I don’t know what it is, but to me Saturdays are filled with such gracious possibility. They are a breath of clean air in a claustrophobic world. A patch of crayola blue sky on a cloudy day. Technically, Saturdays are simply another day to fill up the time breaks in your day planner with more [...]
Filed under: Reflections on January 16th, 2010 | 5 Comments »
It’s that wonderful time of the year where textbooks arrive in the mail, the calendar becomes cluttered with test dates and reading schedules, and enjoyable things like blogging begrudgingly take their place in the back row of life. Yes, college has resumed and life hits a new gear. But in all honesty, I cannot dismiss [...]
Filed under: Blogging, My Life on January 14th, 2010 | 5 Comments »
“Whom have I in heaven but You? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.” Psalms 73:25
Nothing else on earth should capture my attention or fulfill my desire like Jesus should. My restless soul is a draining oppression that is never satisfied. And if my life is patterned to follow this selfish course, my days [...]
Filed under: My Life, Reflections, Scripture on January 11th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Perhaps I should begin with a disclaimer. None of the qualities I hope to describe below can be applied as easily as make-up and mascara. Because this kind of beauty deals with “the hidden person of the heart,” simply touching up the physical won’t cut it. We cannot live out the beauty of biblical womanhood [...]
Filed under: Femininity, Reflections, Scripture on January 9th, 2010 | 4 Comments »
In the spirit of my last post, I found this video to be quite validating to a few of the points I hoped to make. This is just a taste of the twisted tactics the world uses to define for us what beauty is. May we understand and remember that true beauty should be more [...]
Filed under: Femininity on January 8th, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I awkwardly steered my overloaded shopping cart into a checkout aisle and patiently waited for the line to dissolve. Grocery shopping always exhausts me. Maybe it’s because I wait until we are scrapping the cupboards for breadcrumbs before I head to the store, forcing me to create my own mini-Everest inside a shopping cart. (New [...]
Filed under: Femininity, Reflections on January 7th, 2010 | 6 Comments »
What are some things you simply must have to start your day off right? Well, one of my necessities is brewing downstairs and the other is sitting on the end table beside me. A hot cup of tea puts the “good” in my morning, but the leather-bound book at my elbow filled with underlines and [...]
Filed under: Devotional Life, Scripture, Tea on January 6th, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I'm Kaysie, 22. Jesus follower. Lover of sunshine, trees, hot tea, books, music, family, the gospel, poetry and Barnes and Nobles. Has a weird obsession with paper. Over-analyzes almost everything. Adores simplicity. Lucky for you. More?
