Do they know? Bountiful blessing awaits? Do they realize that in the quiet, still, waiting…there is reward. A task gets done. But it is meaningless without the Father. An intent, mission, purpose, without His direction. Empty. We wait. Wait for deeper days. Stronger days. Faster days. But could it be? Possibly. The answer is in the […]
Not sure when I knew. Very young I suppose. Staring at images that played before the screen…of children broken, poverty….things unseen. I ached, even then, for the least of these. I knew, God was calling me to many greater things. Others laughed, played…I could hear them outside. But me? Captivated by the reality of other people’s […]
A man stands. Sword in hand. The enemy swarms. Gloats. Delights in its approach. Confronted with battle. Man swings. Fights. Contends with all his strength. Struck. Taken. Stabbed by the others. The enemy laughs. Mockingly. All power, gone. Man destroyed fell. Pathetic. Useless. Like a rag to the floor. Then…The One enters. Lord over all. Enters […]
The day we got him. I remember like yesterday. I had dreamed of him, three nights prior. Almost exactly nine months before he was born. I knew what she told me, before she spoke. The Social Worker that day. A child has been born. In the hospital. And I ache. To see him, this little boy. […]
Family outing. Church. The place where God announces Himself with praise. Hands raise. Lives, given over to The Worthy One. Worship. Together. We hug and greet each other. Life, bigger than our dreams. Our homes. Our cyclones of surviving. Angels praise. Surround our days. I see His reflection in a child’s gaze. I want to shout. […]
I have an Alabaster jar. It means nothing. I pour it out. He is worthy. Others wonder. Question. Criticize. But I don’t care. It is the world who mocks. They say what I give away is something. Important. Yet it means nothing. I have all I need. Him……Only Him. I imagine His feet. His hands. His […]