nikiflorica
Joy to the World
God's was the first voice I heard when I woke up this morning. He didn't speak through words, but He was among the first thoughts in my...
top of page
Search
nikiflorica
Nov 17, 20202 min read
Problems, Prophets, and Progress
We think of progress as something linear—an arrow from present to future, improving all the time, always a step ahead of where we were...
16 views0 comments
nikiflorica
Nov 12, 20202 min read
And Bob's Your Uncle
I do not have a spontaneous bone in my body. I mean that in the most literal sense. I am not impulsive. I hate making decisions and...
62 views0 comments
nikiflorica
Nov 10, 20202 min read
Constellations
Since making the spontaneous decision to start a brand new project for National Novel Writing Month, I've been thinking a lot about...
5 views0 comments
nikiflorica
Nov 3, 20203 min read
NaNoWriMo and Me
It's National Novel Writing Month, and I'm a roiling blend of nerves and excitement and dreams of a finished product by the end of one...
9 views0 comments
nikiflorica
Oct 29, 20202 min read
How Great is Our God
In our effort to have a relationship with God, to know Him and His Son on an intimate, personal level, I think there is a pitfall we...
21 views0 comments
nikiflorica
Oct 26, 20203 min read
Strength and Endurance . . . But Mostly Endurance
One of my favourite verses in the New Testament is: "The one who endures to the end will be saved." (Matthew 24:14) Not because it's...
13 views0 comments
nikiflorica
Oct 14, 20203 min read
Gimme a Boost?
It's interesting how we can petition the Lord for help with something, and then when He gives us the boost we need, we assume we can handle
8 views0 comments
nikiflorica
Oct 8, 20202 min read
Unsinkable
I've always known what it's like to have Someone in my life who would never let me down. You'd think after all this time I'd figure out...
10 views0 comments
nikiflorica
Oct 5, 20203 min read
Even the Fearful
I've done it! Finally! After too many years of eyeing it on my shelf, I have completed The Pilgrim's Progress and checked it off my...
26 views0 comments
nikiflorica
Sep 30, 20202 min read
Reflections from the Swing
I'm sitting on the wooden swing in my backyard, under an aquamarine sky, the wooden slats warm and familiar against my back. Everywhere I...
11 views0 comments
nikiflorica
Sep 22, 20202 min read
Floating
Sometimes we prefer our messages minced—into soft little bite-sized pieces that go down without much thought or pain or conviction....
13 views0 comments
nikiflorica
Sep 14, 20203 min read
"Going Nowhere" & the Real Adventure
While sifting through blog ideas this morning, I came across one line in my daily devotion and knew I had found my Monday Musing....
18 views0 comments
nikiflorica
Sep 10, 20202 min read
Time Keeps on Slippin'
I feel like I've spent way too much of my life watching the clock. Despite my early enthusiasm for it, I realized quickly as a...
19 views0 comments
nikiflorica
Sep 8, 20203 min read
Applause for The Pilgrim's Progress
There are some stories we fancy we know so well that we don't bother to pick up the book—and for a long time, for me, that was The...
10 views0 comments
nikiflorica
Aug 26, 20203 min read
Passion Is a Puppy
Passion is a difficult one. I understand the struggle, and I'm by no means past it. But if your passion is in the puppy years, like mine,
14 views0 comments
nikiflorica
Aug 18, 20203 min read
100% His—Reaching for the Next Level
God is so much bigger than I've always known, and He's beginning to show Himself to me in ways I hadn't imagined before. I and people in...
31 views0 comments
nikiflorica
Aug 10, 20203 min read
Life is Pain—And What to Do About It
The past couple years have been hard for me. I'm sure they've been hard for you, too. We're all going through something, hiding it behind "o
15 views0 comments
nikiflorica
Jul 28, 20202 min read
Never Never Forget
I don't know where it came from—ask my family, and they won't know either—but growing up has always been a terrifying concept to me....
14 views0 comments
nikiflorica
Jul 7, 20202 min read
Self-Hatred: That Dark Indulgence
To indulge, by definition, is to "allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of" something. And it really can be anything. We tend to think of...
108 views0 comments
bottom of page