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Surprised by God: Chemotherapy Reflection Part Three
On January 06, 2023, I went for my third chemotherapy treatment. I have now made it halfway through! After a good appointment with the PA on the oncology team, I headed off to treatment. It was a full waiting room and took a while for me to get a space. All twenty-three rooms on my side of the hall were full, except for two, and one was to be mine. Making a Choice Due to technical issues, my treatment was delayed two hours. Joel and I realized this would be a very long and tiring day, with a three-hour drive home on top of treatment time. I had to pause…
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Wasting Energy On What May Never Happen
The sun is shy, blinking its way through the rain-filled clouds. On days like this, I awake in a mood. I want to stay asleep instead of bounding out of bed with anticipation of what a new day will bring. I click on the white, year-round Christmas lights in my studio. An apparent need for extra light on this dismal summer morning. On my way for coffee, I click on the set above my dining room hutch. Some days just call for extra illumination. This is one of them. Rest Robbers How is it possible to wake up just as tired as you were when you went to bed eight…
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Big Announcement!
HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE! Praying Life in The Word: A Woman’s Guide to Praying Scripture Now available on Amazon! Linda J. Dingeldein’s Praying Life in The Word: A Woman’s Guide To Praying Scripture offers a fresh guide for women of all ages to acquire the benefits of learning the spiritual discipline of prayer. Through the process of prayer-worship, we learn to hide God’s Word in our hearts so that we can live a godly life. A life that lays hold of God’s exceedingly great and precious promises, while offering the privilege of interceding for another person, while we commune with our LORD. As women who desire to follow Jesus Christ, prayer will…
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Letting Go of My Own Understanding
Limitations Lately I have been struggling with a body that seems trapped. I long for freedom of body and mind. To journey life by going after my passion, without the limitations of being physically and emotionally exhausted. To accomplish what I have been gifted to do, with out constraint. In the face of a medical procedure and Covid, I have been consistently fatigued in body and mind. I don’t know about you, but when I get physically fatigued, I often find my mind in turmoil. How easy it can spin out of control! Casting shadows of doubt on the One who I know loves me unconditionally, and the One who…
