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Kara’s Collection: Happily Weak

Kara’s Collection: Happily Weak

from an article originally posted April 22, 2014...

Two Sundays ago Jason preached a sermon of such grace and I was deeply moved and convicted. A simple message resounded in my heart. It was the message of Emmanuel—God with us. But it was not a simple message; it was a complex and painful message. I was being asked if I truly believed it. I was being asked if I understood it beyond my ability to write words in this place. As the pain in my mouth, was daily becoming more and more unbearable and no solution seemed to be coming: I was being asked if I believed God was with me.

Kara’s Collection: Good... So very good is this day

Kara’s Collection: Good... So very good is this day

from an article originally posted April 18, 2014…

My eyes have grown weary of looking upon suffering. My spirit longs to crawl into the fetal position and weep for what had to happen. I look deeply at my own struggles with this living, this today, this moving through moments and I don’t feel at all worthy of the cross.

Kara’s Collection: Dear Ann Voskamp

Kara’s Collection: Dear Ann Voskamp

from an article originally posted April 17, 2014…

Thank you Ann—you cannot know the reach of your love in my life. I had heard the murmuring, the cheering, the championing of your words long before they met my eyes. I’m given to cynicism, and I wasn’t sure if we would be friends. My sister in law met terrible blow after terrible blow one year, and she sent me to your blog. She told me they were getting her through her dark season.

Kara’s Collection: Tearful Tuesday

Kara’s Collection: Tearful Tuesday

From an article originally posted April 15, 2014…

Today as my dear friend Jen drove away to catch a plane, I felt so thankful for my time next to her. She is a gift of honesty, heart sharing, and love. We spent the weekend living beside one another as we had once done when our firstborns were babies. It was a wonderful weekend.

Kara’s Collection: Summer Grace

Kara’s Collection: Summer Grace

from an article originally posted April 15, 2014…

Oh my dear summer,

Hot days, late nights, long slow mornings of sleep and coffee and starting slow—I can hardly wait for you to arrive. We need to slow our pace, connect in the hot, meet over a calendar that is open. I long for the close connection that a huge amount of time together brings.