This trait will keep you in a job and keep you doing well at that job! It’s definitely a trait that develops with age but also, and perhaps more so, with a willingness to go deeper and be better.
Author: wordhabit
Just One More Kiss
It’s hard to let her go. 2:45am comes. I feed her. And then it’s 4:30am and I’m waking up with her still in my arms. I finally surrender to the reality of my own sleep needs and return her to her bed but only after ten more kisses to her cheeks. She settles down quickly….
My Girl & My God
I know, I should be sleeping. Sleep when the baby sleeps. Yeah yeah. I’ve got thoughts running through my head that must be sorted through. So here I go. A couple of nights ago, I was done. I mean, not really but it felt like it. It felt like confusion frustration and helplessness had gotten…
The Right to Breathe
Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. (Genesis 2:7 NIV) I believe we’ve all been given the right to breathe ever since God breathed into Adam. But we’ve disrespected the work of the…
#ferguson. Scattered thoughts. Part 2.
(I don’t pretend to have clear answers to all this mess. But I know there are things I can do and one of those things is write. I pray for wisdom to discover the others.) I was probably 19 when a group of us college kids got together, came up with a strategy and presented…
the unfair
I’m laying in bed with my daughter asleep on my chest. Well, I’m not really laying. I’m in some this-will-hurt-badly-later position that resembles laying. Anyway, I can’t help but think of my friend whose little boy is fighting to live at 24 weeks old. This world is a mess. I get to spoil my daughter…
my current situation
We quickly and quietly hunker down for the night after she’s asleep. Well, it’s not yet “for the night” but more like “for the 2 to 3 hour segments she’ll bless us with.” We bring up people and situations to pray for, all in hushed tones, and then we pray. And I’ve honestly asked God…