Ponderings from the Pond 5: Empty

This time it’s strange. Normally. I feel suffocated.  Go outside. To breath.  Feel alive again.  Go out empty. Needing filling. But, this day, I stroll outside.  Man made walls. With both hands full. Not empty. Camera in one hand. Disappointment in the other. Waking up to.  Coffee creamer.  Non-existent. Settling.  With Chai Tea and light Vanilla Soy Milk. […]

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Leaving The Trail. And Hearing the Heartbeat of God.

Took a walk today. With my two youngest. Down the trail.  Through the woods….to hear the heart beat of God. It beat as a broken little girl took my hand.  And called me, “mom”..…though I am not. It beat as my littlest skipped and danced, constantly finding such beauty around her.  Wide eyed.  Open arms.  Off […]

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Two Powerful Words

“Surrender” and “Faith”.  Two powerful words. Words inseparable. Words definable by the Christian walk. And I have seen and been either one or the other. Surrendered One.…….Fasting.  Praying. Pleading. Aching for more of Him.  Or…. Faithful one.….Fully comprehending…..He is enough. Yet, hesitant to move forward and do really much.   One, incomplete without the other. Surrender […]

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Ponderings from the Pond 2

Compelled outside. Early morn. Forsaking beauty for over-sized boots. Loves Eternal.  Still asleep. Wooden dock calling me…. Out of constricting walls.             Into open field.                         Down grassy path…..                                      To waters edge whispering. And there…..I drown in silence.  Devouring His peace, like breakfast to the soul.  Searching for Heaven’s handouts….even more….. And I absorb unfiltered air….unbound by walls […]

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