Heidi Viars

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Recent Blogs

  • Please Pray

    Please Pray

    Please pray for my Aunt and Uncle in Germany (Stolberg). They lost everything in the flood this week. Thank you Read more

  • Psalms and my New Problem

    Psalms and my New Problem

    “New!” It’s not always my favorite word.“New” – makes me halt and wonder,“Why change?”I was getting crabby, right there in the middle of singing praises to God.“Too loud!”“Too new!”“I like it the old way!”I heard my thoughts repeat themselves. Then, as if the earth itself suddenly opened, right there on Sunday morning, 10:15 am, the Read more

  • Reflections

    Reflections

    Not a light made by man Can compare to the dew –To the millions of strands Which the morning makes new Not a word I can shout Can come close to God’s Word When the flower speaks out In her silence He’s heard. “And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour Read more

  • Feet

    Feet

    We were asked to write about feet in our writing class. I wondered what my feet and life would look like at the end of my journey. This is a (super)short story.          “Oma, what’s wrong with your feet?” She smiles at me as she skips toward my wheelchair. I feel her Read more

  • Your Story Matters

    Your Story Matters

    Every so often we meet people and happen into circumstances which leave us changed. Leslie Leyland Fields and her writing courses have done this for me. Sometimes I feature books and other things worth exploring… this is one of those times. https://www.leslieleylandfields.com/whyyourstorymatters Read more

  • Notifications

    Notifications

    I just checked my blog. Nope. No little bell going off. Then I checked my Facebook. Nope. No little hearts for likes. Then I checked outside. I found hundreds of both. Father, forgive me. I often chase the empty, short-lived praise of man, when your word to me is love.” ~“For am I now seeking Read more