The dark can be so daunting The light can seem so dim Still, from heaven, you are calling. Can I hear your voice again? No fear in death or life, though all of hell presses in Your voice, the roaring lion, shatters mountains and hangs on the wind. Still small voice, speak to me. I'm … Continue reading Listening
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Missing
Tomorrow is a glass half full. Tonight is a memory. I exhale with baited breath to find myself on my knees. And I know it's "worth it" if I die another day. And I know there's purpose in the things I choose not to say. But it was you and me against the world until … Continue reading Missing
Refocusing
Blurs are often ended with the bluntness of a break. A single straw that interrupts the momentum long enough for sanity to creep in and remind me that I am more than this. In the quest for perfection, I lost sight of the adventure. In the race towards better, I steadily slipped into worse. … Continue reading Refocusing
Light
Light, flooding in like waves of brightness exposing, revealing all my doubts, all my fears The ones I never realize I have until I'm paralyzed Then I'm caught in the aftermath, thankful for the wreckage, wondering when I looked away in the first place. So I wait silently as the light travels, Moves through me … Continue reading Light
Bible Study
Steady rhythms that pulse from page to soul like life that courses through the veins. Deep within I feel it rise. It shakes me to know I am one of them...one of the wandering ones who could so easily forget and lose my focus. Gehazi, who would become leprous for two pieces of silver (2 … Continue reading Bible Study
Of Life and Pinatas
My son just turned six as you can see by my previous post “Birthday Thoughts from a Mushy Mom”. In typical “mushy mom” fashion, I let him convince me that he NEEDED a piñata to celebrate properly. Even in the store while purchasing said piñata all I could think about was America’s Funniest Home Videos … Continue reading Of Life and Pinatas
The Correction Connection
I hate that I hate criticism! I've always struggled with this. The smallest of critiques can make my brain shake. I know in my heart it's ridiculous. I know the truth is that, "Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid." Proverbs 12:1. My head & heart have run laps around this mountain … Continue reading The Correction Connection
