Soul Carving

       I'm 32 years old. I've been married 12 years, given birth to 5 children, worked as a bookseller and a telemarketer, attended several years of college and lived in 5 different states. Yet, what wisdom I've gained thus far in my life experience can often seem lacking. Some nights I struggle to close my eyes from fretting over all the things I don't know or don't understand. I encounter trials, challenges that make me question things which I've always thought I knew to be true. I express my opinion and am met with opposition. I search for truth, and often times end up more confused than when I started the journey.        But, no matter how much I've yet to learn, no matter how ignorant I may be in certain areas, there are some things that I know for absolute certain.         I know that I am a daughter of God . I have heavenly parents who know me, love me and watch over me. They sent me here to this earthly training gro...

   There is something about the morning that inspires me. Waking up before the children, listening to the steadiness of their breathing, meditating in the stillness, and sensing the gradual increase in light, warmth, and activity as birdsong fills the morning air and the sun rises up over the mountains in the East. It's an invigorating experience. Yet it's also an everyday occurrence. Isn't this really the way with all of life? Reflecting on the wondrous event of the dawn makes me realize, those things we talk about as ordinary, repetitive or even mundane are anything but! "Everyday miracle" isn't an oxy moron, it's a sublime truth. And it's all because of Him - the One who gave His life and now lives through all things. His infinite sacrifice literally gives new life to every man woman, child and creature in this universe. This world was fashioned with His love, saved by His love and it will endure by His love, so long as w...