4am and lost in thought. Thinking of dreams unrealized and promises broken. Leadings of God not followed and the unhappy consequences of those actions. Praying a little. “God, you know what I want to do with my life, right?”, even as I look forward at the years which lie ahead to realize that the number …
To Love or Not to Love
Pain or no pain, Happily ever after, or happily never after, We only have today to love or not to love.
Do you…
When you lie down at night Do you think of me? Does my name Cross your mind Warm your heart Touch your lips In prayer? - Do you wonder if I, too, see the moon? Or the stars Suspended in azure Since the ones In your eyes Are hidden from my view? - I wake …
Maybe, Just Maybe
I marvel as he continues to draw me even still, and it causes the flickers of hope to ignite within me that maybe,
My Pastor Said, “Timing”.
No matter how Broken You Are, No matter how low you feel, No matter how blind you are, I promise The God of Heaven sees you. On the way home I was thinking about when the disciples asked Jesus why a certain man was blind. It was on my mind because of a conversation I …
Stormy Weather
When I was young, maybe 18, I stood on top of a hill in Manchester, MI, and watched a summer storm come in. I stood in the rain and wind until my aunt made me come into the house for threat of lightning. It was thrilling and scary. I felt so small And so ALIVE. …
For A Purpose
Thinking about the journey today. Through life. Through trials. To God. Then onward, Through life. Through trials. With God. How fortunate we are to have found him. To have bowed the knee, Surrendered the soul, And said "Yes" when He called. There are dots on the timeline of my life when I searched for him. …
You Have Not Lived….
Until you've heard the words, "Mommmmm! Josiah put hair removal creme all over his hair!". Yes. You read that correctly. My ten year old son rubbed, not one, but two applications of hair removal creme into his beautiful sandy brown hair. When his sister got married, she and her bridesmaids were primping and beautifying every …
To The Man Who Loved Me To Christ
To the man who spoke to me about Jesus when I was so skeptical. The man who told me to read the book of John first. The man who sent me the handwritten letter witnessing to me. The man who was standing behind me, whose face I saw when I stood up from the altar …
Don’t Dilute the Water
From a loving friend. She sent it to me today because she knows I think my personality is intense and that I try to turn the volume down on a regular basis. ....Intense compared to whom?.... That's where we run into trouble, you know. When we compare ourselves to others. I will always be as …
...Just Thoughts... 