I really enjoy writing and experimenting with the English language. It is kind of fun and freeing to write, choosing to ignore the constraints of the English teacher rule book that is always in my head. I appreciate that writing gives me a way of remembering this time that in many ways I just want to forget, and yet know I need to somehow save. I also appreciate how it gives me time and a space to process the crazy mess of thoughts and feelings.
I have always loved the psalms because it so adequately describes almost every emotion and experience imaginable. The depths of joy and anguish is found in God's Word, and I find overwhelming comfort to hear that God intimately knows me and my heart. I come back to God's Word almost every time I write because it is the truth I am choosing to cling to. Not that I always feel like trusting or praising God. I don't, but I choose to because I know He is my sovereign, loving God who holds me and my children now as no one else can. God is the source of comfort that gives anew each day. Who else is there to turn to?
Fear not, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by name, you are mine... Fear not, for I am with you. Isaiah 43:1, 5
Thank you for sharing your words and your heart. As we practiced the 1H memory verse this week and did our Faith 5, we prayed versions of it for the Fink family. Isaiah 43:1 over you, again. ❤️
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ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this Kelly. What a reminder to us all. I love that verse you share at the end too--it every day, good or bad, Jesus knows us and calls us His own!
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