Back from China. Here is a writing from day 1 in China. We have seen the children. Here. In an orphanage. …..God’s people. Disabled. Deformed. Blind. The Forgotten Ones…. Cleft lips. Babies left. Ants crawling on…..as they find…..infant left on the ground. Hands tied. To chairs….Potty chairs. Or beds. Or bottles. Babies rocking. Back and forth. […]
My Grandmother died. When I was a child. The day she was buried, I saw a white, feathered creature rise from a fountain nearby. Not sure if what I was seeing was right….but at the time…. It was so real. I was taken back. Surprised. Eyes fixed on this larger than life creation of God…. Risen […]
I hear of women words. Back stabbing. Vengeful looks. And I shrink back….like I usually do….from drama. Thanking God for silence. Soul lifting quiet that comforts more than any long conversation with a friend. And though I have coffee, lead with, pray with, nurture, and love my friendships…. My greatest comfort….Him. My soul rest. My kneeling […]
Teacher. Of sorts. Always Learning. Growing. Seeking… Curled up with a book…..My haven of retreat. Pounding words out on a computer screen….My happy place. Yet, opening The Word this morning….I am bombarded with a different kind of living. A living rich with works. A more than faith kind of life…. But a life abundant with fruit. […]
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 […]
Rumors fly by like nasty bugs unswattable on a hot summers eve. And the naysayers keep forcing their self-promoting ways, like bullfrogs croaking loudly before sleep. And people are fleeing. Walking away from homes. And families. And hope. ….Everything they have worked for, for years.And it rises in many around….. Dreaded fear. Like Chinese Torture….it comes […]