Posts Tagged ‘Beginnings’
Bare Beginnings
By Jenn Wallace So many of our beginnings start this way—two individuals who were bare and vulnerable, who trusted. There is something attractive and exhilarating in allowing someone to know you—it can feel like a big risk, opening to someone’s touch, gaze and trusting that person. The vulnerability in partnering and building trust is so needed in parenting. Whether or not a couple is able to conceive, raising a child requires naked vulnerability. If living with someone does not bring out all the details, good and bad, then raising a child certainly does. Babies produce all kinds of emotions…
Read MoreNew Beginnings
By Loreen Husband Sunrise or sunset? If you’re looking at a photo it can be quite difficult to decide which one the photo features unless you were there when it was taken. In a recent edition of the Dauphin Church bulletin, Tim Pippus said in his weekly article; “People spend a lot of time thinking about new beginnings. We often obsess about how we feel right now. Yet, we make the best decisions when we think, ‘Regardless of where I am now or what I am going through, how do I want this story to end?’”. I will admit…
Read MoreWhen God Blinks
By Gayle Garneau When God blinks… My heart skips a beat. Panic soon follows. Is this the end? Am I alone? Abandoned? Without hope? Has He closed His eyes to me forever? Will He ever look on me again? What did I do wrong? Will I ever be good enough? Can I earn back His love? Why won’t He turn my way? When God blinks… “Don’t fret my child. I didn’t turn my back on you. I am always right here by your side. It was only momentarily that I looked away. A tear…
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