A Waterfall of Grace

The past two days contained rough waters Demanding navigation From a girl without a paddle  From a woman with no oars. An authority upset with me - half for the wrong reason, and half with good reason, (a weak area in performance).   There were demands, "Amend this.". One can fix the second, but not …

The Best Kind of Father

Today is an emotional day. Yesterday was too, and I did my best to throttle every fanciful thought that cropped up in my mind uninvited, the way we try to stop weeds from overtaking our garden. But today - Today is the day that humility clothes me like a garment. I am reviewing things from …

Modern Day Dowry

It is funny, how we can allow our vessels, the clay pots we inhabit,to get so filmy inside. Maybe things we read, or see, or allow ourselves to see... Things we listen to, allow to enter into us... I have been thinking about something since March. A lot. In English Lit, the children had to …

All you need do is Ask.

Chains. Shackles. Bound around one's ankles so close to the skin that one fears they will go to the grave with them attached. No one knows how to safely remove them without injuring themselves. If they did - they wouldn't be wearing them. Habits. Compulsions. Addictions wound around the heart like seaweed wrapped around the …

Surrender

I can't sleep.  Thinking about what God is doing lately. Sharing some of it with you. You know - when I am working with a little child in a therapy session, sometimes I have to run a "my turn" trial. It is when I hold my hand out - palm up - for the item …

Sacrifice for a Pearl

Maybe you falter in your heart when you think of the sacrifices necessary to serve the Lord, doubting your own abilities, feeling a pulling to fall back. Consider that to serve the Lord is to KNOW him, To gain a companion who will walk with you all the days of your life - through thick …

The Price

Ever since we were talking about our Heavenly Father and an intimate connection with him in women's Bible study - I have been thinking about the many reasons why people do not truly connect with him, as well as talking to him about it. Yes, there are people that are afraid - and yes there …

A Wild Vine

​Since my divorce I am not what I was. In some ways I am better. I didn't know I could do some of the things I now do. That was a nice discovery, Even though it was reminiscent of being thrown into a lake and being told to swim, Before learning to swim. I argue …

There was…a man.

There was a man in my life With whom I fell in love. He was the moon, and mist and stars to me, All luminous, and sparkling, glowing and bright. Alas, I was not sky to him. I was heaviness, weight, and Salty water, Ocean tears, An anchor. Healing, mending, recovering. Not ready. The picture …

Still Here.

You're still here. In my thoughts. In my days. In my nights. In my heart. This morning As I brushed my teeth Taking care not to miss that spot in the back That's hard to reach I thought of you. "Is he lonely? Is he tired? Does he have a lover? I know he has …