Why do the ideas float around until I sit down with the intention of capturing them? How am I full of words until the time comes to put them down on paper, or type them out on a keyboard? How is my mind always moving, thinking, arranging until I sit at this screen to corral…
You are not a disappointment. You do not disappoint God. God cannot be disappointed. And He especially would not be disappointed in you. Look it up in the dictionary: Disappointment is a feeling of dissatisfaction. Or the response to failure. Or the feeling after expectations have not been met. I want you to see this…
You are not alone, my friend. You are not abandoned or forgotten. And although you may feel the grief will swallow you whole, I know you have a Friend who sticks closer than a brother. I pray you find comfort and peace in the midst of the roiling sadness. I pray you walk through this…
I have had several aha! moments over the past few weeks. There has also been a definite change in the winds that pass over my spirit. There have been times of intense meditation, and also lazy drifting in my mind. I have slacked in some areas that are normally very rigid, and experienced an increased…
The haunting specter of condemnation hounded my thoughts this week. Insidious and persistent in its attacks, it focused its force on memories of the past. I experienced seeing the faces of friends long gone, because I walked out and walked away, without so much as a backward glance. I heard snippets of hard and terrible…
Normally, when confronted with a week that has held the sorrows this one has, I want to curl up in a ball and lament the tragedy I encounter. This week was different, as I have been prompted in my spirit to simply trust and give thanks. These thanksgivings have been different in the offering. I…
Interesting fact: March 21 will be a year since I’ve been writing for myself in a public space. This writing has been an exercise of trust and obedience with my Father. I don’t have a great planning system, or a long stretch of finished posts ready to go. I have felt like I am scratching…
I’ve heard His whisper in my spirit, and I’ve answered as often and completely as I can. He made us each so uniquely and beautifully and He wants you to come to Him, to know Him, and to love Him. It is in the rejection of others that I found my full acceptance in Him….
There is an inching away from Truth. I see the embodiment of kindness being replaced by a veneer of niceness. Our culture is admittedly heating up. People seem to be sitting on the edge of their seats to jump up angry and accusatory. I can’t get away from the culture, but I can be careful…