All four kids are gone. It seems stranger. We could run errands, do house chores, which is what we usually do when space allows… But today, instead of circling our marriage around what has to be done, he takes me on a drive… Across the bridge, to the island, out on the kayaks we took our […]
Come Out Of The Closet, But Stay In The Shadow. UNITE Linky
“It’s like God is scooting me back, to the outskirts…the shadows of where He is.” My voice quakes. Riding passenger with my husband. Hesitant, cautious, questioning my theology. Remembering a Bible teacher insisting, “God has no shadow”. Quoting James 1:17… “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of […]
Have You Found True Love? UNITE Linky
I ask Him what love is this morning. And I hear His whisper… Love is letting His Spirit work freely, looking into people and seeing them completely. Love is giving Him the reigns in each situation and speaking His words of grace, truth, and mercy. Love forgives freely, declares purposes boldly, showers His Spirit over each […]
Just When You Think Flowers Can’t Bloom In Winter…. UNITE Linky
It wasn’t a choice. I needed a “beauty hunt”. It was Sunday, but even the ceiling of a church seemed too restricting. I was suffocating…and desperately needing air. The ice covering our windshield…Cold, frozen. My heart in a similar position, needing light to melt it after weeks of devastation. We cross the railway, turn right, feel […]
What Does Loving Without Judging Look Like?
We have all heard, “Don’t judge”. It’s the equivalent of, “get out of my business”. Or, “I don’t want your input into whatever it is I am doing (good or bad)”. But Jesus came to break our chains, make a ways for us to get past the walls put between us, as people. Jesus called out […]
Hearing God?
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 […]