letters from Judy

I wish people wrote letters more often. They are so full of encouragement and beauty...

I wrote my dear friend Judy (pie baking Judy) about two weeks ago, and was pleasantly greeted with her return letter today. Several thoughts about her beautiful letter...

1. When loneliness and discouragement run rampant, never doubt God's ability to lavish fragrant blessing on you, even for a few brief minutes while you are reading a letter.

2. The Lord imparts wisdom to those who are willing to be still (just come meet Judy).

3. There is such freedom and joy in living rightly with God and with others!


I will leave you with a quote from Judy.

"It is very hard to not give way to a standard of perfection (not that I could ever accomplish that), but once that standard worms its way into your heart on any earthly level, striving becomes the result. As I prayed and cried to the Lord, knowing I had desired more than what I realized, I renounced every desire that had crept into rob be of my 'Peace and Plenty'. It was a freeing experience like it always is when God brings us back, like the turning and turning we come around right. It truly is a gift to be simple. So that's why I'm sitting in my swing having breakfast and writing this letter. I'm resting in what is, not striving for what could be."