It is nearing 6:00 p.m. here in Seattle. And the pressure to get my post up for UNITE is looming over me. I wrote my post days ago…about an angel and a bookstore. But, after today…something is stopping me. There is a need to follow this God-prompting. For even once listening to our own flesh, can…in […]
When Life Has Landmines. How to Respond.
I look around, outside my life, and see a war zone. Families. Children. Marriages. Almost as if the world is walking around blind, unaware that they are stepping on…. Landminds. I grieve the catastrophes. My eight year old neighbor, like a son, having to move because his parents are divorcing. A mom struggling as her nine […]
No Less Than God.
Did the strangest thing today. Instead of writing. Reading. Praying. I got out a pen and paper. Opened the Word. And was prompted to write down the truths that I read. Not just any truths… But the truths about Jesus. See, I have known Him my whole life. Sang songs of Him since I was knee […]
3 Most Vulnerable Times When Shadows Live
It had been a long day. I wind down the country road, past pastures, and down the long stretch where most of my neighbors speed. It is these streets, it’s easy to detach. Knowing home is at the top of this large crest..not far in front of us. Usually, this is the road I worship on…wildly. […]
2 Tips for Increasing Faith
Opening door to the front porch. I see it. Sitting there. Dry, brittle, shriveled up as a result of the circle in the sky, beating down on it. Those baskets I love. The ones I invested in at the beginning of summer. Now abandoned half way through. I run to fill up the little red […]
Ever Fall in Love With Someone You’ve Never Met?
I am just busting at the seems right now! Feeling overwhelmed by the goodness and GRACE that has made it’s way to me…so undeserving. I have to tell you…I am in love. So in love. I fell in love even before we ever met. No…not internet dating. Not through Facebook, e-mail, or some other form of […]