Thankful for Offense…..And Other Relative Issues.

We have been going along fine. One year after hosting a small group.  Something God told my husband to do…..a decade ago. But, I refused. Until, one night….I see an image of people filling our living room…..in a dream.  And I heard a voice from heaven say….. “Many will come in.  And many will go out […]

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Joy Unstoppable

Delight in the Lord.                            For there is joy in His presence.                                                       Eternal pleasure at His right hand.                                                                                         A River of Delight flowing from His Magnificence. And yet……we fail to walk in the fullness of His presence.  Many searching for the ticket to salvation.  Yet, turn from the full abundance of His Spirit. Joy not in segments […]

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Who Are you Inviting this Thanksgiving?

As the holidays come. Expected.  Anticipated. Dreaded….by some.  I must ask…. Who are you inviting to your Thanksgiving table this year? Thinking about years past….. First year with spouse.  We sat, in a Restaurant.  Just us two.  Night before putting on my wedding dress.  Then, those times as a child.  House packed with Grandmas and Grandpas […]

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Suffering……A Gift?

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 […]

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China….Again?

We had not even left.  When seeds stirred restless in my soul….. To return. China.  Something more….than any place I have known before. God seed sprouting….planted four years earlier.  In a dream. Seeing Asian children, inside an orphanage. And never imagining I would have really been there. The faces.  The people.  Somehow not foreign. Soil moistened…..by […]

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Ponderings from the Pond 2: Where Fire Burns Deep

The moment my foot touches grass, it is as if creation rejoices that I’ve abandoned tile floors…..and entered into natures home.  The breath inside my lungs expands…..as I am….. Drawn outdoors. And I am taken, it seems, by my Makers hand…..To something more. A picture.  Or a story. I have yet to learn…. And to be […]

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