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Holy Week Reflections: Surprised by Joy

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emthewordenthusiast · 4 months

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Poem: The Redwood Seed

I wonderif the redwood seedknows before he’s tallthat one day in the foresthe’ll rise above them all I wonderif the redwood seedever cowers in the shadeas he stares up at the giantsthat make him feel afraid I wonderhow the redwood seedwould feel if he could knowthat one day he’ll be one of themhe only needs to grow I wonderif the redwood seedwould doubt if he could seebut most of all I…

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emthewordenthusiast · 4 months

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Hope for the New Year.

Hello again. It’s been a while. I’m sitting here at my favorite coffee shop, a steaming mug of nutty El Salvador coffee to my left and this beautiful, blank screen in front of me. “Here comes the Sun” by the Beatles is playing and Christmas lights in the rafters twinkle around me. I am grateful they still hang. Grateful for light while the world is still dark. It has been a long time since I…

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emthewordenthusiast · 1 year

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Book #4 of 2023 📖 “Disciplines of Grace” ✍🏻 Jerry Bridges 📚Christian Living ⭐️ 4/5 Quote: “Run, John, run the law commands. But gives me neither feet nor hands. Better news the gospel brings- it bids me fly and gives me wings!” Discipline and grace are not two words I would normally interchange or expect to see in the same sentence. Yet such is the Christian life as Jerry Bridges explains in his exposition of the role grace plays in our pursuit of holiness. Just as both wings of an airplane are crucial for flight, this book reminds us that the exercise of both discipline and dependence is absolutely necessary in our walks as children of the King. What I liked most about this book was that everything led back to the gospel. The gospel shaped each truth shared and fueled each encouragement written. I’ve heard many times from various Christian teachers to “Preach the gospel to yourself daily” and reading this book was such a practical and spiritually refreshing way to do that. Titus 2:11-12 says “For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age.” How beautiful that not only does God’s grace save us to live for him, but enable us to live for him! . . . #goodreadschallenge #bookstagrammers #readingaesthetic #ilovetoread #christianbookreviews #bookstaexplore #ilivetoread #readwriteunite #faithinspired #readbelievedo #christianbookbloggers #aspiringauthorsofig #emthewordenthusiast #bookishpost #readreadread #bookwormlife #booksonbooks #jerrybridges #thedisciplinesofgrace #pursuitofholiness #christianbooks #christianbookreview #navpress (at Grace) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpsuEU7PuJC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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emthewordenthusiast · 1 year

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Cancer of the Heart.

“If only we wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, which is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.” — CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU A couple months ago, I posted a poll on Instagram asking my followers the question- “If you could, which feeling would you like to never feel again?” Their choices were: -sadness-anger-fear…

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emthewordenthusiast · 1 year

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happy valentines day to the only person in the world who i know I can be fully honest with and who loves me honestly what a gift and a relief to be known so absolutely and yet at the end of the day still be absolutely loved . . . . #poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #writingcommunity #writing #bloggersofinstagram #christianwriterscommunity #newwriter #authorsofinstagram #christianauthors #authorssupportingauthors #2023valentinesday #valentines #love #romance #kiss #galentinesday #valentine #bemine #valentinespoem #lovepoems #fullyknownandlovedbyyou #honestyquotes #honestypoem #emthewordenthusiast #happyvalentinesday #iwritewhatyoufeel #iwritewhatifeel #sappypost #sappypoetry (at Schweitzer) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoqaMrnvGly/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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emthewordenthusiast · 1 year

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{my love}

my love is boththe lighthousethat guides me out of the stormand the lifeboatthat carries me to the shorebefore him i was lostand all i knewwas darkness

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emthewordenthusiast · 1 year

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January 2023 Recap.

Welcome to my first recap of post 2023! As far as reading goes, my goal for this year is to finish 35 books! If you’d like to get more current updates on my reading progress feel free to follow me on goodreads or storygraph. READING UPDATE Book #1A Dogs Journey by W. Bruce Cameron “You can usually tell that a man is good if he has a dog who loves him.” I asked my husband for a dog for…

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emthewordenthusiast · 1 year

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Remember to Surrender.

