I did everything right; lined my Bible on the floor right next to the window, got my music and headphones, cleared the carpet facing the sun, ready to pursue worshiping my God… I play worship, start singing, lift my hands in the stillness of a quiet house as if luring Him to come. Still, why is it […]
Ponderings from the Pond – Petals of Faith
The walls were crushing. Yet, I had not realized. Nepal, riots, marriage bill wars swallowing my breath, making faith smaller than full. Still, in a world where we harness our own; rally, buck up, and strive our way home…it can be easy to miss the pressing, unknowingly accepting the weight settling, causing us to resist, our […]
Truths You Need To Know About Your Calling
I was six; rocking dark-haired Jeffrey like a real infant, back and forth, back and forth; singing sweetly, feeding him from a plastic bottle, liquid disappearing after tilting it just so. Jeffrey accompanied a curly-haired doll, almost too big to hold, a gel-filled baby girl, and stuffed animals I imagined were my very own children. Lining […]
How To Find Your Calling. UNITE Link Party
I don’t know about you…but I am a runner. A runner, like Moses. And I have boasted, like Joseph. Been lost in the desert, like Jacob. Waited, for that staircase from heaven…slicing a gap between here and eternity. Prayed for Him to show me His purposes, hoping for ascending and descending angels linking eternity with […]
When Prayer is Not an Option
“There’s nothing left to do but pray.” Haven’t we all heard that phrase, or said it? As if we have this stack of resources, shuffling through them until there, left at the bottom, all alone, sits the only thing left…the one thing we haven’t tried yet…prayer. But friends, I am here to tell you, prayer is […]
Do You Have A Samuel?
It couldn’t be. Getting ready to sit quietly at the feet of Jesus, she texts me from across the world, “I am getting ready to sit down with Jesus too. It’s my best time of day, doing devotion”. And the Hannah in me starts to long for her curly-dark-hair bouncing, the bubbly way she greets us, […]