We drive around for half an hour. Looking for parking at an open air mall that calls us….because neighbors and friends continually keep asking….. Are you going shopping? The big day. The big thing. Buying more than needed. Caught up in the hurricane that roars in desperate silent pleadings…… “What you have is not enough.” And […]
I went to pray for the persecuted church. Thinking…..God can use me. His purposes will change because I prayed. But, reading, “The Heavenly Man”, as I curl up in bed at night before sleep….. I got a different perspective of what persecution is and my entire mindset began to change. Brother Yun says, “Embrace suffering like […]
When I first started growing in the faith, I used to write on the right column of my journal, “Prayers” On the left, my list of… “Thanks”. Each day when I sat down, I would look back and accumulate my thoughts. Remember His goodness. See the magnificence of God…..and how He DID answer prayer, in small […]
This day opens up like a flower to the light. Like a child’s hand searching for delight. Like butterfly wings ready to soar. As I take a leap off the limb into more…. More…of what God has for me. Breaking free from bitter cocoons…. Not drawn away by fears beckoning…. It is this day. Now. That […]
I must confess. I am…. A want to be athlete. Unappointed hostess. Embracing outdoors woman. But, at the very heart of who I am….I am a bookworm. For when I enter a wall of books…. My mind dances at the idea of how many people…. Accumulation of thoughts… And multitudes of knowledge represents each wall lined […]