by Amy Bretall | Oct 27, 2017 | Blog, Crosses, Faith, Inspired
I’m on the treadmill. I pray while looking out the window and exercising, my eyes are fixed and steady on a spot. In my time of prayer, I glance just a few inches to the left… and I see this image on the street outside. A cross. He shows up. Arms reach out...
by Amy Bretall | Oct 20, 2017 | Blog, Crosses, Faith, Inspired
It’s easy to not see. Like so many things in life. To just walk right on by with no awareness. But to catch the sightings, to see something or someone, there is a certain stillness, a little pause to take place, a beat of time. Maybe it’s looking up, looking outside...
by Amy Bretall | Oct 13, 2017 | Blog, Crosses, Faith, Inspired
I’ve learned Faith is an action. Have Faith. Find Faith. Walk by Faith. Hold onto Faith. Keep the Faith. Follow Faith. Step into Faith….Faith IS movement. It’s actively engaging our belief and trust in a higher power. Faith is not passive. It’s...
by Amy Bretall | Oct 6, 2017 | Blog, Faith, Inspired, Life
The seasons of planting and harvest – life on the farm knows this sowing cycle better than all. It takes patience, perseverance and faithful prayer. After planting the time is preparation. In the wait of the harvest, the action is in the Doing. The time for...
by Amy Bretall | Sep 29, 2017 | Blog, Crosses, Faith, Inspired
I see you. Seared into the concrete road, cut on the sides like many of us can feel in life. Crumbed bits of fallen leaves trace a side of you. And your cross image appears. The cross formation coming together by lines that didn’t start for you. But you came...
by Amy Bretall | Sep 22, 2017 | Blog, Crosses, Faith, Inspired
Two twigs. Sometimes it doesn’t take a lot. Like this small cross – formed from two twigs. Little sticks fallen from a beautiful tree, randomly dropped, one on top of the other, just so. A reminder of an imperfect perfect order of nature. Maybe not...