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Where the Magic Grows

by Krista | May 13, 2023 | Hope, Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection, Spring | 0 Comments

As the long, frozen winter melts into the beauty of spring, I feel myself come alive again. It is in the garden where the sights and sounds and smells of spring’s awakening first begins. It is in the smell of the soft rains that fall. It is in the sight of the tiny...

Faith

by Krista | March 4, 2023 | Faith, Hope, Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection | 0 Comments

What does it mean to have faith? Many of us value this quality in ourselves, but have you ever stopped to ask yourself what this word really means? Faith is a word often used but seldom defined. Yet the book of Hebrews describes faith in this way: “Now...

God’s Love

by Krista | February 18, 2023 | Faith, Hope, Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection | 0 Comments

"For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans...

Silent Chambers of the Soul

by Krista | February 14, 2023 | Faith, Hope, Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection | 0 Comments

Do you think in pictures or in words? I often wonder if it is the same for me and you. A lot of the time I think in words, which helps me to make sense of my thoughts. Yet there is a struggle that rages deep within me that is hard to put into words. It is a...

Peace that Surpasses All Understanding

by Krista | February 4, 2023 | Faith, Hope, New Beginnings, Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection | 0 Comments

"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God: and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." (Phil. 4:6-7, NKJV) I...

Bravery

by Krista | January 30, 2023 | Hope, Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection | 0 Comments

As a child, I was afraid of the dark. Whenever I visited friends in the evening and had to walk home in the dark, I imagined all sorts of things waiting to jump out at me from the bushes. As the years have passed, I have discovered that sometimes the paths of life...

Finding Centre

by Krista | January 21, 2023 | Poetry Blog | 0 Comments

Sometimes, my thoughts are filled with storms… worries and anxieties that may or may not come to pass… ruminations of past events that I wish had gone differently… and I wonder if it will ever feel quite right again. But I have now learned to intentionally stop...

Ring in the New

by Krista | December 31, 2022 | Hope, New Beginnings, Poetry Blog, Winter | 0 Comments

Sometimes I feel as if I am waiting for something to happen… something to change… something better to come. But when I reflect on it a little more, I realise that my life only changes when I myself change. I change my mindset, my goals, my hopes, my plans. The truth...

Advent

by Krista | December 24, 2022 | Faith, Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection, Winter | 0 Comments

I find it difficult to put my finger on a clear description of each of the advent principles on which our faith is built: hope, peace, joy, and love. Yet if we consider each one individually, we can see that Christ embodies each one of them. Through his greatest act...

Snowfall in the Moonlight

by Krista | December 20, 2022 | Poetry Blog, Quiet Reflection, Winter | 0 Comments

It is nearly Christmas, and miraculously, we have been blessed by a winter storm that will give us the white Christmas we had hoped for. Most of the time, I am grateful for the mild climate here in Victoria – the short winters, the warmth of an early spring, the long...

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