November memories – 2024

Let us move in the common affairs of life with studied holiness, diligence, kindness, and integrity.

charles spurgeon

Things worth remembering

• hiking, bridges, and chili
• writing more letters and journaling more profusely
• so much mud
• the first snow of the season
• pizza and The Village
• raking cornstalks and hauling bales
• the Christmas lights adventure
• the face paint that didn’t come off
• the loudest game of Life I’ve experienced
• accusations, meme-worthy moments, and a toast

All God’s giants have been weak men, who did great things for God because they reckoned on His being with them.

Hudson taylor

What I’ve been reading

The Boys in the Boat – Daniel James Brown

This book came highly recommended from my dad, and I’ve so been enjoying it! I love the variety that the triple timeline provides.

50 People Every Christian Should Know – Warren W. Wiersbe

Still enjoying this one!

These High, Green Hills – Jan Karon

I’m still sad they tore one of my favorite characters from me, but – no surprise – this book was a joy.

The Mouse and the Motorcycle – Beverly Cleary

Toy! thought Ralph indignantly. This ambulance is carrying medical supplies to the sick.

Rereading this one was so much fun! I love how the author really captured what it feels like to be a child longing so much to

The Doll People – Ann M. Martin

It had been forty-five years since Annabelle had seen Auntie Sarah. And forty-five years is a very long time, especially for an eight-year-old girl.

I enjoyed this book when I was younger, and it’s been fun to read through it again!

Wait on the LORD;
Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on the LORD!

psalm 27:14

From the journal

Even here, in this present darkness, Your goodness is writing comeback stories in the flesh and bones of the wounded and wounding. Great are You, Great are You, Lord! What mercy this is!

There is hope and there is beauty, in and beyond this present darkness.

I know that even when this life feels dry, You are the source of living water. Don’t let me forsake You in pursuit of temporal, more visible wells.

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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