Just Being Marli

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n5gRgJhCue4 (Song in the link) Two years ago in June, I came a crossed a song called "The Garden". It was fairly new at the time & to me the melody was soothing, but it was the words that drew me in. I was deep in grief during this time. I found this song weeks… Continue reading The Garden

The Bible talks in Ecclesiastes 3 about seasons, but it's always easy to "talk" about things; especially the weather & its seasons. When living this life; it's hard to understand & accept seasons of change. It's hard to adapt at times to new seasons, even if there good. I just wanted to share my "seasons",… Continue reading Seasons Come & Seasons Go

Have you ever wondered if the stories in the Bible could actually apply to your life? Maybe you think that those old miracles cannot apply to today's world. What if I told you that they don't only apply to us, but we can experience those same works if we only believe. The story of Hannah… Continue reading A Modern Day Hannah

Many times in life we are hit with hard things. God takes those "hard times" and helps them become more. The Bible is full of theses incidences. He can take broken things and make them better, because God is never broken. People may crumble, friendships may break, but God stays the same. However, we often… Continue reading Do you believe?

Today as I was taking down my Christmas tree, (Finally), I broke an important ornament to me. My first "Mom" ornament. It may not seem like much to others, but that was my first Christmas "Mom" label. It was my first Christmas ornament I put on our tree, (along with Shawn's 1st Dad ornament), before… Continue reading Gracefully Broken

"A new year & a new you!" "This is my year to take back myself!" "I'm going to shed the weight, go for that dream, ask for a promotion!" We all have heard the "Nee Year" Resolutions, but most of the time in about a month they too fissile out. The gyms will slow down,… Continue reading Holding on in 2019

————————————————————— Do you need “REST” are you “TIRED”? ————————————————————— Matthew 11:28 says “Come to me, all who are weary & burdened, & I will give you rest.” ————————————————————— If you read this verse as a letter from God to you, it would read like this: “Come to me. You are weary & burdened. I will… Continue reading Stop “Resisting” “Rest”

We've heard the phrase, "God is good, all the time. All the time, God is good." What do you do when you don't feel like God is being good ? Especially not all the time!? If we were honest with ourselves and the world, we would say that we do not feel good about God… Continue reading God is good? All the time?

I listened to a preacher today, which I will link at the bottom of this blog, about the "Movie in my Mind". He focused on the story of Mary & Martha; which to be honest I found funny. You see I remember as a kid, (me being the oldest and all), always feeling for Martha.… Continue reading Ripping up my life script

We hear it everyday. We ask people how they are and most of them time we hear, "fine." or "Ok.". Do we really hear what they are saying though? Do we take the time to watch their faces as they exhale and try to find the breath to utter the words "ok."? I can remember… Continue reading I’m ok …