When Life Has Landmines. How to Respond.

I look around, outside my life, and see a war zone. Families. Children. Marriages. Almost as if the world is walking around blind, unaware that they are stepping on…. Landminds. I grieve the catastrophes.  My eight year old neighbor, like a son, having to move because his parents are divorcing. A mom struggling as her nine […]

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When Storm’s Rise. Where Big Meaning is found in Small Words. And a Children’s Story.

Some days.  Big words don’t flatter.  Like at 6:00 a.m.  Three girls.  With three different problems.  Needing coddling.  And talking.  While, stomach refuses coffee. Some days.  The King James Version, sounds like Greek and Hebrew. More than English.  Brain fogged with counseling.  And phone calls.  And court dates for kids that keep on needing…. So much. […]

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When His Shores Are Rest

The beach beckons.  Because indoors can’t contain my soul cry that needs deliverance. And I am lured to the water, as a wanderer through the dessert seeks desperately for life. And I know quite well by now….the earth and it’s foolishness never suffices. It is only the Savior. The Creator. The One called to worship that […]

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When God Confirms….Stand Strong

I hear tales of world ending. People panicking.  Fear for Economy. People losing jobs and homes. The Word douses fear…. Yet, fear’s spirit gripping others…..like a steal cage. Paralyzing. And I know how they feel…cause I have been there…once before.  From living a full Life in Christ. The exchange…faith rise…for fears hopes to shatter faith rise […]

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When it Rains

There is a pot that I see. Sitting so bold in front of me. One day, I take this cracked pot out.  And patch it from pieces lying around. I get out color.  Paint it from plain. I want dazzle, beauty, fame. ….from my pot. I work hard.         Diligently.                  Faithfully.                           Day in.  Day out. But eventually […]

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