Ever wake one day and something you treasured deeply was gone…just gone? My ninety-year-old great-aunt bought property in Florida, decades ago. She lived where it was open, remote, free. But before long, she heard reports of a “bad community of people” living deep behind the woods that lined her property. At night their thumping music echoed […]
What Real Faith Demands
“Without faith it is impossible to please God.” There is a faith crying out to us…in the wind. It calls, “come nearer”. It whispers, “hope”, “believe”, “persevere” for there is more we are not tasting, higher steps we have yet to embrace because of fear. I climb blindly. Will you? Will you rest on wings like […]
When Sickness Won’t Let Us See
“We must work the works of Him Who sent Me and be busy with His business while it is daylight; night is coming, when no man can work.” ~ JesusI have spent much of my childhood blind. Looking back now, it was as if a dark cloud muted my sound, my thoughts, my sight, my understanding. […]
Why It’s Time We Stop Making Excuses. And UNITE Linky
The world is filled with excuses. I know. I am the creator of the best of them. I have pulled them on, dug them up, lassoed every excuse of why I can’t live fully for God. You too? See there is just something about smallness that makes us want to breath deep and crawl up into […]
LINKY – UNITE – When Works Devour Grace
Welcome to UNITE! I am so glad you are here! For all of those new HERE, I have been writing a book and have been on a short sabbatical. However, UNITE is still open, continuing to be a place to gather, connect, and meet new people each and every Tuesday. The rough draft of my book […]
Is It Really That Simple To “Just Forgive”?
I feel it rise…like a tide overwhelming. Words said, by others. Contradictions. False pretenses. Untruth. Deception. Offense within. Rising like a wave to crush. Down deep. Stirring. Gripping. Shaking. Pain. Anger. Everything prior settled. Still. Peaceful. Yet, pride ever seeking to bubble out….from past hurts. Broken People. Digging up this graveyard long burried. Tempting us….to grab […]