Ever wake one day and something you treasured deeply was gone…just gone? My ninety-year-old great-aunt bought property in Florida, decades ago. She lived where it was open, remote, free. But before long, she heard reports of a “bad community of people” living deep behind the woods that lined her property. At night their thumping music echoed […]
O.k. So, I am just going to be candid here. I actually had two other posts juggling about, wondering which one to post today. But then I sat down and did devotions. And for some reason, time with God always redirects our focus. It was then, I was stopped by the goodness of His mercies. It […]
I heard it crash. One of those mother-moments when you know you could either “get loud”, or “get lower”. I chose “lower still”, tip toeing into the entry hall, finding one of my photos of my nieces and both my daughters shattered on the floor. I pick up the frame, not saying a word. Hearing my […]
Have you ever seen a marriage, family, neighbor, or church…divided? It’s a gruesome sight. Like a war with casualties lying around, limbless. Often the result of divisions is a bloody mess. Still in retrospect, how many people really think they are the ones creating division? Often we won’t notice this type of war until after everything around us […]
I stand in a circle over the accused. Holding what I think is redemption in my hand. Sharp edges. Mine has some. But then…..so does my own soul. And I see the guilty. There on the ground. Grasping for dirt to cloth himself in. Incapable to run. This time. And I marvel at the fact that […]