Category: Random Thoughts

Lost things

There is a funny story about some keys that I will share but it got me thinking about the things I have lost. It has been said that the average person in America spends about 2.5 days a year looking for things misplaced, usually the remote, cell phone, shoes, glasses and keys. The amount of…

By Mirm January 9, 2024 0

The posture in 2024

We all face the same challenge to let go of what lies behind, rest in the present and trust the future to God’s good keeping. This is the posture of content obedience. It was 38 years ago this month that God told Jim and I to “Go”. We listened and obeyed. We left a great…

By Mirm January 7, 2024 0

Fixin’ to Carry you to the Store

I am marveling at language and how it changes. I am startled by social cues and the evolution of language. I love talking to my bestie about slang and phrases that have faded in popularity. I always have been. Perhaps I should have stuck with my high school plan to become an etymologist and linguist.…

By Mirm October 18, 2023 1

Labels

I have lots of these and my favorites are based on my identity in relationships – daughter. sister. aunt. mom. friend. wife. When I am introduced to someone often the labels I am asked for are not the ones based on relationship (perhaps it is too intimate), but rather the identifiers are based on what…

By Mirm September 10, 2023 0

Coffee vs tea

In a class on healthy emotional relationships that I am taking we have been asked to spend time in silence, slowing down our mind and learning to listen. It is hard. It doesn’t feel safe. It is a discipline I need but I am pushing back on relearning it. I am used to fast and…

By Mirm September 9, 2023 0

Fear is a liar

I hate the song with that title on the christian radio but there is truth in the statement. I recently realized the prison of fear that several of my friends are living in. They are so afraid. They see enemies and adversaries everywhere. They worry. They are so negative and defensive as if everyone is…

By Mirm August 4, 2023 0

Glass Ceilings

This week the SBC decided to take steps backward and push women back into the fifties, if not further. They decided to disfellowship any church in their denomination that acknowledged God’s call on a woman’s life and ordained her. They called out a women who had been pastoring a church for over 30 years! Why…

By Mirm June 16, 2023 0

Merism

Merism is a figure of speech in which a combination of two contrasting parts of the whole refer to the whole. It cracked me up to know that this is a word. I don’t know why. Here is an example, in order to say that someone searched everywhere, the merism “searched high and low” could be used as…

By Mirm May 16, 2023 1