I curl closer. Locking my arms around his middle. Tucking my chin down around the bend in his neck. Finding warmth from this freezing. Neighbors laughing. Stories of bears. Shivers camping around my extremities… Keeping me awake. Marshmallows still lay on the picnic table from the evening before. The coals now separated. Alone. Cold. Much like […]
My husband once told me. Twenty years ago. “I believe in miracles. But, I also believe that God looks for people to meet Him half way.” At the time, I was young and way too full of myself. Delighted with the fact….that God could do anything. Believing all we needed to do was pray…. And whatever […]
There is nothing like laying flat on your back for two days straight to put your mind in perspective. For sometimes standing straight up and plowing full force forward can delude ourselves to what we think we need to do…. And as my brother who has a large ministry for troubled teens continually says, “Humility isn’t […]
Are you a brier rabbit. Racing to the finish. Or the turtle. Walking thoughtfully. Carefully. Methodically. To it’s purpose. Are you a goal setter. Achiever. Feeling more satisfied when there is a task. Running fast….until you complete it? And why is it. Holidays have a way. Of entangling our legs. Pulling us into it’s own chaos. […]
Stumbled upon a pastor friend’s Facebook status this morning. Was trying to run out the door. Do Christmas shopping. Grocery shopping. All that kind of shopping that looses it’s fun. Right around this time of year. And of course I made the mistake. Left Facebook open. Beckoning. Calling. Luring me….until I read what I needed to. […]
Sitting. Like a gentle rain on a cold December day. I feel it…. Washing over me. Surfacing from a place, I didn’t know existed … Fear. Worry. Anxiety. A list of impurities. This camel back believer. Unaware. Unnecessarily carrying. Leaving. By the washing of His presence. Though…I did nothing. No more than enter. His Secret Place. […]