When My Heart Grieves

It’s been an emotionally charged week.  One minute I feel as if I’ll be okay and the next, I’m weeping uncontrollably and begging God to take the hurt away.

Have you experienced this?

The Lord gave me a super tender heart.  Combine fragility, vulnerability plus a very thin skin and it can be a painful recipe.  How could I ease the ache?

Thankfully my mother knows me well.  She listens attentively, reads the situation and gives awesome advice.  She’s walked through a lot of storms herself.

I also talk to God.  Many times a day!  I reach out to Him.  And His words deliver the love and comfort I thirst for.

When my heart was grieved
and my spirit embittered,
I was senseless and ignorant;
I was a brute beast before you.

Yet I am always with you;
you hold me by my right hand.
You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will take me into glory.
Whom have I in heaven but you?
And earth has nothing I desire
besides you.
My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.

Psalm 73:21-26

No, I am not alone.

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Dreaming About the Garden Tomatoes

I can’t wait for these to ripen.  I love them sliced with a thin layer of mayonnaise and a sprinkle of salt and pepper.  My mouth waters thinking about it!

May the rains sweep gentle across your fields,
May the sun warm the land,
May every good seed you have planted bear fruit,
And late summer find you standing in fields of plenty.

(Irish blessing)

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