Update. From the Desert to the Garden

New post, haven't blogged in like five years because the Lord has had me in the desert, literally and figuratively, biblically. But I think I'm to the point that it's time to step out again. Stepping out a new person, one who has lived to tell the tale. It's been rough and I will expound on this in future blogs. Now I am ready to walk in the garden. I still live in the desert but I have learned to flourish as a palm by the river.

At this time, I am very focused on The Way of Beauty, studying Catholicism, and producing daily YouTube Shorts at my channel. I am doing a virtual pilgrimage on Finding Mary, (a series I started years ago), where we have visited Our Lady of Lourdes and are now in Paris to see The Virgin of Paris at Notre Dame. I hope you'll join the journey. 

Recently I've published two new eBooks at Amazon, Lavender Blessings: The Sacred Connection with Mary, and Seasons of Hope: A Bible Study for Women Seeking New Beginnings along with many bible studies which are available in my Etsy Shop and at my new Buy Me a Coffee. I have so much to share! I look forward to blogging again. Until next time! Go with God, may you be blessed!

Here's a peak at today's video in the garden:

He Will Make My Feet Like Deer's Feet

There is a tree out my window with branches that look like a stag. I have been contemplating it for years. Sometimes I forget about it, others I see it. The tree stag has been jumping out at me recently again. 

I looked it up and found a couple quotes on websites, “the stag came to symbolize God’s power, nobility, freedom and purity.” In Scottish lore, it symbolizes regeneration because of the antlers. “In the Christian imagination, the deer is a symbol of piety, devotion and of God taking care of his children: men.” “In it's simplest form, deer symbolize the joys of loving Christ intimately (Song of Songs 2:7). In biblical symbology, deer represent piety, devotion, and safety in God's care. They are a symbol of thirst and longing for the Lord. ... Deer feet are an analogy for our spiritual feet.” 

There were also a couple saints associated with the stag as divine encounters. It basically represents something good in every culture, but I went with the Scottish (due to my Celtic heritage) and the Christian. To me, the stag speaks of regeneration and God's care.

I am honored and humbled at the appearance of this majestic creature. 

God speaks to us through all of nature. In what way is He speaking to you? Allow yourself some time in nature to contemplate this question and to re-connect in the serenity of His beautiful creation. 

Two verses about the stag are:

Ps 18:33 He makes my feet like hinds' feet, and sets me upon my high places.

Habakkuk 3:19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like deer's feet, and he will make me walk upon my high places.

References:

https://usakilts.com

www.faena.com

About Cheryl Yale-Bruedigam

Cheryl Yale-Bruedigam has been writing spiritually for thirty years. With undergraduate studies in English and women's studies, she devoted over a decade of research and writing to women’s studies and spirituality. She is now teaching and sharing A Woman's Path to Wholeness Through Biblical Teachings.

Keep Believing No Matter How Long it Takes

It’s just a little story. Forty-three years ago today, I lost someone very special to me. It pretty much did me in at such a young age. For a couple years, I asked every day for a sign; something, anything. There was nothing. I remember asking on that day; the birds were singing, the sun was still shining, someone was mowing a yard and life was carrying on yet to me, all was silent. 

This morning I recalled that person and only a bit later while sitting at the window looking out into the trees to which I look every morning, there I saw it, a tiny redbird flitting through the trees and this time, instead of a tear, there was a smile.

Keep on believing, no matter how long it takes, just keep believing. It may take years, it may take decades, it may take a lifetime, but the blessing and the healing will come if you believe. 

About Cheryl Yale-Bruedigam

Cheryl Yale-Bruedigam has been writing spiritually for thirty years. With undergraduate studies in English and women's studies, she devoted over a decade of research and writing to women’s studies and spirituality. She is now teaching and sharing A Woman's Path to Wholeness Through Biblical Teachings.

Letters To My Sisters - The Key

More Than You Can Bear?

In reflection this morning on the verse, 1 Cor 10:13, “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation (shown in KJ Study Bible alternately as trials) also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it,” that when we read this, most times we are looking for an external answer or help. We feel disappointed or let down when it does not magically appear, but it is probable that God is the escape. Simply turning to God is the way to bear it. Rather than always looking outwardly for help or escape, we may need to turn inward.

It's not always about getting us out of the situation but sometimes is about getting us through it. God will always be with us and He is the way out or through even the worst of times.

About Cheryl Yale-Bruedigam

Cheryl Yale-Bruedigam has been writing spiritually for thirty years. With undergraduate studies in English and women's studies, she devoted over a decade of research and writing to women’s studies and spirituality. She is now teaching and sharing A Woman's Path to Wholeness Through Biblical Teachings.

Baptism by Fire - New Video

Watch here or on my channel

Baptism by fire and the Holy Spirit. Beautiful depiction upon the feminine. 

Matthew 3:11
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:

Have you felt with all that you have been through in the trials of your spirit that you too were baptized by fire? It is the fire of purification. Once we commit to God, we receive these trials and are purified through the fire and the Holy Spirit where we emerge cleansed and pure, ready for the fresh start in the light of God. 

Inspiring, uplifting women's music video.

About Cheryl Yale-Bruedigam

Cheryl Yale-Bruedigam has been writing spiritually for thirty years. With undergraduate studies in English and women's studies, she devoted over a decade of research and writing to women’s studies and spirituality. She is now teaching and sharing A Woman's Path to Wholeness Through Biblical Teachings.