“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. […]
“You are in the hand of God,” I hear Him say. And I see myself laying prostrate. Alone. Like Ann Darrow. In the hand of King Kong. There. Above. Gripping tight. Holding on. Eyes shut. Filled with uncertainty in this darkness of night. Yet, I know that there….In the palm of the Living God….Is the safest place to […]
That was one thing I said I would never do. Yes, I would stretch myself, open my home, care for the infant like God wanted me to…. But I said it…“I will never have an older foster child.” There can be attachment issues. Past histories of abuse. So much baggage that I questioned His power through […]
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 […]
Faith. The faith fight. The topic of my life. Yet, faith is believing in something we can’t see. But, what if…. What we see….with spiritual eyes….has. Is. Has always been….more real than what we see with the flesh? What if the temporal is more like a box we’re trapped in? …..And we mourn for and ache […]
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 […]