“Blessed are the poor in spirit.” (Matt 5:3) The words ring out from the page, on my daughter’s tenth birthday. A birthday shared without the one she loves close, beside her. And I think about this word, “Obedient”. About the mom who for a year offered us her own two kids, and how we walked faithful to […]
It’s easy to become a “savior” in orphan ministry… When a stranger throws a premature infant at you; expecting you to feed, care for, and bring it back to life. Or when a failure to thrive infant lies dead-like in your arms, and all eyes look to you for answers. Doctor’s appointments, therapy, social worker, guardian […]
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 […]
I can almost see Him, can’t you? Slipping into one of John’s speeches, quieting the storm, doing something few new the reason for. The waters part, He descends across the lake’s floor, looking to John who in return insists, “The Holy One should baptize me instead”. Now Jesus had learned carpentry from his earthly father, he […]