Category: Wanderlust Blog
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Pretty Prose? Not me!
After quite a bit of questioning and self reflection, I have realized that the way I communicate seems to be quite different from other women that blog. They have soft/flowery pictures and words of love and encouragement. The bible verses are uplifting, and help others get through another day. My blogs tend to be rants,…
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The Big Picture
“It’s just a movie!” “It’s just a stupid romance novel, what’s the fuss about?” “It’s my sex life, and what I do is private, why is it anyone’s business what I read or enjoy?” “Quit being such a prude!” These are the comments floating around right now. People are divided, sides are being formed. Are…
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How is Love Abusive?
How is Love Abusive? IT’S NOT!! Love is NEVER abusive. Yet coming out, to a theater near you this valentines day, is an expected blockbuster…glorifying abuse, and calling it love! I remember the weeks before the book came out, and at the bookstore there was a big buildup going on. This book was supposed to…
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Wallowing and “Suffering”
I am ashamed to admit that I have spent a lot of time wallowing in my own issues this last month! “Suffering for Jesus” is the phrase I used to make myself feel better, after all, am I not following Him and suffering in the process? I was “too tired” to read His word, and…
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Highs and Lows
Do you have any memories of trying to walk up a slide? Many of us have done that as children, and depending on how slippery the slide is, and how grippy your shoes or feet are, is how fast you make it up. I remember sliding down as often as getting to the top. Life…
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“Bling Bling” from Jesus
“You are a magpie,” my cousin said one day, as we were walking through the downtown flea markets in Helsinki. “They gravitate to sparkly things, and so do you.” What can I say, it’s true. If it sparkles, I am mesmerized. I even became a rep for a sterling silver company just so I could…