Inside of Extreme Loving-Kindness

A six-month-old Daisy pup is like a 3-year-old toddler. Life is all about her. Affectionate, funny, misbehaving, plays hard, sleeps harder and looks so cute you don’t get much done because of all the cuddles. I learned this week that she actually likes the discipline of knowing her boundaries. She’s happier, more settled, and has surrendered her job of barking at everything that moves - to me. Could it be that I’m that way, too? Happier within a system that brings freedom to just be me and not feel I have to “do” but just “be”? God’s discipline of me has been inside of extreme loving-kindness that sets the boundaries of my own love and calling.
Psalm 143:8 - Let the dawning day bring me revelation of your tender, unfailing love. Give me light for my path and teach me, for I trust in you.

Crisp Mountain Air - By Chris Tracy: June 27 - His Sun Shines Upon All

Crisp Mountain Air - By Chris Tracy: June 27 - His Sun Shines Upon All: He says to me: "It's going to be okay!" As a mountain girl now living in a big city, I have been encountered twice by peop...

My Interview with One of My Heroes - Wm. Paul Young - Author of "The Shack"

I was so excited to interview Wm. Paul Young recently - the author of "The Shack" (23 million best seller!!!) Here he talks to writers and, really, everyone, about our human experience and the difference love and wholeness make. I love the way he thinks. Please listen. He is truly a gift to your heart! With love from me!

Chris Tracy Interviews Wm. Paul Young

Problem Solving Wisdom Right Here

I was fretting the other day, wondering if my puppy, Daisy, would ever be accepted into society with her bad habits. I had tried and tried to train her to no avail. Barking at the squirrels and dogs and people and bushes and chickens was definitely her self proclaimed job and nothing was going to deter that. That is until someone mentioned a spray water bottle. Simple. Free. Easy. Two days in and her bad habits are 80 percent gone. Why hadn’t any trainers I researched mentioned it? Life is like that sometimes. The solutions are way easier and less expensive than we think if we just take the time to listen for them.

Mark 4:9, Jame 1:5

Crisp Mountain Air - By Chris Tracy: June 26 - No Greater

Crisp Mountain Air - By Chris Tracy: June 26 - No Greater:  “Shower the people you love with love, show them the way that you feel…” – the music and beautiful voice of James Taylor echoed fro...

Bullfrog Blessings

As I sat at a small lake near my home, I heard a strange honking sound coming from the water. I couldn’t find the source, but I believe it was a bullfrog. His greeting to me was so welcome. How I love that I took the time to sit on a rock to listen and just be. What a gift that little guy gave me. In the midst of a busy city, traffic, people, work, and busyness, that small moment gifted me a quiet memory of God’s perfect creation that speaks to us from everywhere if we will only listen.

1 Kings 19: 11-13, Romans 1:20

(Yes it WAS a bullfrog! Listen!)

Crisp Mountain Air - By Chris Tracy: June 25 - Forward Momentum

Crisp Mountain Air - By Chris Tracy: June 25 - Forward Momentum: Days pass and with them, time marches on in our lives toward purpose, life changes, education, new relationships. You are sens...