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portrait of a life: unhurried wonder

March 8, 2020March 10, 2020 l m andersonLeave a comment

Daisy sleeps by my side while The Incredible Dr. Pol plays on Disney+.  Typically, she likes to watch the farm animals and barks at the TV in greeting, but the time change is making the both of us a little extra sleepy and Daisy opts for a Sunday morning nap instead. Lighted in the living room is [...]

Posted in portrait of a life (february 2020)Tagged christianity, inspiration, religion

portrait of a life: !!!!!!

February 12, 2020February 12, 2020 l m andersonLeave a comment

I am home from a lovely visit with my parents and brother. Daisy's tucked in for the night. The dishes are washed. Not Afraid by Jesus Culture plays as I settle in for the evening. I revisit Psalm 139 where highlights and notes, remnants of my past musings, await me. On my hand is an [...]

Posted in portrait of a life (february 2020)Tagged faith, meditation, prose, religion

to the lonely

November 9, 2017 l m andersonLeave a comment

I am lonely. It feels almost wrong somehow to confess this.  I wrestle with my feelings of loneliness in the wake of people telling me "You have Jesus!  How could you be lonely?" I pray over my loneliness.  I do not run from it.  I no longer set it upon a shelf and stare at [...]

Posted in prayerTagged christianity, depression, loneliness, religion, writing

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It is an unfinished room and I am an unfinished thing.
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I’m at Mom and Dad’s awaiting an AC repair at my house and Daisy is with Grandpa, living her best life among other dogs and goats. She probably doesn’t even miss me but I sure miss her!
Even when blinking, she’s more photogenic than I am.
Saturday meditation: it seems as though I have been waiting my whole life to be invited. I long desperately for the approval, appreciation, and affection of others. And mostly I live under assumption, longing to be invited but telling myself I won’t be. Believing I am inherently unwanted, I’ve sat a lot of things out. But the truth is my worthiness is not dependent on an invitation (to participate, to collaborate, to show up, to invest, to love, to...) In fact, my existence alone is the invitation. The fact that I am here at all gives me the right and privilege to take up space on the earth as God intended.

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