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I love trees. I crave being around them. It soothes my soul. I love hearing the wind playing in the leaves and seeing how the sunbeams get filtered through the branches in different patterns depending on the weather and the season. It’s comforting and calming to me. And up-lifting. Like a fresh breath of air to my soul, not just ...

I have a unique gift of not remembering lyrics to songs. It’s quite astounding. I cannot even remember my own songs that I have written, but I always need cheat sheets (which is very hard to say for a Swedish person by the way – cheat sheet, cheat sheet, cheat sheet). I do remember certain phrases though and then I ...

  It’s time to walk on thin ice Thin air even  His words are the bridge under my feet  His very word  A rock  Unshakable  Anything else would be insanity He’s the only safe place    I want to walk on pillars of Fire  There is no other way  And the fire won’t burn my feet  It will completely consume ...

Someone was watching her. She could feel it. This invisible companion. This presence in the room.  It didn’t bring discomfort.  It just kind of unsettled her.    What would she do with it? Should she address it?  Or keep ignoring it? Sometimes it tugged on her heartstrings with a wooing hunger she didn’t know where it came from, like a ...

We live in a peculiar time when we are more connected than ever electronically, but also more lonely than ever. News travels faster than lightning. There is so much noise and a constant bombardment of information. We are constantly pulled to the surface and our biggest struggle is to find a quiet place where we can unplug and listen to ...

As a dog person I’ve somewhat learned to “speak dog”. At least I can read my own dogs pretty well and tell when they’re uncomfortable or they’re getting ready to react to something (suspicious objects like umbrellas, strollers or a man in a baseball hat, or a leaf rustling in the wind). Cats are a different story. I do not ...

Lately I’ve been asking God questions during my prayer time. Questions like: what nicknames do you have for me? When I was a little girl everybody called me “Lillan” which means “little one” in Swedish, since I was the youngest of 3 siblings. When I reached a certain age, five or six years old, I did NOT want to be ...

In our digital culture the beauty standards our generation is bombarded with daily are almost unattainable since they’re not real. Eating disorders, identity confusion and self harming run rampant among our youth. It’s a silent – yet loud – cry of despair. I believe that we as human beings have a God given longing for beauty and glory. It’s really ...

I’ve come to a cross road There’s a cross in the road This is where the treasure is hidden It’s marked out But I need to do the digging There’s no turning back The road needs my commitment My total commitment Unto death Actually it begins with death I have to die Before I even start Because no flesh and ...