Tap, tap, tap

At times, it feels like God isn’t listening, the heavens are brass, there is a wall that seemingly no amount of prayer or praise can penetrate. Of course, I know that this is when faith comes in. This is where I am supposed to press in, to trust and wait patiently. But my human need […]

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Desperate

Jesus, You were spit on, ridiculed, beaten, called a drunkard, a glutton and a liar. You were betrayed by many including those close to you. You beheld the hatred, the depravity, the gross reality of the state of the human heart. You were hung on a cross between ungodly men, mocked and provoked. Yet you […]

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Life Long Love

Ah, Motherhood. What can I say that hasn’t already been said? To quote Dickens, “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times”. You may think that an odd comparison, unless you are a mother. If you are a mother, it resonates deep in your soul. Two of the best days of […]

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Between Seasons

Spring is trying to break forth but winter stubbornly holds her back blowing a north wind with all his strength. Yet I see buds and blossoms and the birdsong is different. They know change is coming and they gloriously and expectantly herald its arrival. The eerie wind shrieks and hisses in response as if trying […]

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Descent

Oh, let the wind blow cried the little leaf While I hold on tight to this big oak tree It’s not quite my time to make the journey down Not until another hue of color I see I’ll hang here and listen to the wind in the trees And enjoy the crispness of an autumn […]

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Misguided persistence

“Stop nagging!” We have all heard it and we have may have said it to someone else. If you look in Webster, the definition is “persistently annoying or finding fault with someone”. When I think about nagging, I am reminded of summer evenings, sitting outside trying to relax while being persistently and relentlessly pursed by […]

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One step forward

Outside this morning, I remember being on my knees, in the dirt, pulling weeds.  I felt the slight pull from my incision site as I shifted positions and I was reminded how far I have come in just a few short weeks.  Mind you, as they passed, they felt like long grueling weeks.  Overwhelmed with […]

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It really will be okay

Sometimes I forget that spring is coming.  Everything seems dry and dead and there is barely any color.  Locked in the bathroom, asking God why, I wonder if He really heard all of those silent, heartbroken pleas, the soulful dew faced prayers and the loud proclamations made, while pacing back and forth, my confident steps […]

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Mid-Winter Musings

It’s that time of year when many of the trees are bare except for a few stragglers; dried out crunchy leaves that shiver in the wind but seem to cling ever so tightly to the only home they have ever known. The days can get overcast, over-long and over-dreary if you let them.  The beautiful […]

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Restful Saturday at home

There is something so deliciously satisfying about an afternoon nap; joyous partly due to the sheer infrequency you get to enjoy the pleasure.  There you are, adrift on the ocean of peaceful slumber so sweet, languidly waking, body warm beneath a cozy blanket.  Equally wonderful is slowly coming alive to the sounds of a fire […]

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