When Your Shrinking Dink Life Heats Up

You know something is wrong, when you eat chocolate for breakfast. And not just bite sized.  Lady like. Hershey kisses kind of helpings.  But a big, with almonds, kind of chocolate bar. Sitting.  Feeling like a Shrinky Dink.  Stuck inside a oven.  Heat turned on.  High setting.  And somehow, required to grow in it.  So big. […]

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When You Can’t Sleep. And Prayers Aren’t Enough.

A cock-a-doodle do reminds me that morning is coming. Sun peering over the horizon. Barely. And I cannot sleep. It’s my teen.  I worry.  And I think about her far too much. And to be honest.  It is tough.  Taking each child.  Each moment.  Each hour.  And trusting. Placing them carefully, wholeheartedly, intentionally…..in God’s hands. Yet, […]

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Facing Trials: When Life Offers You Weeds

 When life offers you a field of weeds. Take what’s there.  And do like the feathered ones do.   Look for opportunity.   Because sometimes.  In the greenest, most fertilized settings. IS the blessing. …….Even if dandelions appear. So, don’t ignore those unwanted hindrances. Denying them.  Devour their presence. And let them nourish you.  To life.   To […]

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What King Kong & Your Faith Have in Common

“You are in the hand of God,” I hear Him say. And I see myself laying prostrate. Alone.  Like Ann Darrow.  In the hand of King Kong.  There.  Above. Gripping tight. Holding on.  Eyes shut.  Filled with uncertainty in this darkness of night.  Yet, I know that there….In the palm of the Living God….Is the safest place to […]

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Clinging Desperately To Christ

This last week has changed my life. The house of sticks that has been built over time….has been crumbling down. And this heart once lost in innocence and trust and faith keeps battling against getting hard. And it is as if……..a Picasso piece that once was created.  Slowly.  Carefully.  Painted by the hand of God…. Now […]

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Lions Rise…..In China

I see his face.  Bold One.  To youth. Here.  In China. And though words I do not understand. His eyes….Awake… Shine Light…. Like few I have ever seen. And words….though only spoken… ROAR!  With Holy Fire! …..And I am broken. Missing full revival fire that used to burn inside of me. And how I have coddled […]

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