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Beauty for Ashes
Isaiah 61:3
"To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified."
Welcome to Beauty for Ashes...a bearing of my redeemed soul in the hopes of building up yours
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cguichelaar
- Apr 5, 2023
- 6 min
Doubtless Thou art my Father
My prayer life has been inconsistent lately. I can’t help but wonder at the last time I uttered speech to God privately. My old prayer...
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cguichelaar
- Mar 17, 2023
- 8 min
Shalom
My faith is unsteady. It crumbles and it quakes. I am the last leaf of autumn shaking and shivering amidst all the cold…oh how my heart...
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cguichelaar
- Jan 31, 2023
- 4 min
Ebenezer-I give a prayer to Thee
My lips are dry with mourning Lord, and I know not what to say. It wasn’t my plan to sit here trying to set my words to ink today. Yet...
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cguichelaar
- Jan 3, 2023
- 6 min
Waves
She is brave in setting her feelings to ink. Brave because with each word comes the reality, “this thing…this unspoken and horrible...
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cguichelaar
- Oct 28, 2022
- 7 min
Break of the Morning
You going to wake up the kids? His words beckon my bone-tired body to breathe the breath of a new day. Morning has dawned, but I don’t...
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cguichelaar
- Sep 7, 2022
- 5 min
Dear Wild One
Dear wild one…I yelled at you today. My voice was too harsh. Too loud. Too quick to throw words at you. Dear wild one… I saw your...
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cguichelaar
- Aug 14, 2022
- 6 min
A Midnight Prayer
We pray at night. Since married life began it’s just something that we do. Yet there are times I lay my head to sleep and the cares we...
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cguichelaar
- Jun 20, 2022
- 8 min
He Will Go With Me All The Way
I have felt it creeping up on me. Have felt that deepening sense of, “this isn’t a forever thing.” I have known this was part of the...
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cguichelaar
- Jun 8, 2022
- 5 min
A Day in the Life of a Sexual Abuse Survivor
“Just when I think it is over, think it is done, I find myself shivering again, in the warmth of the sun.” -Rachael Denhollander Jesus...
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cguichelaar
- May 23, 2022
- 8 min
Broken Children
Clouds roll dark over Wisconsin sky. Late spring breathes its way through the cracks of our front porch, nipping at my skin. My son...
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cguichelaar
- Apr 25, 2022
- 7 min
The Juniper Tree
The thing about grief is that it’s messy. It’s complicated and often confusing. One moment our ship is sailing steadfast, headed...
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cguichelaar
- Feb 23, 2022
- 11 min
{A}lone
Alone. The word holds such emptiness. My son doesn’t like to be alone. Just last week all 7 years of him decided wisdom meant scooping...
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cguichelaar
- Jan 16, 2022
- 3 min
A Daughter's Simple Prayer
I have not words to pray, Lord. My heart is full of moans. Spirit intercede for me where all I can give are groans. My prayer feels so...
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cguichelaar
- Jan 15, 2022
- 7 min
The Bummer Lamb
There are times that the what ifs, mishaps, and mistakes of life take crusade against me. They murmur accusations in their circle,...
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cguichelaar
- Dec 27, 2021
- 12 min
I Know Your Name
Christmas. If I’m being honest, I long for the white kind. The kind where everything seems merry and bright. For the gathering of...
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cguichelaar
- Dec 15, 2021
- 12 min
The Palm
I have these times. Times where my soul wanders, making it hard to chip away at anything other than the engulfing thoughts. Times where...
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cguichelaar
- Nov 26, 2021
- 9 min
Quilt of Wonder
We all have those moments. The bursting kind that are used to measure the chasm between this garden and the next. The moments gather...
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cguichelaar
- Oct 30, 2021
- 9 min
The Pastor's Wife
Dear pastor’s wife-as Pastor Appreciation month comes to a close, I want you to know…I see you. I know there are times that it gets hard....
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cguichelaar
- Oct 13, 2021
- 11 min
Dinah of Today
Dinah. Her name seemed to bellow up at me from the page below. I felt swallowed into the narrative, beckoned to come see. Dinah…the...
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