Scraps From Your Table
Charity begins at home. Or it doesn’t. Every day we have that decision to make.| Little Conversations
Charity begins at home. Or it doesn’t. Every day we have that decision to make.| Little Conversations
In the haze of the alcohol, loud music, and hum of voices, I thought, “Rich woman must be such a nice personality to have.”| missyewing.substack.com
Before Jesus can redeem our suffering, it must be recognized and offered for redemption. It must be knelt in front of, because we cannot carry it alone. We must suffer our suffering.| Little Conversations
The working out of the stories of Scripture in my own life continues to reorder my relationship with the Lord in a fundamental way.| missyewing.substack.com
Ten years ago, I cried for a week. Since then, I have spent every day of my life praying to God that He will make me a conduit for my daughters’ freedom.| Little Conversations
I never really learned discipline until I wanted to instill it in my children.| Little Conversations
You can do everything right and still have everything go wrong.| missyewing.substack.com
The vengeance of Christianity, according to the American bishops, is a holy life.| Little Conversations
For me, gossip is particularly deceptive because I don’t recognize that it’s my cache like I would if I had, for example, a storehouse of diamonds. Gossip is insidious because it is unseen.| missyewing.substack.com
The lack of optimization isn’t a bug in the system but a feature of doing it as the Holy Spirit calls you.| Little Conversations
Mary’s heart rested in the Lord. Us Mary Marthas, we work every day and first and foremost we work hard to rest in the Lord. I’m trying to become a Mary Martha, in the right place with Jesus no matter where that takes me.| missyewing.substack.com
Sue loved Cici so much that she opened her home to strangers and loved them so that Cici could learn to love them too.| Little Conversations
Sometimes you have to shake the dust off your feet to protect your children and to show them that they deserve protection.| missyewing.substack.com
Jesus is so much more than who I realize He is. And it’s not because He’s failed to show me that. Or even because I’ve failed to notice all that He is. It’s that Jesus comes to me, to all of us, in the hidden way that best reveals Himself to us.| missyewing.substack.com
When I left, I realized that my family is always with me.| missyewing.substack.com
Children are windy people, if you let them. What I actually craved was a house filled with wind, a Pentecost home.| missyewing.substack.com
To be an Easter people isn’t only a lived resurrection, it’s also a lived stunned shock at an ascension. Some days defy comprehension.| missyewing.substack.com
We don’t often recognize the miracle of continuity. Normally we don’t see how everything hinges on a decision we’re making.| Little Conversations
If you want to feel like a holy fool, then learn how to pray in gratitude for the newness of a washed pan. I feel like a fool every time I do it. I hope Thérèse is pleased.| Little Conversations
When we smell like our sons, we’ll willingly surrender them to God because He loves them the best. It’s not that a sacrificial mother learns how to smell, a smelly mother learns how to sacrifice.| missyewing.substack.com
