I’m just a ghost figure in the corner watching my life walk by in shadow while I keep breathing. Control is an illusion for the “other ones” on the outside calling the shots. Faith is a bridge I’m building Tomorrow is a dream worth living So I breathe So I call tomorrow a promise Knowing … Continue reading Ghost Writing
devotion
On Reminiscing
Some nights revolve around the past… It’s not that it started out that way but it ends in reminiscence of days gone by and memories you treasure. Is it good or bad? I don’t know the answer. Enlighten me, people of Earth. When reminiscence leads to wonder about what could have been it can lead … Continue reading On Reminiscing
Thunder
I was a human once. I lived, I breathed, I knew who I was. It was somewhere between where husband number one left me a puddle on the floor and husband number two decided I wasn't enough. Maybe I'm not. Maybe they're not. I'm not qualified to say. Tonight, I'm thinking I am beyond expectations … Continue reading Thunder
Secret Place
I had my own private spot in the woods where two trees had fallen together creating a little seat just right for me. I would sit there for what seemed like hours singing and praying. It was there that all seemed right with the world. It was there, in my secret place, that I found … Continue reading Secret Place
Don’t Settle for Seasoning
There once was a man named Naboth. You'll find him in I Kings 21. He had a vineyard. The only problem with this vineyard was that it was just a little too close to the residence of a certain king named Ahab. Ahab decided he wanted an herb garden and offered to buy Naboth's vineyard. … Continue reading Don’t Settle for Seasoning
Autopilot
Autopilot - when I go through the motions Head down, resolved, ready to do whatever it takes to make it happen And then I sometimes break as resistance pushes me to realize I'm not built to maintain; I'm built for greatness. Not greatness I've built with the persistent efforts of my hands, but greatness that comes … Continue reading Autopilot
Isaiah 60:1
We are awake before the dawn.The sun follows in step, divine hands pulling the earth to its place among the stars. Arise, shine, for your light has come!A smile greets me.Divine love evidenced in baby breath in the still of the morning. Outside my window, the water is glass.Calm serenity proven in the peace I see...I feel. Arise, … Continue reading Isaiah 60:1
Lazy Soldier
My quiet time is evolving. Where I once sat cozy on the couch with coffee on the table beside me and a mountain of books, three different translations of the Bible, a devotional, whatever Christian living book I happened to be in the middle of etc., now I sit with baby on one arm and … Continue reading Lazy Soldier
Gotta’ do what you gotta’ do
Whoever said pregnancy was magical must not have dealt with morning sickness. I have, in my four pregnancies, experienced varying degrees of first trimester ickyness. This time hasn't been too bad until the past week or so. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that folks ask how I am feeling and up to … Continue reading Gotta’ do what you gotta’ do
Courage
My daughter is working on an essay about Courage. She asked me the other day to name someone I found to be courageous. The problem wasn't that I couldn't think of anyone, it was more that I can think of so many acts of courage that happen daily. To name one courageous person seems difficult … Continue reading Courage