Monthly Archives: May 2015

This Thing Called Hope

Posted on May 19, 2015 by sstyves

  I am a prairie girl through  and through. Who I am at my core is shaped by where I live. People of the prairies know hope. We believe in the impossible. We know resurrection stories. We understand trials and … Continue reading →

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Unexpected Turns

Posted on May 18, 2015 by sstyves

  This is what we woke up here with today on the long weekend in May in Manitoba. Life can take some unexpected turns sometimes.  What do we do when that happens? Do we gripe and complain? Throw on our … Continue reading →

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Why Do We Stand?

Posted on May 17, 2015 by sstyves

In the opening chapter of Acts today, there is a synopsis to Theophilus about how Jesus was taken up to heaven and how two men in white appeared suddenly, asking why the apostles were standing there, looking up to heaven. … Continue reading →

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Lady’s Mantle

Posted on May 16, 2015 by sstyves

Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout to God with loud songs of joy. This is from Psalm 47, today’s responsorial psalm. I feel the need to stand and give God a standing ovation. I am slowly  recovering from major … Continue reading →

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Resting is Work

Posted on May 15, 2015 by sstyves

Who knew that resting could be so hard? I have been out of hospital just two days and this is the time I find the hardest. I should be asleep but I am not. These first moments of trying to … Continue reading →

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I’m Alive

Posted on May 14, 2015 by sstyves

The last word before I slipped into la-la land that left my mind was Yahweh, a total word, a perfect word, a word that I surrrendered to completely as the anaesthesia took hold of me. Hours later in recovery, the … Continue reading →

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Lessons Thus Far

Posted on May 4, 2015 by sstyves

Perhaps posting a Christmas picture in May seems odd but the sentiments of the word hope are on my heart tonight. I am reflecting on what I have learned these past few months, during the medical tests and illness. I … Continue reading →

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Bearing Lovely Fruit

Posted on May 3, 2015 by sstyves

The signs of spring are all around me and bursting with new life. I am feeling the positive energy of the earth itself as it reawakens with hope and joy. Soon Mother Nature will be bearing such lovely fruit. Today … Continue reading →

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A Beautiful Life

Posted on May 2, 2015 by sstyves

All around me are the signs of new life. Today in a quiet moment I pondered what the morning of surgery will hold for me. In prayer I went to the day and saw me on the stretcher, ready to … Continue reading →

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