Good Friday Poem
Posted by ellen5e in Ellen5e on 04 22nd, 2011 | No Comments
Looking at the Cross
A poem for Good Friday by Ellen5e
As I look up at the cross I see,
The Guiltless Lamb who died for me.
I see the thorns that adds to the pain,
In the form of a crown, His born for my gain.
It’s hard to look upon those stripes
so bloody & wide, deep & thin,
Not...
The Reason for the Silence
Posted by ellen5e in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Family, LIFE, Personal Experience on 01 31st, 2010 | No Comments
You may have noticed that I haven’t been blogging regularly since the middle of December. That is because I made a conscious decision to step back from many ventures during the Christmas season to focus on the most important areas of my life. I focused more on family and the celebration of what...
The Christmas Gift
Posted by ellen5e in Family on 12 7th, 2009 | No Comments
The manger stays empty until Christmas Eve.
As economic times are tough, I have had a real challenge of figuring out about what gifts I might be able to afford. There is just no way to be able to do the usual extended family Secret Santa gift exchange this year. The family vehicle needed repairs that...
Procrastination: What’s ‘pro’ about it?
I am developing a plan to get a task done. Or is it that I am beginning to start to plan? The prefix ‘pro’ usually means moving forward, bettering, such as in the word progress. Procrastination: what’s ‘pro’ about it?
Here is a video that someone sent me a link to. This...
Imperfect Perfection
You know what? I am NOT perfect. Surprise! Yet, one of my personal struggles is with the character defect of perfectionism. I could even go so far to say that it is a sin, but I don’t know that I chose so much to act this way as it is a natural bent that has plagued my Type A, constantly pushing...
Fire Burning Love
My friend Gabe voiced his concerns about some of the larger Christian organizations of the nation drawing large crowds with uber-celebrity type people. Also, the idea that maybe too much time was being spent on being a good “leader”. This made me think of a worldly, success-based motivation...
