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A Song Unheard | FLF

Finally! It has been a long time since I have anticipated a book coming in my mail as much as I anticipated A Song Unheard. Especially as it seemed like ALL of my Facebook, Instagram, and Blogger friends had it in and were devouring it. 
I may or may not have been extra-excited to stage my own picture, because honestly, this cover is so gorgeous! And it's music. Okay... I'll get on with my review.

But first... the first line!

The music seeped into her soul like fog over the Thames.
I mean, a...

1/12 Writing Update

Has the first month of 2018 passed already? (okay, almost passed... one day left) It went by in a haze for me! January did not go at all how I had hoped or planned, but it was still a good month in which the Lord taught me many lessons.
Goals from JanuaryBefore the whole month's update, let's see what was done last week.Goal: Write 1,000 words275 wordsGoal: Edit Leviathanmade about halfway progress in editingGoal: Read 20 pages in The Bowyer's BibleRead 21 pages (ha! ;) )Goal: Start anoth...

Becoming a Writing Student Again | Wordquill article

Posting over at Wordquill today!


Writing is one of my passions. Another passion is teaching. Primarily, I teach piano and violin lessons. Throughout the years, I have had students that were difficult to teach. It was not because they didn’t have talent or ability—many of these students had a great potential they could have reached. But they would struggle in the same area for months—not because I didn’t give them solutions or didn’t work with them through problems, but because they never appli...

Sonrise Stable | First Lines and Author Interview!

Last fall, I virtually met author Vicki Kestell. Since then, I've been able to read and review her entire Sonrise Stable  series. I'm in my mid-twenties, but I still love reading a good, solid Christian children's series. And that is exactly what the Sonrise Stable books were for me. I loved that I could hand them over to my younger sisters without any worries about a bad influence coming across the pages.
All of that being said, I've got a whole herd of first lines for y'all today, as we'...

Decisions and Following God (Part 2)

Yesterday, I shared about some of the first steps in making decisions and following God (read part 1). As I wrote down my thoughts, I realize that there are also some things we need to remember in this time of life.
Remember: Not all Decisions are Life-Changing When I was stressing out over some “big for me” decisions recently, one of my friends pointed out, “This isn’t getting married. It’s not like you’re deciding this for life.”That perspective released a lot of stress and tension, because i...

Decisions and Following God (Part 1)

We all know the verses and the Christian thing to do: seek God. Sometimes, we know that we have to just wait on the Lord. But then, there are those times when we just might need to do the “follow God” part. And sometimes, that’s where life seems to suddenly get a little tricky.
Or am I the only one?
The last few months have been a seesaw of ideas, counsel, and decisions. And praying. Lots of praying. Why? Because for me, now is a time for taking active steps and changing. There aren’t really hu...

Slow and Steady

In usual life, I'm the hare. I don't mean to say that proudly (cause we all know, the tortoise won the race ;) ), but truly. I like to do things in a jiffy. Just... get them done already. 
But, as I indicated last week, there are weeks to slow down. And for some reason, the whole month of January has been that "week(s) of slowing down." I may write an article about it someday, but it's actually been a good month. God's grace has been sufficient for a more relaxed pace, and I have got...

Scripture Graphics #75

Abram fully trusted God at His Word when there was absolutely no substance (in Abram’s eyes) on earth to prove God would keep His promise. God had promised Abram descendents more in number than the stars or sand. Abram had no children and God didn’t accept Abram’s substitute of Eliezer. Even after Abram’s human plan was thwarted, he believed God. Today, we have God’s entire Word of promises and proof of His ability to keep His promises. Yet we struggle to fully trust in Him.
And the uncircumci...

Scripture Graphics #76

And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art: Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. (Genesis 41:1, 39-40)A lot can happen in just two years. In two years, Joseph could have become calloused against God in bitterness....

Until We Find Home | First Line Friday, Review

When I saw a book by Cathy Gohlke come up for review, I grabbed it! I really liked how she incorporated history in her book, Promise me This. I liked this book even better! If you like WWII, this is another book to add to your shelves!

First line:Lightning crackled, splitting the night sky over Paris, illuminating letters painted on the bookstore window across the street: La Maison des Amis des Livres.


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