“Why not build into your life unhurried quiet, where, among other disciplines, you consider the radiance of who [Jesus] actually is, what animates him, what his deepest delight is? Why not give your soul room to be reenchanted with Christ time and again?”
– Dane Ortlund, “Gentle and Lowly”
Newness
Snow falling across the train tracks
Ice melting into a pretty puddle
Jesus’ love that frees me from sins I can’t erase
Kind cashier at Frick’s market
An hour inside Half Price Books
Jaquelle’s smile
1 A.M. text: “It’s a boy!”
Barrett John, born January 10, black-haired
Teaching from Jude
Sing chat friends and our conversations about revolution, war, guacamole recipes, Winnie the Pooh, and the homesickness we each feel (though in different ways).
The Blind Mule Blog (I’m really taken with Sarah’s writing)
Emails from Clara, trading proud auntie pictures
Papa Larry and his friends spreading out lunch in the cul-de-sac
Bib overalls and bulb holes
Bluejay on the picket fence
This podcast episode that humbled and helped me: A Stamina for Being Overlooked
Meeting Barrett and holding him against myself
Newborn yawns, sneezes, and forehead wrinkles
Snow at the van window, clinging to the woods
Making music with my family for Fellowship Church’s youth weekend
New faces, new friends
Young people who want Jesus to have their everything
Peter Mead’s teaching and storytelling
Tea, sunrise biscuit, letters, and cold
Saturday evening writing by the fire
Deep sleep and rain
Mr. Bill tramping through the snow to give us a bag full of fresh-baked cookies: “I heard there was a cookie famine down at your house”
Rising and falling instrumental music
Natalie dropping by with cards
Dad’s preaching
Snowball fight with Trent and Janaya
Wolf moon, fat and yellow, rising over the snowy field and frozen pond off Highway A
Gentle and Lowly by Dane Ortlund and the way it’s softening and bending me toward Jesus’ heart for me
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a genuinely beautiful post, I always love reading your ttmmh posts because they’re so beautiful written… it makes me happy just reading them!
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that makes me glad! thank you for reading. 🙌🏽
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Mmm, this all sounds so lovely. Your ttmmh posts are always so refreshing, and reminds me to pay attention to the per say little things in life. ❤
Ttmmh in January: "The Chronicles of Narnia" (the books + all three movies by Disney), purchasing all 4 "Little Women" books at Half Price Books, studying Biblical doctrines with my family, memorizing Scripture, working on a tedious yet special project with some friends, and working on my National History Day project (I've loved not only doing the project, but also the relationship that's been built with my Honors World History teacher). This month was wonderful, and I cannot wait to see what is to come in February.
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