I saw her today. My earthly angel. Ninety-eight. A Saint. Really. Hollow eyes. Lost inside… Alzheimer’s. Retracting tears…. Of how life can rob the one’s most used. Prayers of faith…I remember. Journals of verses. Talks with God. Quotes. Notes. A Bible well-worn. Once, in a shack. Alone. In Florida state. No dishwasher. No housekeeper. No microwave. […]
I awake and say…. Today is a Second Chance. A chance to live for Him… Not the world. A chance to shut down technology and delve into The Word. A chance to say, I am sorry. Start new. A chance to embrace others in all I do. A chance to laugh more… Hug more. Smile […]
We grab the end of summer by the reigns. Get away. Just us girls. A time to refresh. Reflect. See family. Be family. Away from it all. Dishes. Chores. Home. Frustrations raveling around us like vines pulling us away… To something. Anything…..other than Christ. And my list of “need to do’s”….. A mile long. Ignored. Happily. […]
This day opens up like a flower to the light. Like a child’s hand searching for delight. Like butterfly wings ready to soar. As I take a leap off the limb into more…. More…of what God has for me. Breaking free from bitter cocoons…. Not drawn away by fears beckoning…. It is this day. Now. That […]
“But you are a CHOSEN GENERATION….. A Royal Priesthood… A Holy Nation…… His own Special People…… That YOU may proclaim the PRAISES OF HIM….. […]
My childhood home. Wisdom takes a seat with littlest one. Anticipating with wide eyes the stack before her. Natures delight waiting to do more than hang on limbs. Exploding with color to the taste buds they cry. And the two sit at ancestors table. The one I hid peas under when I was so little….rebellious. Yet, […]