by Michele-Lyn Ault | Apr 9, 2012 | Counting 1000 Gifts, Motherhood, Surrender
How do I wake up full of joy that is to be my strength when the night turns to morning, and I hardly slept? The earth turns, the sun rises, time ticks on, no matter if eyelids are heavy and limbs are weak — I must get up. What is it that I am trying to say...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Mar 24, 2012 | Motherhood, Surrender
As I purpose to clean and organize while kids are away, this song, “Oh You Bring” plays on my iPod and my heart is arrested. And so I search and this I find… and also find a new place of surrender. “He loved me when I was completely useless to...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Mar 14, 2012 | Surrender
Today is one of those body-aching from living-full-out giving all I’ve got to give, kind of days. It was a really great day, but my physical exhaustion is revealing a need for a Spirit infilling. Tuesday is the day our Classical Conversations homeschool community...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Feb 29, 2012 | My Story, Surrender
It would take a year. A year of wrestling within my soul. This was a year of being set-apart, and consecrated unto God. A year of denying the flesh, likened to a fasting–a releasing and a clinging, learning to live a life surrendered. This was a work of the...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Feb 22, 2012 | Surrender
I am called to a fast, not from food, but from negative words toward my husband. I let my voice rise again. Impassioned? No, it cannot be justified. It is empty of honor and brimming with disrespect. Speech that berates. I have become an expert at finding fault. I...
by Michele-Lyn Ault | Feb 10, 2012 | Blogging and Writing, Surrender
To my precious readers… Today’s post is something new for me. I have linked with others at The Gypsy Mama , who prompts writers with a word. Today it is TRUST. Then we have just 5 minutes to let the words flow from our hearts, unedited and unhindered. So...
