The One Thing That Determines Your Destiny

I have heard it said, “What you read, where you go, and who your friends are will determine who you become.” And I am not too sure.  But, I know. I have learned to pick my literary choices and my friends very carefully.  Because I thought, education was my redemption.  And from a girl who struggled […]

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When Jesus Passes By You

I stand in a circle over the accused.  Holding what I think is redemption in my hand.  Sharp edges.  Mine has some.  But then…..so does my own soul. And I see the guilty.  There on the ground.  Grasping for dirt to cloth himself in. Incapable to run.  This time. And I marvel at the fact that […]

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Walking On Water When The Storms of Life Surround You

In the quiet.  Out here.  Where nothing can be heard.  But the downpour of the fallen. The crackling and bolt of pain found deep in the storm now. And I close my eyes to see His face.  For the tranquil waters of yesterdays have passed……And no open sky lies before me.  Only clouds.  Clouds of my […]

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In The Arms of My Lord, on Humbled Knees

Aging knees give no regard to hard wood floors. Blowing away dust of yesterday left to unfold….. Nestling into that place where whispers waver and the voice of thunder shouts out His name. And it is here. In this place…..that I finally let go. Here.  Alone. Where questions and reason float from my soul….. Making their […]

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The Drift

We are all born.  Pieces of Heaven. With our own glimpses of revelation.  In us.  Through us.  God with us….from the time we enter….Creation. But then, “The Drift” takes over.  Like gravity, running through us….pulling us down….to earths level. Making us into cold, intellectual, mathematical………controllable types of people. Making decisions apart from Divine’s wisdom.  Because reasons.  […]

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Martin Luther Was Right: Christ Sets Us Free

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 […]

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