I was hiding. Curling up in my own, “I have done enough”. The face of the little one in Dominican. Her mom gone. The village whipping her with sticks, labeling her with words that scar in places human eyes can’t see….“dog”, “fatso”, “worthless”. Thoughts swirling around in me…in corners unchained… Camping on the reality of life […]
“You’re enough.” I hear a whisper, one coffee-less morning all alone in my car, returning from taking my youngest daughter to her first day of Kindergarten. After homeschooling eight years and burying myself in the duties of children, I was nothing short of exhausted. Still, “Who could that be?” I questioned. It was clear, I […]
I can’t get it out of my head. I turn to it. 4:00 in the morning. Awake in my bed. And after soaking in the church for four decades. I feel lastly ignorant to the simple steps…it requires to meet Jesus. I mean….I have taught Bible studies. Prayer ministry. Children’s Ministry. I have done the routine….over […]
It lingers. Song of healing. Past the laundry room. Down the hall. From her room. The broken one. Mending. And she is not who she used to be. Any longer. Quiet. Scared. Fearful. Hiding behind a smile draped across her hurting. Today. Our eyes can meet. And I can see her soul. Barely. More at some […]
I feel it rise…like a tide overwhelming. Words said, by others. Contradictions. False pretenses. Untruth. Deception. Offense within. Rising like a wave to crush. Down deep. Stirring. Gripping. Shaking. Pain. Anger. Everything prior settled. Still. Peaceful. Yet, pride ever seeking to bubble out….from past hurts. Broken People. Digging up this graveyard long burried. Tempting us….to grab […]