Take it. Take it all. I have so often cried to God. Hands elevated. To Heaven. Throwing it all away. “I don’t need it anyway. I don’t need any of it….If I have you,” I used to say. Emphatically. Irrationally. Words, emotionally thrown around, not considering their significance. But, then today. I stand here. Prayer answered. […]
I walk down white hallways, the ones so familiar now. These…..the exiting ones. Clinging to a thread….from eternity. They dangle on breaths. Finding life in respirators, and pills, and televisions that spill out glimpses of the world they once knew. These sterile walls….their home. A refuge….their middle earth…..between here and Heaven’s Song…. And I taste it […]
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 […]
There is a pot that I see. Sitting so bold in front of me. One day, I take this cracked pot out. And patch it from pieces lying around. I get out color. Paint it from plain. I want dazzle, beauty, fame. ….from my pot. I work hard. Diligently. Faithfully. Day in. Day out. But eventually […]