Author Archives: cawinham

A new bloom. This is what waited for me when I got home tonight. A new bloom. On a bush that had not produced all summer. On a bush that looked dead a few weeks ago. I had given up on it. The bloom reminded me how God can make all things new. Bring backContinue reading “Bloom in the Desert”

Resting in and savoring where you are in life right at this very moment is not always easy. The more I have intentionally worked to live in the moment, the more I see the pressure we put on each other to always be thinking of what’s ahead rather than where we are. When is theContinue reading “The Present”

“I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too are to love one another. By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you have love and unselfish concern for one another.” -John 13:34-35 By our love. Not by the memesContinue reading “By Our Love”

Restlessness set in a couple weeks ago. And it kept building. I knew the last two months of nonexistent socializing and limited human interaction played a part. I knew my Company’s annual convention being cancelled played a part. But it was more than that. The uncomfortable emotions I’ve worked hard to lean into and workContinue reading “Rest in the Restlessness”

I took a drive today. It took me past a road that I had not been down in years. And I felt prompted to “go there.” So I turned around and headed to a place that holds a lot of memories – albeit not all good memories; a place that had a role in makingContinue reading “But Neither Do the Rainbows”

I ran a half marathon two years and a couple days ago now. I wrote about it then and when it popped up in my Memories today, I thought I should share it here. Yes, I ran a half marathon but it was way bigger than a foot race. Many of you wanted my thoughtsContinue reading “The Half Marathon”

I see you. You need breathing room in your home.You go home to an empty home day after day.You don’t know when you will go back to work.You are overwhelmed by the work you have.You got another negative pregnancy test.You got a positive pregnancy test.You are broken over a lost relationship.You are scared about aContinue reading “You are Seen”

“Fall in love with the process of how God prepares you for His promises.” ~Cheryl Winham I was the person who wanted to get to the end, to the promise, to the destination. I missed the magic of the process. I missed the beauty of the journey. And upon arrival to my desired destination, IContinue reading “Falling in Love”

“I suppose that since most of our hurts come through relationships, so will our healing, and I know that grace rarely makes sense for those looking in from the outside.” -The Shack For a while I had a specific expectation of what restoration in my life should be and would look like. And that didn’tContinue reading “The Gentleness of Restoration”

Friend, God writes good stories. Good, good stories. Interruptions. Mistakes. Bad choices. Unfairness. Hurts. Rejection. Fear. Rock bottom. Delay. Aimless. Those are the things we don’t want in our good stories. Firsthand. I know. I have been both on the giving and receiving end. If we have lived longed enough, we probably all have beenContinue reading “God Writes Good Stories”