I hold out sign to Hardworking One. Similar to the one daughter’s friend held out to her football game last. Asking…”Homecoming?” And she answered, “yes”….So I thought I would have a chance… Though words were thrown like daggers moments earlier. And heat escalates as flesh tries to rescue… Pride that had been lost. And how beautiful […]
I awake and say…. Today is a Second Chance. A chance to live for Him… Not the world. A chance to shut down technology and delve into The Word. A chance to say, I am sorry. Start new. A chance to embrace others in all I do. A chance to laugh more… Hug more. Smile […]
Like a child today. Defenses stripped away. Whirlwind of tasks…chores…stores…Preparing for another party. More….people through the threshold of our home. And I knew. Defenses were down. Body holding on from the battle it’s been through. Attacked again…from nuts. An allergy. Just learning about. Suffering through… And I hear them. Like salt inflaming a wound long healed. […]
Joy! The mark. Yet, so many…dying. Aren’t we alive? I hear their woos. Counsel. Encourage. But hearts grow faint…as Matthew said they would. Lives destroyed…by doubt, pain, job loss all around. There is hope! Hope! Isn’t it the mark we envelope? Hope in Him to save us…not ourselves. Hope of a Savior, who knows, who sees…who […]