The last few months have been rough. Just as spring break started (which normally kicks off of the easier half of Spring semester), we unfortunately experienced the loss of one of our students at the university where I work. It feels impossible to put into words how that situation and many other challenges one after another in… Continue reading A Summer of Joy! {Free Printable}
Category: Joy
NOT 31 Days of Joy
Something I’ve learned over the last few years and even in this month of trying to focus on joy is the importance of intentionality in choosing joy. I’m also learning that there can be intentionality in choosing to stop things that aren’t bringing joy to my life. I’m discovering this 31 Day Blog Challenge actually… Continue reading NOT 31 Days of Joy
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
LAUGH!
I wake up one morning and lay there in bed a while. I had been working for 6 months or so to get the iron levels in my body back up to normal and now, most days, I didn’t even notice it any more. But this day, I noticed; there is still a ways to… Continue reading LAUGH!
A Lovely Day! {A letter to my niece… and myself… and every one of us}
Dear Maddie, I loved spending this Thanksgiving week with you. At two and a half years old your joy and passion for life bring me so much joy and teach me so much. Just this morning I heard you waking up in your room, calling for your mom who was still asleep. When I walked… Continue reading A Lovely Day! {A letter to my niece… and myself… and every one of us}
A story of scars…a story of joy
We sat gathered around in a small room in her house. Worship and teaching were happening in the next room over. We couldn't all fit and so those of us who weren't teaching let other have our place. The church leader joined us and instead of sharing our testimonies, we had the honor of hearing… Continue reading A story of scars…a story of joy
Summer Bucket List
I've stumbled upon the habit of having a "summer bucket list" the past few years and a few weeks ago I started putting together my list for 2016. It's not a traditional bucket list in the sense that I actually expect to check off every single thing, but rather one that reminds me of all… Continue reading Summer Bucket List
Sunday Joy: I Choose Joy
Joy is a facinating thing to me. I don't quite understand it and am thankful that it is a fruit of the Spirit's work in my life and not something I have to muster up on my own. But until recently I think that's how I treated it...as something I must make happen. People would… Continue reading Sunday Joy: I Choose Joy
SUNDAY JOY: I Choose TRUTH!
When people count the 40 days of Lent (such as me and this blog series of 40 Days of Giving Up), it doesn't include the Sundays. The thought process behind this is that even though Lent is a somewhat solemn time to focus on the sacrifice of Jesus in his death, each Sunday of the… Continue reading SUNDAY JOY: I Choose TRUTH!
Grace… To fail
I did something tonight where, walking in, the probability of failure was much higher than the probability of success. So the fact I did it anyway in itself is a beautiful success! You see, Miss Perfectionist in me can be pretty bossy at times. She keeps me from doing fun things for fear of whether… Continue reading Grace… To fail
bekahfreed.com 