Tag Archives: Love

To Love or Not to Love

To Love or Not to Love

Posted on 30. Jun, 2010 by Michele.

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“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it up carefully round with hobbies and little [...]

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An Addiction I Can Live With

An Addiction I Can Live With

Posted on 29. Mar, 2010 by Michele.

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And so we are transfigured much like the Messiah,
our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful
as God enters our lives and we become like him.
~ 2 Corinthians 3:18, The Message
I’m a recovering perfectionist.
I’ve mentioned this before, but like an alcoholic, it’s the regular admission of it that keeps me from grabbing the bottle of my [...]

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Finding a Fill for the Emptiness

Finding a Fill for the Emptiness

Posted on 21. Dec, 2009 by Michele.

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One girl lifted long sleeves to reveal razor blade marks on the inside of her arms. The other is in the middle of another (no this is NOT the first) pregnancy. The first can’t quit cutting. The second can’t quit having sex. And neither of them is old enough to have a drivers license.
It’s shocking, [...]

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Convinced Yet?

Convinced Yet?

Posted on 01. Sep, 2009 by Michele.

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“And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in [...]

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Keeping Score

Keeping Score

Posted on 21. Apr, 2009 by Michele.

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“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…”
This is the familiar first line of an Elizabeth Barrett Browning masterpiece. If you haven’t read the poem she wrote for her Robert, please do. It’s brief, but beautiful. Full of the passion and innocence of new love.
As I’m reading poetry today, I’m wondering this: Why [...]

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