Let your gentleness be evident to allPhilippians 4:5 (NIV) Gentleness. It's not really a word that we hear very often these days. We live in a world that is all about drive. We are called to be "boss babes" or "influencers". We are called to hustle for our worth. I didn't want to post on … Continue reading Put on gentleness
Some people might call me an over-thinker (and they'd be right!) I am a person who ponders the in and outs of life, I analyse every interaction and motivation. I dissect conversations after an event in an effort to figure out, "what she really meant by that comment", or worrying if, "I said the right … Continue reading Investigate my life
Today November starts and we begin the crazy slide towards Christmas and the end of the year. I am already feeling a need to slow down, here in the second last month of the year. So I thought I'd start a series focused on finding peace in the midst, and for me, peace is found … Continue reading Guarded by peace
My rose garden is a riot of colour and every time I see it, I think ‘abundance’. With abundance being my word for this year, I have been pondering the conditions that brought about this abundance of blooms and the lessons that I can apply in my life. The opposite of abundance is scarcity and, … Continue reading Lessons from a rose garden
Our local supermarket is doing another one of those promotions. You know the one, where somehow your own children pester you so they can collect the last remaining gimmicky plastic thing. Except this time the supermarket have played their hand well, and the gimmicky thing my kids want to collect is little pots, with seeds, … Continue reading Tending the plant
Living as I do in Perth, Australia, I am very aware of the value of water. We have water restrictions all year round, with set days and times to water our gardens. The soil here is sand and it absorbs water in a moment, so we enrich our soil and add wetting agents in order … Continue reading Watering Well