WOW

Hands are interesting things, aren’t they? Five fingers. A palm. Some knuckles. Perhaps some arthritis, maybe fancy nails, turn them over and you might see calluses. Maybe there are short fingers, long fingers, curved fingers. Maybe the hand isn’t even a hand at all, perhaps it’s a foot that functions in the place of a […]

I once wrote a poem while in college. A very daring task for someone like me—I’ve never been one for poetry, though at times I enjoy reading it. In my odd way of thinking, I find it funny that the Book of Psalms is a balm to my soul. There is something precious about delving […]

Think back over the last 5 years. Have you purchased a new pair of shoes within that timeframe? Were they for comfort? Elegance? Business? Did you purchase them to match an outfit for a special occasion? Or were they for a more functional purpose, say boots to protect your feet on a hike? Whatever the […]

“You’ve lost your spark.” I was told this once after a rather long and grueling swim practice. The years of training had kept me going, I had finished the set, but it was true, my spark was gone. There I was, an experienced swimmer with more than twelve years under my belt and thousands of […]

This blog was originally posted in 2016 but is still a pertinent message from Cherie Hurt for today. I used to write just as much as I breathed—or at least that’s what it felt like. I would go to bed with my next blog post in mind. I would often find myself scribbling notes across […]

I am a doer, a task-oriented person. I like to make a list and check things off. In fact, I ‘m so bad that sometimes if I do something and it’s NOT on my list, I write it down just so I can have the satisfaction of checking it off. Do you ever grow weary of […]

From the moment we are born we are instilled with the quality to love others. Wide-eyed infants in need of nourishment, we associate love with the comfort of another individual. Oh, to be a child again and feel what it’s like to love others with nothing holding you back! No judgment, no hatred, no record […]

The Father is reminding me to “love better” everywhere I turn. Most recently the reminder has come in Ephesians 5:1-2, “Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” But what does it mean to walk in love? […]

One morning when I was a young girl, I was helping my mom unload the dishwasher and I dropped one of the glass cups. I can remember the way it shattered across the floor and we paused. Embarrassment and worry flooded me, I felt the heavy weight of failure pressing on me and moved to […]

Silence. Do you ever crave it, wondering just what secrets lie in its wake? Sometimes, I find myself wishing for the pause of a moment, for the simple elegance of bliss. That sort of feeling when for once you don’t have to wake up to an alarm, but rather to the silence of a room […]