by kimhyland | Jan 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
My soul is starving. Like that hunger after the holidays when you just want something simple, wholesome to eat. Sugared out, your body craves health. Things like fruit. Fresh. Simple tastes that simply feed your body’s true hunger. In all the revelry of the...
by kimhyland | Jan 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
It’s a unique reflection. A whole year at a time. Not the way we usually look back. Or forward, which I find particularly foreboding. Reflecting on 2011, I imagine myself one year ago today. Had I known all that was to come, good and bad, I think like Scrooge...
by kimhyland | Dec 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’m feeling it. That latent yet definite sense of panic that rises in every mom’s heart 48 hours before THE day. Reason tells me it will come and go whether every last detail is covered or not (and who cares if they’re not). But my emotions and...
by kimhyland | Dec 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
Sleep beckoned, but it was too late. My head was already rattling through the day’s “to do” list, so I complied and got up before the sun. For all there was to do, I started the day with coffee and Advent devotions at the table. Sitting there after...
by kimhyland | Dec 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
The songs of His story are everywhere this season. Calling us back to His gift and truth. I’ve been trying to listen beyond the music and tunes so familiar they’re like the “ABC’s.” I can sing them without a conscious thought, but...
by kimhyland | Dec 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
I come with the angels. No purpose but to sing the praises, reveal the glory of Creator come down on His mission of love. Let us adore Him. I come with the shepherds. Outcast, destitute. Nothing to offer but wonder at One so great and His revelation to me? Let us...