John 10:2,3,7,9 “But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the […]
It’s the drive that those who love, never want to take. The one where lives dangle from last breaths…..and winter has no spring coming. The time where no more stories will be told. No more eyes will see…..the beauty of God in Creation. In people. In this world. This God gift all around. And we make […]
“Surrender” and “Faith”. Two powerful words. Words inseparable. Words definable by the Christian walk. And I have seen and been either one or the other. Surrendered One.…….Fasting. Praying. Pleading. Aching for more of Him. Or…. Faithful one.….Fully comprehending…..He is enough. Yet, hesitant to move forward and do really much. One, incomplete without the other. Surrender […]
New. Beginning again. Starting over. Fresh. Change. Different. Wiped Clean. Have you heard them? Have you been…..the one wanting a new start? Have you stopped and looked back and thought……“This past year was challenging, difficult, hard”? Have you been wanting a white canvas to begin painting on again? I have been there. Wanting past years to […]
When my husband and I were first married, we would sit…just the two of us….and write out our New Year’s Resolutions on whatever piece of paper jumped out before us. Sometimes our dreams for the coming year were written on notebook paper, sometimes grocery lists, sometimes computer paper. It didn’t matter. All that mattered was that […]
The box. It calls. Beckons…”Come rest in me. My straight walls. Sharp edges.” It hides… A people. Asking them to leave…. The freedom bought in Christ. To hide inside…it’s small, dark corners. Confined. While open skies beckon higher. Calling deeper…drawing closer to The Source. Fear resists the open. Like an infant….feeling…. Safer. With small. Shallow. Confining […]