Thank you “Wisdom of the Wounded” for the opportunity to share my story on your site. “Your Presence is the Greatest Gift of All” A guest post by Katie Wilson 26 years ago, the phone rang in my college apartment. I had just spent the afternoon in the library studying, and now I was enjoying a movie rental and dinner […]
I often use Twitter as an online journal. I tweet my God-whispered, take-away treasures. After writing in my paper journal, I will take the time to condense the words to a TWEETABLE moment and then take it a step further by making a word-picture to capture the whisper in color. It took me years as a student to realize I […]
This is the beginning of my 11th year of freedom. January has become my leaning in and listening month, -resting in God’s Presence, -writing what He whispers -and waiting on the MORE He promises and delivers. I don’t typically share the January private moments on the blog but I felt the Lord asking me to post my journal response to […]
God really meant it when He said, “Seek Me and you will find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.” Seeing God’s Word as a Love Letter, instead of a behavior modification plan, changed the objective of my treasure hunt. I no longer read the Bible to find a plan, a purpose or a point of destination. […]
Last year I aimed to close out 2016 with 31 days of hindsight. I got close to my goal but not quite there. I made 21 days and that was “all she wrote.” “She” being me of course. Although I plan to spend time with my 2017 journals doing a year-end review, I have decided to shift my focus. I […]
2017 Christmas Canvas ornaments! “Baby Blue and Burlap” Will have them at Railroad Antique on Nov. 9th art show:) @rrsantiques Wanted to start a new little Christmas Tradition with the baby Jesus ornament:) We have a pickle we hide each year and the child who finds it first gets to open the first present. It’s an old German tradition. Google […]
Thought for the day: If we share our weakness, instead of bragging about our wisdom, we will never run out of connection points! His power is made perfect in our imperfection, not our self-proclaimed proudest moments!
Last Friday was National Day On Writing and the trending “#” was #WhyIWrite. I loved reading the answers that other’s gave and I truly enjoyed the self-exploration to uncover and clarify some of the main “Whys” behind my own #WhyIWrite. If you read my last post, you saw some of these responses: And I write to SOW! About 15 minutes […]
Today is National Day On Writing 2017 and the “hashtag” that is trending is #WhyIWrite. I have read some amazing responses on Twitter. You can click the link directly at the end of this post to check them out for yourselves. Several things came to mind when I thought of #WhyIWrite: #WhyIWrite I write to uncover or create something that is right […]
I have the blessing of being part of a journaling group at a local middle school. Below is our writing prompt for this week and my poetic response:) When the music ends… ~by Katie Wilson Where does your mind go when the music ends? Does your heart sink? Do you want it to begin again? Are you one […]
