A chance to seize the day. We strap on boots. Take off on, Trail of Life. Not the easy road.Away from city. Noise. …Suffocating places that drown the voice of God. Head to wide open….. Where He speaks through all creation. Even the trees beckon…. As they reach with limbs of yearning. Calling through […]
Popcorn spills all over the floor. Not waking up to a clean house…or a quiet, calm house. But, this morning. Popcorn. And young feet pattering…..looking…..searching through treats left out by teenagers the night before. And I implore…. “Pick up the popcorn…. When we make messes, our job is to clean them up.” And little hands innocently […]
I struggle to figure Him out today. I want to come…with gifts…of wheat, or meat, or grain…or something. But He requires nothing. I want to share with Him, show Him all I am. But His demands of me? Only emptiness. I want to parade my talents, my strengths, my wisdom. But nothing I offer Him suffices. […]
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 […]