Category Archives: Spiritual Life
An End and a Beginning
Now that I’ve been married for 2 1/2 months and my new name is Kimberly Wyse, I decided it’s time to start a new blog. Consequently, this is also my 100th post, which I did not do on purpose. I … Continue reading
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You Have Multiplied
$97.37. That is the amount of change that I’ve been able to save over the last few years. I began saving it when I was single. I wanted to be a bride. When I was engaged before, I didn’t have … Continue reading
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The Countdown
December 2, 2011. The date isn’t that signficant. But it’s FRIDAY, December 2, 2011. And that means in just FOUR weeks, 28 days, I will become a married woman. My heart races a bit just writing that. This morning I … Continue reading
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The Inner Ring
I’ve been caught up in the tasks of planning my wedding, preparing to move to another area of the country, leaving my jobs and friends and church, settling into a new house, and learning to know and understand my fiance better. Yet today I opened my email and saw a newsletter from a website for brides that provides resources to help in the planning process, and I stopped for a moment. I stopped because I had a flash, my heart squeezing tight, in which I remembered how it felt to be on the outside of this inner circle – the inner circle of “bride”. I remembered the longing, the feeling that I might never belong to the group, might never experience how it felt to be chosen, loved, and accepted, and might never get to pick out the perfect white dress. Continue reading
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Just Breathe
“Just breathe, Kimberly. Relax and breathe.” These are the soothing words that my mother has been whispering to me for my entire life. And now my sweet, wise fiancé whispers them to me as well. They are both the kind … Continue reading
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Don’t Poke the Bear
A good friend who knows me well has a most annoyingly accurate phrase she uses at times: Don’t poke the bear! But God sent me a kind, patient, understanding man who is strong enough to handle me. Continue reading
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Beauty for Ashes…
“…He gives beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.” -Isaiah 61:3 I’m so happy … Continue reading
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Boot Camp
I asked God to put me through a sort-of boot camp, quickly teaching me the things I need to know to get where I’m going faster. Quit dragging it out a little at a time, Lord, and just give it all to me at once. As long as it’s by Your hand, I’ll be okay. I can handle it. I knew it was a dangerous prayer. I knew I might have times where I really regretted it. And there have been times where I’ve cried out, Enough! I didn’t know what I was asking. Please stay Your hand for a minute so I can catch my breath. Continue reading
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Man in the Middle
During my first week on campus, when I was soaking up the wonder of seminary life and hoping God had sent me there to finally meet my husband, I met a man. He was strikingly handsome, which is what I first noticed. I can’t lie about that… But I’ve met many handsome men. What made me notice him was that he was also warm and kind, friendly to everyone, and a capable leader who could think for himself and engage in theological discussion (among other things) without ever making the other person feel less knowledgeable or devaluing their opinions. He was a campus leader, but he was one of the most humble men I had ever met. I was smitten.
Then one day I saw him at a campus event with a woman I had never seen before, and then I saw their children. Stunned, I realized he was married… Continue reading
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