Faith In Plain Sight

Finding a measure of faith in the everyday.



The Sweetest Refrain

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When I first heard this week’s word I thought of music, but then i went and looked up the proper meaning of the word. To stop oneself from doing something. Just wow.

What if we refrained from giving into our fears? They walk with us through our days, whispering in our ears. Telling us all the ways things will go wrong. What if instead of listening we turned around, stared fear dead in the eyes and said, “Prove it.” Just what if!


Did you feel that? That’s freedom. Freedom to chase your dreams, to admit your feelings, to face your brave and slay it over and over agian. What if you spent your days chasing after your crazy enormous dreams instead of cowering to the fears that walk with you? Do you think they would still be as loud after a time, or would they be silenced by you stepping into your full potential?

Action Steps: What is one thing you are afraid of right now? You know what it is. It’s probably tugging at your mind right now. Do you have it? Now, what would silence that fear?

Need help walking through it? Leave a comment below or feel free to message me on Facebook.

No matter what steps you take, or don’t take, I’m proud of you and I’m always here to listen.

XOXO,

Mollie

This post is part of a five minute writing flash mob. From behind computers all over the world we anxiously await our prompt on Thursday nights, set a timer for five minutes and write. No editing, no do overs. Just raw honest words. Learn more about Five Minute Friday and join this weeks link up here.

The Better Part

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As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”
“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”
Luke 10:38-42

Life is chock full of choices. Do I take the job? Do I date that person? Do I stay in my home town or move away to some far off place? But those are the simple choices. The ones we can make with an open heart. Then there are the other decisions. The ones that define who are and who you will be. Do I get out of bed today or do I let my circumstances cripple me to the point that I can’t move?

Life can go from a hum drum ordinary existence to a living nightmare in a matters of seconds. It’s what you do in those moments that defines you. Defines the legacy you will leave when you’re gone. You can choose to dwell in that pain, to let it consume you until it becomes all you are, or you can look around you and find the smallest thing to be thankful for. You can let anger cloud your every decision or you can find pure bliss in simple moments. Choose the better part.
Your life is the sum of the decisions that you make. From the great big life altering ones right down to the decision to get out of bed when you just want to sleep through the pain, which doesn’t work FYI. You can choose to live your life out loud in bold color, in defiance of what the enemy is trying to do in your life, or you can choose to “live” paralyzed.
Choose life.
Choose faith.
Choose hope.
Choose the better part.

Godspeed,

Mollie

This post is a part of a writing flash mob that goes down every week across the blogosphere. A one word prompt and a five minute time limit. Did I mention no editing allowed?! Want to learn more and to read the offerings of my fellow Five Minute Friday writers? Check it out here!

Relief {Five Minute Friday}

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This post is a part of Five Minute Friday, a writing flash mob that happens every week when writers are prompted by a single word to write for 5 minutes without any major editing.  Just raw thoughts and emotions.  You can find out more and/or join the party here.

 

 

Relief!  That feeling when the weight of the world suddenly lifts from your shoulders and you can breathe again.  That’s relief.  But how do you find relief when the storm clouds start to roll in and the darkness settles in to stay for awhile?

We were talking about one way on twitter tonight, girlfriend gatherings.  Grab some friends who you like to laugh with, who won’t be put off by those looming storm clouds, and let the healing salve of friendship smooth away those raw emotions and restore clear skies once again.

Other ways?  Get out of the house.  Sometimes a change of scenery is just what you need to adjust your mood.  Not an option?  No problem.  Crank the music up loud and have a dance party. (No it’s not weird if you do it by yourself.  😉 ) Indulge, just a little bit, in your favorite things.  Maybe you’re like me and you have a hard time remembering what those things that make you happy are while you’re in the middle of the storm clouds. Confession: I keep a list of those things that make my world a little brighter tucked away in the pages of my Bible, because sometimes I forget what they are.  If nothing else works, do something to make your kids laugh.  I dare you to maintain your mood while kids are laughing.  I Dare You.

What are some of the things that bring you relief when the storm clouds are settling in?

Godspeed,

Mollie  <3

 

Gather {Five Minute Friday}

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This post is a part of Five Minute Friday, a writing flash mob that happens every week when writers are prompted by a single word to write for 5 minutes without any major editing.  Just raw thoughts and emotions.  You can find out more and/or join the party here.

We gather together across the miles.  We are mothers.  We are grandmothers.  We are college students.  We are working mothers.  We are stay at home mothers.  We are all different, but we are all the same in the one way that binds us together, we are writers.  We have published books, and we are writing for the first time.  We have thousands of followers.  We have six followers.  We are all in different stages of our writing journey, but for a few hours on Thursday nights we take time and we gather.  From across the miles we sit behind our computer screens and we build bonds that stand the test of time, because we have this one thing that binds us.  We are the Five Minute Friday Community.  We write, we laugh, we cry and we pray.  We stand beside each other when the world seems to be walking away.  We can always find solace and comfort in the words of one of our fellow #fmfparty people.  And if we ever need that comfort there are many of us just a click away

 

If you have the ability to turn a phrase or if God is leading you to writing, if you have an established blog, or if you are just starting out, I encourage you to click the Five Minute Friday link above and gather with us.  You won’t be sorry you did!  I will be forever grateful for my friend LeeAnn introducing me to this amazing community!

 

Godspeed,

Mollie  <3