Today, in continuing the struggle to stay in His present presence and to abide in Him—trusting Him with all things—I’m practicing gratitude. Today, in this moment, there is so much uncertainty. The future of so many of the things I care about is unknown. I want to reach out and try to control those outcomes. I want to shelter the… Read More
Come down here and look me in the eye Tell me to my face that you did this So I can shove you in the chest So I can glare at you with longing So I can give this black, inexplicable pain a silent voice So you can grasp the back of my head with your nail-scarred hand And burn… Read More
I have borne scars by the will of God, And I have borne scars by the will of man. By His grace and the everlasting power that works within me, I have borne them and held fast to Love. There is a story written on my heart of a people scattered to the corners of the world Driven away by… Read More
I just spent a few days in Las Vegas with Paul for a convention. This was my second time there. I don’t mean to insult anyone who “loves” Vegas but, seriously, I feel like I need to have a two-hour bath in Holy Water to get the spiritual grime off. True, there is some pretty impressive architecture. The hotels… Read More
My husband comes home from another late night event and casually tosses a new men’s magazine on the bed before stripping off his dapper pin-striped suit and collapsing onto his feather pillow. He’s asleep within minutes. It’s nearly 2am and too late for me to put said magazine on the book shelf or coffee table so I just kick it from… Read More
She noticed him sitting by the side of the pool. He had shoulder-length sun-streaked hair and a contemplative look on this face. He sat alone, with his feet dangling in the water. Behind him, couples and singles crowded the swim-up bar and others strolled around the sprawling deck overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. In the distance, waves rolled lazily in to… Read More