In the city. I read a story. Pregnant homeless woman. Losing her business. Without money. Begging for food. Because inside her….His light. A gift. A baby. And I see it drive by….as it almost hits us. The symbol. Significant. Racing down freeway to get to its exit. As if no one else exists……but them. Then, there […]
Take it. Take it all. I have so often cried to God. Hands elevated. To Heaven. Throwing it all away. “I don’t need it anyway. I don’t need any of it….If I have you,” I used to say. Emphatically. Irrationally. Words, emotionally thrown around, not considering their significance. But, then today. I stand here. Prayer answered. […]
I feel it rise…like a tide overwhelming. Words said, by others. Contradictions. False pretenses. Untruth. Deception. Offense within. Rising like a wave to crush. Down deep. Stirring. Gripping. Shaking. Pain. Anger. Everything prior settled. Still. Peaceful. Yet, pride ever seeking to bubble out….from past hurts. Broken People. Digging up this graveyard long burried. Tempting us….to grab […]
“How are you?” I hear with unsympathetic contempt. From the one with twisted intent. Those that you try to run from when church service is over. You know them? And tight grips that once kept my life circumstances from slipping through gossiping lips……does not work anymore. Palms are open. My story is out there for all to see. […]
This last week has changed my life. The house of sticks that has been built over time….has been crumbling down. And this heart once lost in innocence and trust and faith keeps battling against getting hard. And it is as if……..a Picasso piece that once was created. Slowly. Carefully. Painted by the hand of God…. Now […]
It’s the drive that those who love, never want to take. The one where lives dangle from last breaths…..and winter has no spring coming. The time where no more stories will be told. No more eyes will see…..the beauty of God in Creation. In people. In this world. This God gift all around. And we make […]