 – Let Them Eat Cake #faithbites #faithjourney cake Setting This morning while running errands, I ran into an old friend and his daughter who now live out of state. During our conversation, his daughter told me she was going to make dinner for her grandmother’s birthday and her grandfather was providing the cake. While it was great to see […]
3:141 – If Nothing Changes, Nothing Changes #faihbites #faithjourney changes In chemistry and physics, a closed system at rest will stay at rest until something changes. Change the temperature, increase the pressure, add something to the system, and you have a change. The same is true in our life. If we don’t make a change, nothing will change. I found […]
3:138 – It’s Not About You, It’s About Us #faithbites #faithjourney Us When I was in High School, I did Lincoln-Douglas debating. It is a style of debating where you have one topic and each debater takes different sides of the argument. I really enjoyed. One topic that sticks with me, 25 years later is: “Laws that protect people from […]
3:129 – Be The Change You Want To See #faithbites #faithjourney change There is a lot of anger in the world. People killed for asking someone to wear a mask. Black American’s killed for jogging, bbqing, and just living. Conspiracy theories running rampant. So much negativity in the world, but there is hope. Today, I was about to throw my […]
3:125 – Take Responsibility #faithbites #faithjourney responsibility #MayTheFourth Yesterday, I explained the saga of no internet at our house. Today, we have it back. When the Metronet person came to fix it, I knew I had a bad feeling about it. (Sorry, had to get in at least one Star Wars Quote today). We went back there and the line […]
3:112 – Hold Me Tighter #faithbites #faithjourney tighter Today was not a good day at Case del Sol. Between construction workers, internet woes, home schooling, and tired children, it was a bit rough. My youngest was having an extremely rough day with several breakdowns. I was close several times to spanking her. When I was about to, I realized how […]