Sara Daigle's Blog, page 3
July 3, 2018
Encourage with Life
Some of my friends are so encouraging I view my interactions with them as pure life. When I joined the worship team, I put school aside for a later hour each Monday morning just so I could sit and glean from them during our weekly meetings.
I felt like the baby of the bunch. Because some people are so well-rounded and whole that your own growth pales in light of overwhelming goodness. And your own insecurities and weaknesses squirm a little because dark can’t really thrive in the face of ligh...
June 11, 2018
Faces of Africa
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Today, as I’ve just returned from a remote village in Tanzania, I’d love to share a few photos with you! Sometimes, we learn a lot just by seeing more of the world………….
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People have much, much less than we do………..but they still smile more than many Americans. The greetings they call out of their humble abodes spread more joy than the silence of Americans living their individual lives.
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Kids gratefully lick every last drop from a porridge kett...
June 1, 2018
When God Heals
I walked into her small warehouse and looked over the shelves.
Impressed with this young mom who ran her own business besides running a house smoothly, I studied the bottles to see what was inside. All the ingredients were for healing purposes.
It’s awesome to run into a business that sells only healing products when so many American stores are loaded with cigarettes, preservatives, and sugar.
“Here,” she says, “Take these to your sister.” She pulls open a small drawer and empties the cont...
May 20, 2018
In the Presence of Trouble, We Rest
We all like to envision tables set before us, and most of the time, we think of a loaded table in an atmosphere of light and pleasantry. Overflowing cups and someone anointing our head seems to indicate a loving, safe, unusually grace-filled time.
But see this: “in the presence of my enemies.”
This means when all is wrong and nothing’s right and you want to sink into darkness because your world is heavy, shattered, and full of turmoil. When your enemies are still present, and their presence...
April 25, 2018
A Better Yes
I watched him zip out the driveway on his resale-shopped bike, pack on his back and helmet protecting his face.
He was biking fast. Away from home. Alone.
My heart dripped a little. But I’d rather have a bit of a mournful heart than a boxed in child who resents the lack of liberty in his home, and can’t wait to cut free.
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Because in this world, we have to say no to a lot of things. Are we also saying yes to a lot of good?
Just the other night I came home to a group of teens in the rec room...
April 11, 2018
Feminism or Faith?
The girls and I walked out of Pike’s market and up the sidewalk. Seattle was teeming with people, as always, and we were loving our girl’s day out.
One of the girls shrieked just a little, and I looked her way. A statue-like figure, deathly unreal, but for the eyes—oh, so real! Blood shot but friendly, defying the stark, unnatural state of the rest of her form.
She reached out a hand, and my blood chilled. Then, she went silent and dropped her delicate head in silent repose, hand held grace...
March 28, 2018
How to Process the Hurts in Your Life
She looked at me and expressed it, “I don’t know what to do with the anger I feel.”
I bit into the stalk of celery and wished it was cake, instead. Just like I listen to painful stories and wish they were happy ones, instead.
But life is real. And I can tell she’s sincere when she says, “I don’t feel mean; I just feel angry.”
“Rightly so,” I respond. “There’s a big difference in feeling angry or simply being mean. There’s also a huge difference in forgiveness or being able to trust.”
Chri...
March 14, 2018
Book Launch!
Hi friends,
This is the month of planning………..there are honest-to-goodness books sitting in my closet waiting for the event.
And I’m honest-to-goodness just a little frightened. You see, so much of that book was written without knowing it would certainly be turned into a book.
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I’m flipping the pages, and freaking out just a little. It’s vulnerable. It’s real. But I’m convinced the world doesn’t need another poetic author as much as we all need to pull together, rally around, and live life wi...
March 7, 2018
Feeding the Body and Soul
“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.”
-Virginia Woolf
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As I sit here typing and drinking a delicious green smoothie, I want
to you to feel a portion of my passion for healthy, yet beautiful,
food!
What we put into our bodies truly transforms us, becoming the building
blocks for each and every cell. The photo above is Garlic Butter Beef
Tips over green beans, Creamy Mushroom Soup, and a Peppermint Collagen
Tea. So very delicious and decadent! But nutri...
February 27, 2018
Peace-Makers, or Peace Fakers?
I love peace. Rather, I adore peace and I hate conflict so much I’d love to just run when it happens. You know the fight or flight thing? Well, I’m definitely in the flight category.
But sometimes you can’t run and that unpeaceful thing stands tall in your life no matter what you do. For those mamas who hate conflict, this can be debilitating. And, guess what, we can join those who cry “Peace, Peace” when there is no peace.
Jesus asks us to be peace makers; He never approved peace fakers.
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