HeyJaredMy Blessings Hurt
Short Reflections on finding the joy in life's struggles... and sometimes vice versa
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The blessing of a faded picture (opens the original)
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In our living room hangs a picture of my side of the family. It was taken during the only Christmas between the births of our two children, so the picture is in some ways incomplete, missing my daughter. Yet, oddly, when compared to the picture, the present day also feels incomplete, as we are now missing my mom and step-dad. This morning I stopped and looked at the picture, noticing something I had not before: It is beginning to fade. The black background is growing more grey. The colors are no
The blessing of a falling tree (opens the original)
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I heard the cracking of a tree. And then I saw it fall.My new morning routine is to enjoy my coffee on our front porch. This year the kids bought us some furniture for our otherwise bland entryway, allowing us to sit and enjoy the view of the beautiful mature oak trees that line our street… or did. Over the last few years a pest has been killing many of the trees in our community, vastly changing the landscape of our subdivision. It covers the trees with tumor-like galls, causing the branches to
The blessing of an agriculture form (opens the original)
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My family was recently headed to Hawaii when we had a three hour delay in Las Vegas. Because the delay was on our way to vacation, the excitement prevented me from doing any of the things I had planned, such as listening to an audio book or watching the movie I had downloaded. So instead I sat in the terminal and people-watched, occasionally standing to stretch. While I would simply reach for the ceiling or try to touch my toes, just enough to keep my feet from falling asleep, there was an older
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