This year has started out a lot differently than I expected.A lot less skiing.A lot more kleenex. Allow me to explain… In the first week of January, I lost my Grandfather. And the following week, I came down with a severe cold turned sinus infection that I am still not fully recovered from. For most of this month, I haven’t had the emotional or physical strength to do much besides go to work…

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emthewordenthusiast · 1 year

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Book #1 of 2023 📖 “A Dog’s Journey” ✍🏻 W. Bruce Cameron 📚Animal Fiction ⭐️ 3/5 Quote: “Dog’ is ‘God’ spelled backward; you know that. That’s why you’re here, to help the nuns do God’s work. I asked my husband for a dog for Christmas. He got me this book instead 😅 Our landlord doesn’t allow pets in our apartment but I still think he could have pulled some strings to make it happen. All jokes aside, this lighthearted read was much appreciated and came at a good time. After my Pop passed away I came down with a rough bout of sickness, so it was nice to have something easy and entertaining to pass the time and get my mind off things. My husbands plan was foiled though. This book did not appease my dog fever. It only made it worse 😂 . . . #goodreadschallenge #bookstagrammers #readingaesthetic #ilovetoread #christianbookreviews #bookstaexplore #ilivetoread #readwriteunite #faithinspired #readbelievedo #christianbookbloggers #aspiringauthorsofig #emthewordenthusiast #bookishpost #readreadread #bookwormlife #booksonbooks #adogsjourney #adogspurpose #adogspurposebooks #animalfiction #booksfordoglovers #dogfever #iwantadog #christmasbookgift #storygrapher #dogbooks #dogstories #honestreview (at Dog Lovers) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn5N82dSbh9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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emthewordenthusiast · 1 year

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but i did/ and it did/ and we did . . . #poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #writingcommunity #writing #blogger #blog #bloggersofinstagram #christian #jesuslovesyou #christianwriterscommunity #christianblogger #writersofig #blogger #blogpost #readersofinstagram #truelovewaits #readbelievedo #newwriter #authorsofinstagram #poetryishealing #authorssupportingauthors #poetryishealing #poetrylovers #happyvalentinesday #younglove #explorepage #younglovequotes #bemine #romanticcouples #lovephotography #lovephoto (at Ｙｏｕｎｇ　ｌｏｖｅ) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ-gvG8P__T/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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emthewordenthusiast · 1 year

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{Pop}

A poem for my Pop.

He was a classic like the blue ford truck he’s had since I was bornhe was harmonicas around the campfirepockets full of golf teesand newspapers by his lazy boybeneath his sun stained bible I’ve got his polish earsthat I used to hidebut now bear proudlybecause they’ll always remind me of him we shar a love of Keith Greenand apple fritterssoft pajama pantsand four wheeler rides in the…

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emthewordenthusiast · 1 year

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December 2022 Recap.

“I heard a bird singIn the dark of December.A magical thingAnd sweet to remember.“We are nearer to Spring Than we were in September,” I heard a bird sing In the dark of December. “-Oliver Herford READING UPDATE Book #1I’m Glad my Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy “I take a longer look at the words on her headstone. Brave, kind, loyal, sweet, loving, graceful, strong, thoughtful, funny, genuine,…

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emthewordenthusiast · 1 year

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2022 Year Round Up.

Snow is falling outside my window, “Way Maker” by Leeland is playing from my speaker, the wax melter my sister bought me for Christmas is filling my apartment with a lovely pine scent and I just finished an americano I made with the espresso machine my husband gifted me. In this moment, I am at peace. I am full of gratitude. The New Year looms ahead and if I think about it too much, it can be…

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emthewordenthusiast · 1 year

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{all I need to keep going}

was it hard to see on the journey to Bethlehem? did the clouds ever cover the light of the star?just one single lampin a sky full of darknessthey had it to followbut they traversed afarsometimes my hope is like the star over Bethlehem like a lanterns beam, the flicker of a candlethe wind is howlingthe darkness is stifling and the weight of the world is too heavy to handlebut your light, oh Lord,…

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emthewordenthusiast · 1 year

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Where Christmas Joy is Found.

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emthewordenthusiast · 1 year

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{perspective}

It was Christmastime and I was at the age when my hair was blonderand my heart was lighter Mama and I were under a blanketgazing up at the Christmas treeshe told me to squint my eyes and lean my head back on the couch and when I did the yellow lights we’d wrapped around so carefullybecame fuzzy and soft and glowed like starlight I still remember Mama laughing as I jumped out of the…

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