The moment my foot touches grass, it is as if creation rejoices that I’ve abandoned tile floors…..and entered into natures home. The breath inside my lungs expands…..as I am….. Drawn outdoors. And I am taken, it seems, by my Makers hand…..To something more. A picture. Or a story. I have yet to learn…. And to be […]
The first words out of my mouth when I saw her was…. “She is dead”. Lifeless head. Body wrapped in blankets a mile high. Her skin transparent….. Weighing somewhere around five pounds. This delicate shell lay there…. On plywood. Screaming one. Beside her. Face born open between nose and mouth. Cleft lip. The cry of a […]
6:00 a.m. Blanket of black covers windows surrounding. And darkness is the mask….of sleep….and dreams….and all things unknown by the world deep in rest. Yet, in China….they would have been awake for hours. 4:00 a.m. The rising and fleeing to mountain caves and trees and places hidden. So, they can worship in the dark. Before eyes […]
I come to you today, Lord. On bended knee. Knowing…I have nothing to give….. No words that can describe your glory. How can one mouth profess all your praise? How can half and hour describe your magnificence? Yet, today…..we speak. At Womens. About China. And I struggle because I know….I am empty of any of my […]
Dinner time. In orphanage. In China. Struggling through white rice….made with more love than any bowl could hold. First night in orphanage. Three plane rides far away from home. And we walk into kitchen. “Xie xie”….to say, “Thank you” in Chinese. We then ask….to paint nails….for many. And fingers and toes….a representation of love. And Jesus […]
I see his face. Bold One. To youth. Here. In China. And though words I do not understand. His eyes….Awake… Shine Light…. Like few I have ever seen. And words….though only spoken… ROAR! With Holy Fire! …..And I am broken. Missing full revival fire that used to burn inside of me. And how I have coddled […]