On my counter sits an old cooking pot where I toss eggshells, carrot peels, onion tops, and any other organic matter that is left unused in the kitchen. Occasionally, the pot is taken out back and dumped into a large bin that tumbles it around with older scraps, mixing and churning the whole mess into compost.
compost:
- A mixture of decaying organic matter, as from leaves and manure, used to improve soil structure and provide nutrients.
- A composition; a mixture.
I have yet to use this mixture. In fact, I don’t know how to use it, exactly. All I know is that I have a lot of organic material that can be reused somehow to help enrich the earth around my house. It may even help new plants to grow better. I am learning.
composting:
- To fertilize with a mixture of decaying organic matter.
- To convert (vegetable matter) to compost.
As I learn about this composting process, I am struck by how it mirrors what goes on in a heart.
My hope with this blog is to explore the possibility of collecting the unused parts of story, those that are hard and ugly and taste bad and appear to have no purpose, and turning them into a rich substance that can foster heart healing and heart growth.
You are invited to join me on this adventure, as I seek to figure out what composting the heart might look like and produce.
You are LIVE! And I am excited to go on this journey with you!
Thank you for being here from the beginning and before that.
I love the new website! Blog away!
I love YOU. Thanks for being a fan and encourager. You are the best.
congrats on stepping out and being BRAVE!!!
love you!
“Please give us back our shoe” becomes “Please give me back my blog.” Thx for the love!
Can’t wait to read more! Love you my sweet friend!
Thank you for being such a faithful reader and encourager of my blogging efforts. And for being an amazing friend.
Looking forward to hearing you and seeing you…and catching your heart through your words. I will cherish it, friend…
I cherish YOU and all of the comments and encouragement both on and off blog. Thanks for being with me on the journey.
My dear friend,
How intense yet soft, deep yet understood, practical yet personal are your words on this subject. What a great title and what a great illustration of this journey you are on. So glad to have been and continue to be part of your journey and thankful for your obedience, willingness and strength to start this endeavor. Always thinking and mentioning you and all of our journey family in my prayers. Phil. 1:3
Ben, I never thanked you here publicly for these encouraging words. Thank you. Thank you for being with me in person those years ago and in prayer as the seasons have changed. I am ever grateful for the role played on my journey. Blessings, Friend.
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