Posted on December 1, 2020
by Paris Renae
7 Comments
This year Christmas feels like a welcome breath of air, a sweet sound of peace, a deep sense of comfort. Perhaps things not being the same (normal) for months now is bringing about a desire for what is real and lasting. Although we long… Continue Reading “Above All”
Category: featuredTags: brokenness, celebrate, cheer, Christ, Christmas, comfort, deceive, deserve, desire, eternal, Father, fear, focus, forever, gifts, glory, God, grace, heal, Jesus, joy, Lord, lost, normal, peace, praise, pray, real, Savior, sing, sorrow, time, welcome, wounds, wrongs, year
Posted on November 3, 2020
by Paris Renae
4 Comments
It’s November. When the ‘shelter in place’ thing first happened, I thought it would be a very long year. Instead it has passed like most of life – like a vapor. Along with all the Covid stuff has been much more than we could… Continue Reading “Declare”
Category: featuredTags: age, answers, beach, Bible, California, children, church, control, Covid, declare, earth, existence, faithful, fear, forever, fretting, God, heaven, help, Jesus, life, love, new normal, November, old, politics, praise, pray, problem, purpose, refugee, righteous, riots, shelter in place, society, soul, study, time, truth, war, weather, wisdom, wish, worry, year, young
Posted on September 15, 2020
by Paris Renae
11 Comments
We spend a lot of time thinking about tomorrow. It starts young “When I grow up…”. We always think we have tomorrow, until we don’t. I spend a lot of time these days with an under four age group. The youngest, learning to walk,… Continue Reading “Your Life…”
Category: featuredTags: admire, age, amazing, ancient, answers, Bible, child, creator, dead, enjoy, foolish, future, God, habit, hard times, heart, instructions, Jesus, learning, lesson, life, Lord, love, moment, past, pastor, peace, people, play day, pray, smile, tense, time, today, tomorrow, trouble, wisdom, wonder, worry, young
Posted on September 1, 2020
by Paris Renae
6 Comments
Ever get wrapped up in all the mess? Angry or despairing? Heartbroken or lost? Too easy these days. The constant of fear, worry, the unknown – words and actions of others that seem out of control. How do we navigate? When all I want… Continue Reading “Passing Through…”
Category: featuredTags: amazed, anger, anxiety, believe, Bible, chaos, Christ, Covid, despair, earth, elections, faith, fear, gift, God, guard, heartbroken, hike, history, Jesus, journey, lead, life, local, Lord, lost, mess, mind, peace, praise, pray, promise, rejoice, revelation, riots, salvation, stranger, thank, time, understand, unknown, vacation, worry
Posted on August 25, 2020
by Paris Renae
9 Comments
I haven’t been on an airplane in a while – but the last time there was a bit of turbulence. It’s pretty much a helpless feeling. Either worry or keep reading your book. Kind of like these days. Only the turbulence seems to happen… Continue Reading “Turbulence…”
Category: featuredTags: airplane, beginning, calm, crazy, death, delusion, diagnosis, earthquake, end, eternity, family, forever, friend, God, health, help, helpless, history, Jesus, knowledge, life, mankind, mental health, money, news, pain, plague, pray, ruin, sin, sorrow, story, time, tornado, trust, unsettling, wars, worry
Posted on August 18, 2020
by Paris Renae
4 Comments
One thing I’m missing: smiles. I can’t see them – masks only reveal eyes. So I’m trying to see those, but I’ve noticed this: people are looking down a lot these days. I’ve wondered about the missing smiles and the downcast eyes. Wondering how… Continue Reading “The Best Way…”
Category: featuredTags: action, behavior, burden, change, character, children, Christ, command, compassion, disease, downcast, eyes, feel, forever, generous, God, good, guarantee, hope, humanity, hurting, illness, Jesus, joy, lifestyle, light, Lord, mask, nature, new normal, pandemic, pray, quality, scary, scripture, see, sin, smile, sympathy, thankful, visit
Posted on July 14, 2020
by Paris Renae
2 Comments
Need a little calm? Certainly doesn’t come from anything online. Not in the daily news. Just a little peace, where? We need some soul calming. Close at hand and never out of reach. Find it right here: “Seek the Kingdom of God above all… Continue Reading “These Are the Times…”
Category: featuredTags: adversity, answers, bad news, believe, bold, burden, calm, children, destroyed, earth, eternity, faith, fearful, God, great, heart, Jesus, kingdom, Lord, music, need, news, online, opportunity, pray, responsibility, saved, scary, soul, tense, tension, time, tool, unsettling, weight, world
Posted on July 7, 2020
by Paris Renae
8 Comments
Half of this year is gone. A year called 2020 that cleverly was touted as 20/20 – as in vision. I think we were blind. The year is a blur even though it is void of so many of life’s normals. It has been… Continue Reading “If We Will…”
Category: featuredTags: 2020, anger, arrogance, blessing, blind, business, celebrate, chaos, Christ, church, compassion, died, earth, Easter, family, full, gloomy, God, good, heart, heaven, hope, humble, isolated, Jesus, jobs, know, life, love, mercy, news, normal, politician, pray, seek, time, TV, understand, vision, void, wicked, year
Posted on June 30, 2020
by Paris Renae
12 Comments
It’s hot and Saharan dust is swirling over many lands. Covid still abounds. Hate is marching in the streets. Do you, like me, find yourself sighing – a lot? Man is not in control. We can’t control the weather. We can’t control pandemics. We… Continue Reading “Watch, Stand, Be…Love”
Category: featuredTags: action, airwaves, choice, Christ, country, courage, Covid, destroy, destructive, devolving, disease, faith, fear, God, guard, hate, heart, Holy Spirit, hope, hot, Jesus, land, love, man, mankind, marching, money, narrative, pandemic, poverty, power, pray, President, prosper, protection, purpose, robots, Saharan dust, sick, social, strong, surprise, surrender, unrest, voice, weakness, weather, world
Posted on January 21, 2020
by Paris Renae
9 Comments
There’s a couple little guys that come over weekly to play. One is old enough to talk and tells me I’m his best ‘fwiend’ and throws his arms around my legs telling me he loves playing here. The other one says it all with… Continue Reading “When I Grow Up…”
Category: featuredTags: abandoned, Bible, Christ, dreams, earth, empty, eternity, fame, fortune, God, grow up, happy, heart, heaven, hopes, infant, Jesus, kingdom, Lord, love, memories, play, power, pray, regrets, rejected, satisfy, treasure, truth, work, world
parisrenae 