I hear it. Laughter. Dancing across rooms. Opening up souls…as laughter always does. Why is it laughter – Not a crow bar – can pry the steel gates of souls. Yet, interrogating, drilling, & all efforts of man won’t? The great release. Empties bowls of long forgotten messes. The unifier. Unspoken communicator. All languages. People. Cultures. […]
Lately, I have been noticing….like the microscopic fruit flies that come to darken freshly picked fruit. People everywhere seem increasingly discouraged. Lies have come like tiny flies, to eat away at the ripeness of God’s goodness. And sadly. No one seems to be noticing. Until it’s too late. Fruit can sit alone. Rotten. Forgotten. Until someone […]
180 photos. That’s it. Sprawled along a table. In hope to make order of it all. And she sits. Hand’s trembling. Looking at her year. In two dimensional images. Trying to dwindle down. A life. Her 3-D world. Into time capsules. Frozen. Snapshots. Hiking. Swimming. Giggles. Picnics. Trials. Sentencing. A world filled with joy, pain, hope, […]
Dear Lord, First, I give thanks. I give thanks for the trials. The pain. The heartache, of last year. I offer them over to you. As a gift. A gift that drew me deeper into an understanding of your unfailing love. Your unceasing provision. Your unwavering goodness…… My need for you. I give thanks for the unshakable truth…I […]
When I first saw her. I didn’t know what to expect. It’s like picking out a special gift. And not knowing what it is. Until it’s opened. And some presents open more slowly. Than others. Some people. Take years to unwrap. Other’s never do. But, this one. Her smile. Told me otherwise. At a turn of […]
With Christmas coming ever closer. And the enemy working overtime to steal, kill, and destroy. I thought it appropriate to highlight what Jesus came for. I mean, so many celebrate His coming. Nativity. Christmas Carols. Children singing… But do we really stop. Look. And listen to the heartbeat of the holiday? And not just Jesus coming. […]