Drudging through the grocery store with kids. All wanting to be anywhere but here. And I search for spices that revive my spirit. Amongst the chaos of it all. Needing tranquility to awaken my senses. In this deadness of winter. And I see him. A tall, type. Hippy fellow. And he looks quite like me. Hungry […]
“You are in the hand of God,” I hear Him say. And I see myself laying prostrate. Alone. Like Ann Darrow. In the hand of King Kong. There. Above. Gripping tight. Holding on. Eyes shut. Filled with uncertainty in this darkness of night. Yet, I know that there….In the palm of the Living God….Is the safest place to […]
I have heard it said, “What you read, where you go, and who your friends are will determine who you become.” And I am not too sure. But, I know. I have learned to pick my literary choices and my friends very carefully. Because I thought, education was my redemption. And from a girl who struggled […]
That was one thing I said I would never do. Â Yes, I would stretch myself, open my home, care for the infant like God wanted me to…. But I said it…“I will never have an older foster child.” There can be attachment issues. Past histories of abuse. So much baggage that I questioned His power through […]
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 […]
I make a heap at weeks long end. Cross legged safe at the edge of the couch. And thank God….a week non-stop is over. And it is there among my stacks of books…..I dig through…..I look to find the arrow in the dark that directs me to My Savior. And I wait. For waiting. Quiet. Stillness. […]