Isn't it beautiful, the way we fall apart..... 

Have you heard that song "Isn't it beautiful" by We As Human? "Its the battle within, the good and the sin, with both sides standing strong. But isn't it beautiful the way we fall apart...  It's magical and tragic... so unpredictable...

Let's face it, whether you are a Christian or not, life will always have those trials, those crazy twists and turns that leave you confused, bruised, battered, breathless and torn.  But if you are on a God journey, if you are a Christian, there is a difference. 

The difference is that falling apart CAN be beautiful when you look at the results; the softness, the tenderness, the compassion and the REAL love that begins to grow in our hearts when we allow God to take our hurts, our tragedies and even our own brutally catastrophic choices to mold us into the gracious, glowing, kind and loving women that He intended us to be. 

 I know.... I know.... we wish it could just happen easily and painlessly.  Many times I have railed at God and asked Him WHY He just wouldn't instantly allow me to change into the creation He had in mind.  I have been SO angry, and still am at times, that the paths He seems to allow us to travel to soften us are those rocky, pitted  pot holes that leave us drained and done...

But once I have come out of that horribly overgrown forest of despair, I look back and see that the thorns and thistles have now grown into graceful flowers, gently blowing in the breeze with their faces turned up to the sun.  Another way to explain it is that when I go thru a time of exhausting chaos in my life, and especially in my soul, the time that follows after I have passed thru is one of such a deep, satisfying peace.

One of my favorite quotes is "The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” ❀ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. It is, in fact, the one thing that still stands when all else has fallen. 1 Cor. 13:7-8 JB Phillips Version

My First Post! ...  

Ok, so I finally did it.  I.... a person who does not really trust this whole cyberspace thingy stuff, has decided to finally give birth to the idea I have been kicking around for quite a while... a blog.... gulp....

My thoughts are, since I consider life SUCH a beautiful mess, why not reflect that chaos on this site.   I would love to be able to share this journey with other exquisitely wounded, crookedly patched up, willy nilly, giggly, tenderhearted, silly, goofy gals.

Subjects on this blog will, I'm sure, have a range of subjects from books, to kids, to crushes, to depression, to healing, to the "wetting your pants" kind of uncontrollable laughter.....  well.... you get the picture.  It will be a collage of subjects; in other words.. A BEAUTIFUL MESS!

Hold on to your hats girls!  We are in for a breathtakingly, gloriously dizzying, bumpy ride!

                                                  my nephew and I at the park
                                    The best thing we can do is to enjoy eating, drinking, and working.
                              I believe these are God’s gifts to us.  Ecclesiastes 2:24  Easy to read version