Word Unspeakable. Offensive. Disreputable. Disrespectable. Disregardable to many. And it makes me question….. This word….is it part of our being? And do we often run from. Reject. Disown things that reflect pieces of ourselves we don’t like? The word? Homeless. And I question…. Does this word offend us….because Home isn’t in us? And this world…..though beautiful. […]
I woke up with a thought….. “Jesus professed to be God”. And how no one….not Mohammed, or Buddha, or Gandhi, or Moses….. Ever said that they were in fact, Christ. And yet, Jesus professed…. He has been with God from the beginning of time. (John 17:5) And He was crucified because His claim didn’t change. (John […]
Delight in the Lord. For there is joy in His presence. Eternal pleasure at His right hand. A River of Delight flowing from His Magnificence. And yet……we fail to walk in the fullness of His presence. Many searching for the ticket to salvation. Yet, turn from the full abundance of His Spirit. Joy not in segments […]
Unconventional. Somehow. Someway. For some reason….. God uses the unconventional. The out of the box kind of life….and living…..and faith. How the blind man was asked to put mud on his eyes…… To get healed. Jesus put his fingers inside another one’s ears & spit on the tongue for a deaf man to speak…. clearly. Women’s […]
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 […]
Word hungry…..before leaving. Surrender. Time on my knees….The only way to strength. And I hold out this day….in palms of hope. Offering it as a sacrifice…. That He would take it. Make it. Not mine….but His own. Lists growing long. China. Tomorrow. Schedules. Packing. Gathering for families. And yet. In deep tides. Rests tranquility…..still. Sustained […]