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 …
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,
Root Them Out
Today's thoughts. I face painted a twin boy, once, whose twin had died. He was four or five. His mother told me in whispers that the brother died as a result of blunt force trauma to the head. His father in prison. He hit the child too hard in anger. It is difficult to convey …
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 …
“We Are Going To Be Together!”
This morning on the radio, I listened as the staff surprised a mother and her children with Christmas gifts. Their story: They lost the father/husband to cancer a while back. If it wasn't tragic enough that this family had to bury the daddy, their mother was diagnosed with cancer. Though she fought it valiantly - …
Of Whom The World Was Not Worthy
Tonight. It is tonight! This is the day I meet the Man and Woman who started the school in Uganda, beneath a tree. My heart is already tender. I already know I will cry. I will meet, and hug, and touch people who have used their American "plenty" to benefit others far, far away. The …
Emptying Our Own Baggage
The first time I saw this picture, a while ago, I thought of a committed boyfriend/girlfriend who "loved you enough", and "Oh, how sweet...", But not so anymore. Now I think two things. One. Sometimes you do need help unpacking, because the item you think is normal and belongs in that psyche of yours, is …
– Solitude and The Least of These –
I chose solitude today, for Thanksgiving. My daughter, is in Florida at school. She spent the day working in a soup kitchen with her peers, so I am not worried for her, knowing that ministering to others has not only distracted her from missing us here at home, but has also enriched her character. My …
...Just Thoughts... 