I did a dance with God for several years, which often consisted of the same conversation between us. Not because He was saying the same thing over and over, but because I wasn’t listening. The dance involved me telling Him how sorry I was for being the sinner that I am, and Him affirming me […]
I Will Always Remember
I remember the bottom, my lowest point. In the midst of my divorce, in my failure and shame–sitting in my car, tears flowing down, and being broken.
I’m at my Beginning
There are writers of words I have been reading for some time. Seasoned writers who weave words like art, who paint with words, and who ooze words right out of their very souls. Meaningful words that move and inspire. Words that pierce hearts with beauty and truth. And I just returned from Relevant where I met […]
His Good and Perfect Gifts…
God is in the business of giving good and perfect gifts—gifts I am sometimes unaware I even need. Gifts that surprise me and overwhelm me, that drown me and sink me deep into His great love—His love with skin and flesh on … this, the body of Christ. I know because I have experienced its […]
Returning Home to Goodness
A mama’s heart is never far from home, no matter how far away she is. And I’m running home to the smiles and embraces, to the silly hands and smudge-filled spaces—A return to all that fills and inspires and stretches and teaches… And Sundays are for returning home, to rest in surrender to His goodness, […]
Relevant
To be relevant in this world is to love as He loves. To see the world through His eyes…with grace and mercy… beyond ourselves. To be His hands and feet on this earth to one another, To notice the one alone–the one who’s new–the anxious heart present in the room, To really see the need, by […]
…As I Fly to See Friends
I have virtual friends. I’ve found them online, and I often hang on their words. They stretch me and grow me and challenge me and inspire me. And they have little idea who I am. I dream of the conversations we might have. What I’d share with them and what they might say. And before you judge me […]
Unexpected Turns
It was their first…and it was supposed to be a boy. And there had been two lavishing shower events full of all things boyish and blue. And they had imagined and pondered and anticipated his birth for months, preparing the room, washing the clothes, selecting his name, and dreaming of this very day. And the […]
Firmly Planted in Him
Sundays are for being firmly planted and prospering in Him… May you be blessed this day… as you delight in Him, as you meditate in His law, as you yield fruit in your season, and as you prosper…
Beyond
His love is beyond anything I can really grasp or comprehend. He sees beyond my selfish thoughts and judgmental attitudes. Beyond my easily irritated heart and quickly angered reactions.
