Drums pounding, enthusiasm rising, battle lines drawn, warriors clothing themselves in armor, charging forward toward the front lines. The momentum is contagious. Cheering, shouting, and promises of victory drives the multitude onward expectant toward the victory. However, the front lines are loud, messy. Shouting fades and all that’s seen is pain and difficulty. Doubts start trickling […]
That Moment You Dare to Uncover Your Dreams
“It’s for you.” I reach out with uncertain hands, hesitant to ever take anything for free. Looking down, I see it; the decorated poles, empty pews, the white cross up high inside the painted church pictured across this business-sized card…like the one I had just seen a few hours earlier. “Thank you.” I flip the card […]
When You Question God
She sits unassuming. Drawn to her…not knowing why. Next to her resides, the man with transparent eyes. And I need to know them, need to hear their story. Seemingly just an ordinary, average, every-day after dinner get-together, with some of our closest friends. But soon I’d find, this meeting was nothing but ordinary. This couple, tugging […]
Tie-Dyed Laundry and When He Whispers, “Hold On”.
I hide around the corner, by the back door. Safely surrounded by walls, where the laundry lays high, unfolded, thoughtlessly tossed… And it is here in this shelter I can breathe, pray, wait, pour my heart out to God best. I find a once tie-dyed splattered towel and think, “Why haven’t I thrown this away yet?” […]