O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you; my body longs for you,
in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
I’ve seen you in the sanctuary, beheld your power and glory.

Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.
I will praise you as long as I live;
in your name I will lift up my hands. Psalm 63:1-4

I love to hear my three-year old’s sweet voice as she sings Psalm 63:1-4.  We’ve been practicing it for about a month and she sings it…

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It is early morning and the only sound I hear is the coffee pot clicking away and the black gold slowly dripping into the pot.  It is still dark and as I wait for the morning light and my favorite drink, I review the summer’s writing in my journal.  I laugh and I cry.  One more summer added to the 15 recorded so far in my life.  One more summer of God’s handiwork in my life.  I wonder…will I ever figure this thing out?  Life.  Fifteen plus years of  grappling, seeking, growing, turning, changing, transforming, answers to prayers and encouragement – recorded.

This was the…

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Dawson Trotman, evangelist and founder of the Navigators, once said, “Thoughts disentangle themselves when they pass through your fingertips.”  By my experience, he was right.  Writing and journaling enables me to make sense out of the world and  my experiences.  For a brief moment I am able to pause, let my thoughts and experiences pass through my fingertips and they become more of a part of me.

I have a feeling it might be true for the marjority of us…but how do we practically get to the point of writing down our thoughts?  Is it even practical?  Can it be done…

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