Enneagram

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Though I have it all, I have nothing if I have no love

Image
    In case I've never told you, Ted Dekker is one of my most favorite authors. His work is one of my primary inspirations within my own writing journey. And this week, I'm revisiting his Forgotten Way study. And let me tell you... WOW. I first went through it several years ago, and it impacted me to a degree at that point. But I was also way younger and way more immature. Now, especially with all the things the Lord has been teaching me over the last two years, Ted's insights are hitting me even harder.And that's just the intro chapter that I read yesterday night. Lemme quote you what he said. "The preeminent evidence shown by those who know the Father is this: love . And not just any love, but the unique kind that loves enemies, not only those who show us love in return. A love that is patient, showing no jealousy or arrogance, keeping no record of wrong, not seeking its own and not provoked by another's behavior." This is the powerful agape love that th...
Read more

Some Dreams Really Do Come True, Part 2

Image
  Friday, June 7, 2024 5:00 am, Mountain Standard Time My eyelids fluttered open after a somewhat choppy night of sleep. Although tired out from my long journey, I had shared the night with noisy neighbors who had no regard for campground quiet hours, and I was forced to listen to calming music through earbuds to get any sleep at all. But that mattered little now. This was my first morning in Colorado! Forcing myself to abandon my blanket, I slipped out of my tent into the cool 50-something degree morning and scrambled down to the edge of the Pueblo City Reservoir. I was like a little kid in an ice cream shop when I saw the endless heaps of shale fragments that lined the lake shore. Unlimited rock skipping! I stepped into the clear water, which was definitely decisively cool, but not outright freezing. I skipped rocks for the better part of half an hour, amazed at how easy it was to entertain myself with nothing but a heap of rocks and a gigantic 4600 acre puddle. But finally, the ...
Read more

Some Dreams Really Do Come True, Part 1

Image
  For half a lifetime, I have dreamed of seeing the Rocky Mountains. Most of my early fantasies have centered around northwestern Montana, which is very much still on my bucket list. But a few years ago, Colorado started to come onto my radar. I've never been further west than the eastern edge of Missouri. I never had the time, money, or means for the Rockies to be a practical trip. But as I grew older, as I tried different jobs and found high dissatisfaction with all of them, my mind started wandering. What is a job that will always be needed, no matter what happens to the economy? A job that is hard, honest work? A job that will never ever go away? Growing food. Dairy farmers, ranchers, crop farmers... They are irreplaceable. And what really caught my attention was the idea that some big farms/ranches, especially out west, sometimes offered housing options to employees. It would be the perfect way to relocate to a different state without worrying about renting an apartment and tr...
Read more