“But you are a CHOSEN GENERATION….. A Royal Priesthood… A Holy Nation…… His own Special People…… That YOU may proclaim the PRAISES OF HIM….. […]
A Royal Priesthood
Opening Love and other Green Vegetables
My childhood home. Wisdom takes a seat with littlest one. Anticipating with wide eyes the stack before her. Natures delight waiting to do more than hang on limbs. Exploding with color to the taste buds they cry. And the two sit at ancestors table. The one I hid peas under when I was so little….rebellious. Yet, […]
When Faith Smothers Fear
Rumors fly by like nasty bugs unswattable on a hot summers eve. And the naysayers keep forcing their self-promoting ways, like bullfrogs croaking loudly before sleep. And people are fleeing. Walking away from homes. And families. And hope. ….Everything they have worked for, for years.And it rises in many around….. Dreaded fear. Like Chinese Torture….it comes […]
Wholly Devoted in 5 minutes flat.
Trying something new today. Writing for 5 straight minutes. No correcting. No editing. Just pure, undefiled, raw writing. Honest words poured on a blank screen for 5 minutes flat. It is a challenge from, The Gypsy Mama. And I am always up for a challenge. It should be fun. It might be difficult. But, here it […]
The Blessing of Night Talk
Night talk. Beckoning me. Luring me away from sleep. To that sweet place…just Him and me. Distractions cease when moon peaks through the cracked shade at heaven’s hour.And faith unspoken cries out. “Lord, why am I awake now?” Children curled up with dreams. Husband out warming pavement before dawn. Hand of God stirring me gently with… […]
Ponderings from the Pond: Faith
And I read this morning… Your faith must not be a passive faith. For as day’s progress, a spirit of apathy will prevail. And with hardships all around, we moan….But, “We just can’t believe.” Yet, how many untrustworthy things do we have faith in? Man, who is proven fallible, we cling to…Yet, God who is perfect, we […]