A man stands. Sword in hand. The enemy swarms. Gloats. Delights in its approach. Confronted with battle. Man swings. Fights. Contends with all his strength. Struck. Taken. Stabbed by the others. The enemy laughs. Mockingly. All power, gone. Man destroyed fell. Pathetic. Useless. Like a rag to the floor. Then…The One enters. Lord over all. Enters […]
Bringing Baby Home
The day we got him. I remember like yesterday. I had dreamed of him, three nights prior. Almost exactly nine months before he was born. I knew what she told me, before she spoke. The Social Worker that day. A child has been born. In the hospital. And I ache. To see him, this little boy. […]
Church Together
Family outing. Church. The place where God announces Himself with praise. Hands raise. Lives, given over to The Worthy One. Worship. Together. We hug and greet each other. Life, bigger than our dreams. Our homes. Our cyclones of surviving. Angels praise. Surround our days. I see His reflection in a child’s gaze. I want to shout. […]
Alabaster Jar
I have an Alabaster jar. It means nothing. I pour it out. He is worthy. Others wonder. Question. Criticize. But I don’t care. It is the world who mocks. They say what I give away is something. Important. Yet it means nothing. I have all I need. Him……Only Him. I imagine His feet. His hands. His […]
Life in the Rain
I wake. Rain pelts the ground like bullets. Grey everywhere. Yet while some weep…some mourn, the robin builds her nest. She finds opportunity in the rain. The worms surface. The moisture of life can be fertile ground if we let it. I recall a day so dark. When rain did not stop, clouds would not cease. […]
Second Chances
Peter, denier, a second chance. Zacheus, the collector, redeemed by grace. Mary, the Martyr, The Doubter too. Second chances. Them & me too. Who can fall beyond His reach. We lift, stand, rise, not on our own strength. The broken, The Healer. The hurting, Our Friend. Jesus, Messiah, our Victorious Friend. A Conqueror, Companion. Yet, King […]