Faith in the everyday life blog
through Amy bretall’s eyes
Amy Bretall’s faith-based photography books have helped many people find faith in the everyday life. Her blog’s mission is to help others develop that faith through her writing – then deepen it.
Street Cross
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...
Etched Cross
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...
Do You Have Spiritual Fitness?
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 not just being. Faith...
Harvest Faith
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 tilling,...
Concrete Cross
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 through...
Twig Cross
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 everyone would see...
Sweet Memories of Love. My Sweet Jean.
"Oh now, you just shut-up.” says my sweet Jean to me. Prior to her dementia and last year of life, I surprised Jean in the hospital in Springfield after yet another UTI. I had to go and be there. As I was getting ready to drive back to KC, she wanted to buy me lunch....
Cloud Cross
And just like that. There you are. Deep and wide like your love. Stepping out for a walk this week I am greeted with your reminder. Nature brings them if we look. When you are down, where do you look? To keep you above? To keep you above a challenging season, a...
Farm Crosses
What do you see in this photo? I took this photo 2 years ago this November at my grandparents farm the day it was sold. Going through all the old barns and sheds, one...last...time. Just me and the farm. I was soaking up the memories of summers there, exploring the...