“deute" This was the call I heard as I laid awake at 3:45 am one Friday morning at some point in the early days of the pandemic. No, I don’t know Greek, but I stumbled upon this word that is often translated as "come" or "come now" as I was poking around in Matthew 11.… Continue reading “deute!”
Category: Bekah’s Heart
Fasting from Isolation in the Midst of Pandemic
Lent. It’s a season known for fasting. As I journey though a devotion book suggesting a new fast for each day, the suggested fasts have ranged from “collecting praise” to an actual physical meal. I had to laugh when I came across the most recent suggestion. “Today, fast from isolation.” In a current world climate… Continue reading Fasting from Isolation in the Midst of Pandemic
Though I sit in darkness…
“But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me. Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light!" (Micah 7:7-8) Social media has pros and cons… Continue reading Though I sit in darkness…
Follow You Anywhere
It was a Monday night. I was at a young adult worship night at a local church when I first heard the words of this song, a prayer to God: “You make it easy to love You You are good and You are kind You bring joy into my life You make it easy to… Continue reading Follow You Anywhere
I’ve Walked These Halls
I’ve walked these halls. I’ve wandered these buildings. I’ve sat in these offices (and in some potentially unfortunate cases maybe in these same exact chairs). I went to school here. I left. Nine years later: I’m back. Once a student. Now staff. Always a Bulldog. So much seems the same and yet so different. I’ve… Continue reading I’ve Walked These Halls
One Month In: What Do I Need?
Today marks exactly one month of living in Seward. My house is starting to feel a bit more like a home, I’ve got at least some clue of what my job will entail (how to do it all will come later), and I’m starting to settle in to small town life. One new thing for… Continue reading One Month In: What Do I Need?
Grief and Gratitude
Grieving. It’s a weird thing. Everyone’s grief process is different. Even when people experience what seems like “the same exact loss," how they each walk through that grief changes (as it should!) from person to person. However, whether the loss is big or small, I feel like there is something that happens almost every time… Continue reading Grief and Gratitude
New Morning. New Mercies. – A Morning Prayer
New morning. New mercies. The fears and failures of yesterday have past. The doubts and dreadful moments The sin and its stain Washed clean. Restored. New. Father, at the beginning of this new day, we dare to hope: hope for life abundant hope for joy hope for connection and community hope for a chance to… Continue reading New Morning. New Mercies. – A Morning Prayer
“It’s Okay. It’s Your First Time.”
With all the change and transition in my life I got the unexpected chance to spend a few summer days with my family down in Kansas. In the past 9 years, summer has been my busiest season at work so time away with family is limited, especially due to the distance. On Wednesday, I had… Continue reading “It’s Okay. It’s Your First Time.”
We have not been this way before.
“We have not been this way before.” I woke up this morning with this phrase in my head. There is no denying God was trying to speak truth to me from the moment I had conscious thought. I'd need His presence, His leading. It’s a phrase that’s come up a few times over the last… Continue reading We have not been this way before.
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