“Sometimes I arrive just when God’s ready to have someone click the shutter.” Ansel Adams To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven Ecclesiastes 3:1 What is taking so long? How many times have you asked that question? I ask it all the time, whether it’s the…
Author: lindablyle
Turtles and Grace for the Moment
I do not at all understand the mystery of grace – only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us. Anne Lamott And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather…
Refresh: A New Look at the Familiar
“The value of myth is that it takes all the things you know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden by the veil of familiarity.” C. S. Lewis That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things…
Practice is Progress
“Try to put well into practice what you already know; and in so doing, you will in good time, discover the hidden things you now inquire about. Practice what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know.” Rembrandt The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but…
Hiding in Plain Sight
I was stunned. Not because I had found it, but because of where it was: in plain sight.
Level Up: Lessons from difficult seasons
Could the difficult seasons that seem to be holding us back from our destiny or purpose actually be preparing us with the right tools we will need to fulfill our purpose?
Prepare for Launch
“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” –William Faulkner
A Lemony Snicket Day
“At times the world may seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe that there is much more good in it than bad. All you have to do is look hard enough, and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey.” Lemony Snicket,…
God’s Timing: Worth the Wait
“Short cuts make long delays.” J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. John 13:7 I don’t know about you, but sometimes I really hate waiting. There are times that it doesn’t bother me, especially if I…
A God Kind of Crazy: Up Against the Wall
“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall” Mending Wall by Robert Frost And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing…