evening walk, 8:34pm. My mind is flooded with memories, warm and translucent. Summer. It feels beautiful. Money does not buy it. God’s goodness, scooped and poured. The sun is golden and glowing, healing and warm. God provides here too. His provision isn’t only ‘when I get…’. His provision is all good, gold and glorious and… Continue reading These are the Golden Days
Category: Everyday Beauty
A Checklist for Decluttering Your Home and Mind
Declutter your home checklist The past week I’ve been pondering the value of home and a clean space. I’ve always adored clean homes and open spaces, but why? It makes me feel something – sparkly, clean, ordered and refreshed. As we approach the end of the year, I have an insatiable desire to create a… Continue reading A Checklist for Decluttering Your Home and Mind
She laughs at the time to come
Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come. Proverbs 31:25 The phrase ‘she laughs at the time to come’ poured into my mind, again and again, like a sweet but annoying little thing. And I laughed, because how are we to laugh at the days to come when the… Continue reading She laughs at the time to come
Unlock Your Creativity: The Power of Mindmapping
In December 2022, I lived in Australia with my husband and 3 month old baby while all my immediate family were moving to England. During the weeks following my family’s departure, I was feeling lonely and unmotivated, lacking my usual joy toward life. I opened my journal and began drawing simple pictures showing how I was… Continue reading Unlock Your Creativity: The Power of Mindmapping
‘Finding Yourself’: Why You’re Being Deceived
Finding Yourself in 2024 and Beyond ‘Finding yourself‘: TV, books and social media platforms buzz with this idea. We are created in the image of God, and when we lose our calling as Sons and Daughters of God, we lose ourselves. The desperate hunt for ‘finding yourself’ begins, and the chase of finding yourself in… Continue reading ‘Finding Yourself’: Why You’re Being Deceived
An Aesthetic Life: Return to Stillness
The catch-phrase living an ‘aesthetic life’ has soared in social media popularity in 2024. Aesthetics refer to the appreciation of beauty: How strongly does social media depict the need to chase a dazzling life, a satisfied mind and a ripped body? In society’s desperate search for contentment, we often neglect the very place that beauty… Continue reading An Aesthetic Life: Return to Stillness