by Emily Wierenga | Sep 12, 2012 | bills, book giveaway, cara sexton, children, hope, imperfect prose on thursdays, joy, lamp, light, peace, politics, whimsy smitten, winner
I am tired and too delicate for this world. It all seems to fly at me at once today, an assault of worldly concerns and it feels like just too much and I whisper for Jesus to come and come soon and all the while I feel like a hopeless lunatic just waving my arms as... by Emily Wierenga | Jun 20, 2012 | abide, beauty, doing, God, idleness, imperfect prose on thursdays, joy, laughter, proverbs 31, sewing, suzannah paul, tea, the smitten word, woman
(post and photo by suzannah paul)When she said, “Where better to look than Proverbs 31?”my heart sunk hard and I lifted tea to lips in lame disguise.I am Suzannah’s complete lack of enthusiasmIn this sorority, we’re tested veterans,survivors of... by Emily Wierenga | Jun 4, 2012 | fair-trade coffee, God, happiness, heartache, heaven, joy, poor, sorrow, ten thousand villages
sometimes i’m not sure what to do with all of the sadness in the world so i just sort of tuck it into the envelope of my heart, all stuffed and overflowing with people’s letters of cancer and child-loss and pain. and i know i’m supposed to mail those... by Emily Wierenga | Feb 23, 2012 | crying, fostering, hope, joy, kids, Lord, motherhood
i had to laugh, like a crazy lady, i laughed while they cried and the Joy of the Lord sang on the CD. it was one of those laugh-or-you’ll-cry times, and so we made a cacophony of sound that afternoon drive home, as sweet-voiced singers crooned “i’ve...