I stretch out on the blue carpet in front of the family room fireplace, palms up. And I beg God to let me feel the pain, to identify with what Jesus experienced as spikes seared his flesh. But as I wait in the stillness, I sense these words. "It is finished. Done....
for reflection
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Life of Worship
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pondering a fall
She'd just climbed up and in when it fell apart and down. The neighbor man made it for my mother-in-love and her sister when they were young. "The last girl to get married," he said, "gets to keep it." Mom gave the set to us shortly after our wedding. That bed's...
a fragrant offering
"O Lord and Master of my life, take from me the spirit of sloth, despair, lust of power, and idle talk. But give rather the spirit of chastity, humility, patience, and love to Thy servant. Yea, O Lord and King, grant me to see my own transgressions, and not to judge...
in which my week spins and I center
I'm curled up with my cream-colored plush throw to read in preparation for a High Calling book club discussion, when my daughter-in-law calls. My son's vertigo is back, and he's begging to go to the emergency room. I sigh. Not again. When it happens, it happens out of...
when the bluebirds go awol
We hang the bluebird feeder from the geranium hook on the porch. Fill it with...
of batteries and bluebirds
I glance out the window and gasp. "Grace, come quick! Run! Hurry!" When her...
to see rightly
“…it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace…” Hebrews 13:9 (ESV)...
when you are a mess and He is in love
He nibbles graham crackers on the couch, sticky crumbs and a slice of lunch...
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