“But thank God! He has made us His captives and continues to lead us along in Christ’s triumphal procession. Now He uses us to spread the knowledge of Christ everywhere, like a sweet perfume. Our lives are a Christ-like fragrance rising up to God.” —2 Corinthians 2:14-15a, NLT Be still and know, like roses hold,Continue reading “Fragrance”
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Grappling Hours
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” — Psalm 147:3, NKJV In the predawn hours when only the first birds have begun to test their voices before the arrival of a full choir, I sit and ruminate life. In this dark hour You meet me with comfort only love can give, and IContinue reading “Grappling Hours”
This Joy
This joy pushes at my skin, leaves my heart fluttering in breathless wonder — I am allowed to create; so, may I write in humility, a beautiful lowliness, the recognition that I am a created being guarded by the Almighty, shaped by His hands, safe in His arms, one through Jesus. I am overwhelmed byContinue reading “This Joy”
A Mark for Courage
I have this little pink bookmark in my journal, an encouragement to write and share, for any form of expression takes courage, especially when your heart is in all you give out. These little writings, perhaps incidental to the world, reflect my soul opened, my thoughts laid bare, my profession of faith and often confessionsContinue reading “A Mark for Courage”
One
I contemplate what it is to exist — to be a created being, spinning on a created world, attended by a creative God. I stand before green grasslands, vast cerulean oceans, massive mountain ranges that reach to the sky; I stand beneath an expanse of blue that falls to endless black and I am awareContinue reading “One”
The Root
“Then Christ will make His home in your hearts as you trust Him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong.” — Ephesians 3:17, NLT The root fixes itself into the soil, imbibes the rich humus, impressing itself further, deeper, establishing a home, a tap line and other finer branches, veinsContinue reading “The Root”
Awakening
I’ve found such comfort sitting amid blooms, listening to katydids, following the sweet beat of butterfly wings and the humble patience of a pollen-collecting bee. I’ve wondered at the industry of ants lifting many times their body weight, again and again, along the stone path winding through my little patch of Eden. I askContinue reading “Awakening”
Stewards
Tillers of land and soil and seed to bloom sustenance; keepers of earthly creatures, shepherding all, minding our duty to family, governing the us in humanity, given authority to manage the gifts, the provisions bestowed by a holy God, not to hold selfishly while saturated in complacency, not to hoard in fear or indifference whileContinue reading “Stewards”
Lonely As
“I am like an owl in the desert, like a little owl in a far-off wilderness. I lie awake, lonely as a solitary bird on the roof.” — Psalm 102:6-7 There are those times of deep introspection, a brooding season of the soul, those sojourns we must take when life becomes heavy, our path boggedContinue reading “Lonely As”
Giving, Luke 6:38
“You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.” — Amy Carmichael You find yourself at the end of energy, your mind and body all give out, but there is this soul who needs you to be strength or kindness or support, and so you push through the tired. Sometimes it is aContinue reading “Giving, Luke 6:38”
Poetic Meanderings 