“The Posture of a Deer” By Shelley M. Reed I know this may sound a bit strange, but when I start a new journal, I look for the perfect one. Maybe because something crazy happened with a journal I chose a couple years ago. We were in NY at the time, and I was wrestling with God […]
“My Psalm 23 Place” By Shelley M. Reed When living in NY for 2 years, back in 2022, I found this park about a mile away from our house that I would often visit to just walk and think. It wasn’t really extravagant. Just simple and quiet. The perfect, temporary respite when life became a bit “unglued”. In the
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“Mommy Charlotte“ By Shelley M. Reed and Marissa Cina DEDICATED TO MY MOM, Today on her birthday…November 22, 2025 I hate spiders. I am therefore shocked to report that I have fallen in love with one. My son found her perched on her towering but stunning web anchored to our wooden privacy fence. She is
The Crack By Shelley M. Reed NY winters are the worst! We had spent almost 20 years in the balmy south during my husband’s military career, and now we were back in the frigid north. Everyone who lives here is familiar with the “dreaded lake effect snow” (the term my Texan husband coined to describe its miserable
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A Slime Trail or a Silver Lining? By Shelley M. Reed Have you ever heard the expression, “Look for the silver lining!” I am fairly sure that all of us have encountered that saying sometime in our lives. You are trudging through life and find yourself in a struggle, and you try to preach encouragement
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Freshwater Fish of North America (Based on Matthew 4:18-23) By Shelley M. Reed My son and I enjoy putting puzzles together. It is one way we bond. “Freshwater Fish of North America”. Not the most interesting topic, but always the topic of conversation with my father, who constantly lives, breathes, and chatters fishing. The result is me,
3 Boys Stood (Based on Daniel 3: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego) By Shelley M. Reed THE CROWD ON THAT UNIQUE DAY. There was everyone, the high and mighty as well as the small and ordinary. The rich. The poor. The middle class. The named and no-named. Every government official. The Princes. The Prefects. The Governors. The Counselors. The Treasurers. The Justices. The Magistrates. The Entrepreneurs. Babylonian Hollywood. Every people group and language. Everyone
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Lord, Am I Compartmentalized? I LOVE MY COMPARTMENTS! In my office, I have this small wooden cabinet under my desk. Not 2 drawers. Not even 3 drawers. But 6 little drawers! I love them! My writing stuff are in one, my journals are in another, my son’s chemistry in the next, etc. These compartments feed into
A New Testament “Dayena“ After viewing an episode in season 4 of the Chosen, I was moved by a tradition in Jewish families called a “dayenu”. After the Passover meal, the family would recite a song of praise to the Lord for being faithful in blessing them throughout their history. For example, the father would
Photo from the app “Picture This” PART 6. “I am Marsh Parsley” I was taking a nature walk recently around the property where my son attends school. I will be teaching a nature elective for them this year and wanted to get the lay out of the land. I wasn’t too hopeful of what I would find. We
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