Like a fluffy, white comforter it lay. Stretched out between the valley of cows and the road taking us high unto our home. Fog so thick, puffy, white. Still resting in the lowlands before the sun beams bright unto all creation. I watch it as I drive. Up, down, over the hills, catching glimpses of what […]
Need Strength? In A Mid-Winter Slump?
Knees bow low on the fluffy carpet calling. And it has been far too long, pouring my all, bowing my soul, lifting this voice of recognition, to The One wholly worthy, The One replacing all pain. He shows me His face, offering joy in the place of anxiety and fears. And with an outreached hand, I […]
Will You Burn Bright This Year?
“What’s that?” My husband turns his head out the window of the rolling car, to find a blue cloth-looking article lying in our driveway. “I don’t know, we can look at it later.” I suggest. But his Spirit-prompting wouldn’t settle for ignoring the bluish substance laying where our property is. He turns around. Lifts high something […]
Resurrecting Dreams in the New Year
I see her face. Round. Long hair, lain upon her shoulders. I saw her long ago, but didn’t know her name. Still, the picture stays tattooed some place deep where I can’t see. God-prints aren’t ever rubbed raw, get old, don’t die down with time and oppression, and with a life lived warn, like jeans frayed […]
Giving With Purpose
He’s fourteen.Some say fourteen-year-old’s are caught up in themselves. Well, Luke isn’t. He’s different. I met him at an orphan conference. “He said he wants to do something meaningful,” his mom tells me as I sit next to her, us hearing how most foster kids come into care with a t-shirt, maybe some underwear….little more. And […]
Missing Some One at Christmas?
I’ve always seen it in my head; strolling down the lighted path, talking, laughing, playing games with family at a time when people gasp for breathe, traffic stops stagnant, and people wish frantically for “just a little more time” to finish what needs to be done, for Christmas. Each year, my intentions were clear, opinions sometimes […]