The box. It calls. Beckons…”Come rest in me. My straight walls. Sharp edges.” It hides… A people. Asking them to leave…. The freedom bought in Christ. To hide inside…it’s small, dark corners. Confined. While open skies beckon higher. Calling deeper…drawing closer to The Source. Fear resists the open. Like an infant….feeling…. Safer. With small. Shallow. Confining […]
God is Still Good!
God is still good….. When noise of pain echos in people’s ears…..and God speaks truth to try to draw them close to Him…but, they refuse to hear…. God is still good! When there is a typhoon on the very same island our son is now staying on… And we haven’t heard from him….. God is still […]
Finding Rest
Though there are a million things to do….I open the Word this morning and read……“The rest”…in Hebrews. “Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall…..” And, I think of how…..“The Rest” is the same as the, “Be Still”. The knowing He is God that comes when we stop, take the time, make […]
Is Jesus Who He Said He Was?
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 […]
Thankful for Offense…..And Other Relative Issues.
We have been going along fine. One year after hosting a small group. Something God told my husband to do…..a decade ago. But, I refused. Until, one night….I see an image of people filling our living room…..in a dream. And I heard a voice from heaven say….. “Many will come in. And many will go out […]
Wings of Faith
May wings of faith carry you across skies wide open…..into sunsets waiting…. Toward life. And Love. And lit up skies…. May your day run into the open arms of God….Wide Open. Drawing you….further…. Out of fear. Out of doubt. Out of duty. Into love. And may Faith rise…. From clouds of unknowing…. May the Heaven’s Open. […]