beingbeckster

I’m officially back to “work”, and the transition has been interesting. I feel like I left the office on that Friday before we had LG with one perspective (a selfish one at that) and came back completely changed. Not only have priorities changed and passions been clarified, but my job description also changed while I [...]

I’ve heard it said many times: “be careful what you pray for…you may be surprised how it’s answered.” Pray for patience and God will give you opportunities where patience is required. Pray for more faith and God may give you opportunities where your faith is tested. I’m not sure that phrase is biblical, but it [...]

I walked in the door of my house yesterday to find shades pulled, lights dimmed, and a box of saltines opened and lop-sided on the counter. Chris is home. Again. I peered out the window to find his car hadn’t moved from the place I’d parked it that morning. He didn’t go to work again [...]

Everyday Greatness is an inspiring volume of short stories from both recognizable celebrities and leaders and ordinary, everyday people. Honestly, I was expecting something different with Stephen Covey’s name on it, but if understood as it is, a compilation, it is indeed an enjoyable read. I appreciated the organization of the book into virtues that, [...]

Sometimes I feel like God leads us down paths and then shuts doors in our faces, perhaps only to see if we’d trust Him enough to go down that path in the first place, despite the ending. I’ve seen it happen in my own life and most recently in the lives of my closest friends. [...]

It’s been too long since I’ve blogged. These past weeks have been filled with challenge, inspiration, and introspection–so much I could have written about. But it’s all so topsy-turvy in my brain that to slow down and articulate it seems difficult. All I can say at this point is that there is tension between what [...]

I’ve got that antsy feeling again.  It’s a feeling of overall unease, of discontentedness.  I feel like my heart is beating harder these past couple weeks.  Something is burning-red hot, and I’m feeling like the very breath of God is fanning it to burst into an inferno.  There is something so trapped inside of me [...]

Today’s Twitter says it all:  Feeling a little like Martha when I’d rather be Mary. More ‘doing’ than ‘being’ today.” I realize there’s give and take to every day, but I’m honestly feeling drained.  I hear the voice of Jesus as if he’s speaking directly to me–”you are worried and upset about many things, but [...]

So spring has sprung (finally!) in South Dakota.  I’d forgotten about the joy of walking out in the morning, looking up at a blue sky and inhaling the air deeply, allowing Spring to fill my lungs and body.  You can almost see the grass as it grasps an unseen Hand to be pulled up out [...]

Let me preface this by saying that I don’t believe I’ve ever clearly heard the voice of God before now.  That’s a dangerous and painful statement for me.  Perhaps I’ve heard him, perhaps he’s been speaking to me but I’ve never stopped long enough to listen. But I heard him tonight.  I couldn’t explain the [...]