Growing up is a process. It doesn’t end when one’s childhood closes, those tender formative years. I’m sixty-one years old as I write, and I continue to grow into a woman; the woman God meant when he meant me.
This morning I saw a...
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Growing up is a process. It doesn’t end when one’s childhood closes, those tender formative years. I’m sixty-one years old as I write, and I continue to grow into a woman; the woman God meant when he meant me.
This morning I saw a...
READ MORE“I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her there.” (Hosea 2:14)
God leads all his people into the desert at one time or another. Why? Is it to bring harm or to bring rich goodness? Cherished ones of the Father, we...
READ MOREI’ve come away for a respite. Just a day. Just a little distance. I’m finding it hard to unplug. Had I stayed home, though, I would have found it near impossible. There is the stack of bills that need tending. There are the dirty clothes...
READ MORE“Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.” (Song of Solomon 8:6)
Love is not...
READ MOREPeople like the better things. I admit, some things are better than others. There are donuts and then there are donuts. There are shoes and then there are shoes. Some items are made out of higher quality ingredients...
READ MOREIf you are a judgmental person, then please stop reading immediately. This is not for you. If you are reading so that you can feel better about your “Self” – your own less large failures – by comparing them to mine, then you can let this pass...
READ MORELike many women my age, the COVID 19 pandemic has exposed not only false comforters in my life and heart, but the roots of my hair. Unearthing the roots of unhealthy patterns in my life for the purposes of healing and freedom is a most welcome...
READ MOREOne of my beloved daughters-in-law is a nurse. She’d been working one day a week and was going to leave her position as a charge nurse to be home full time with her and my son’s children at the end of March. Instead, in early March, she went from...
READ MORECertainty
“God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
...
I am the grandmother to two little girls who, at four months apart, are parentheses around the age of two. One is blonde. One is brunette. One has straight hair, the other curls. They both have eyes and smiles that light up the sky and set off...
READ MOREScrooge was haunted by the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future and it led to his redemption. I am haunted by the illusion of the Perfect Christmas. May it lead to mine.
How many cookies must I bake for my home to feel as sweet...
READ MOREThe whole creation waits breathless with anticipation for the revelation of God's sons and daughters. Romans 8:19
My friend is pregnant. She is beyond ripe with child – her due date was a week ago, and the little one inside is...
READ MOREGod drops things in our laps at just the right time.
He puts barriers in our paths that look like roadblocks, but are really gifts in disguise, beckoning us to take a closer look at what’s going on inside. We can either step over them, or...
READ MOREThe soft sound of a light morning rain dancing on the roof above me is so lovely. The earth is parched and we have been praying for rain. Now comes the roll of thunder. An early morning thunderstorm is a rare thing but it is a welcome one.
... READ MOREOur house has been overtaken by moths. A hatch of them has erupted, giving space to more hatches, and now they are beyond count. They are tiny things. Bothersome things. Things that want to land in my coffee and have a sip before my lips even...
READ MOREIn this world we find ourselves living in, having joy often feels both crazy and out of reach. That’s why I included the word “defiant.” Defiant means to stand against the tide. It means to go against the flow, even when the flow is comprised of...
READ MORE“She grabs life with both hands.” Isn’t that a good thing? Doesn’t it mean she lives with passion? She is fully IN. She wants to be fully present and drink deeply from the draught of life. She dives in to experiences and people with abandon. She...
READ MOREI want to share something that God is reminding me of this morning with the hope that it brings encouragement to you. Are you familiar with St. Patrick’s Breastplate? It’s a powerful prayer that begins in this way:
I arise today ...
READ MOREThey named her after me. Her middle name is in my honor. But I won’t get to hold my precious granddaughter until I meet her in the Life that is coming.
And the tears begin to flow again as I write.
My daughter in law was four and a...
READ MOREA friend of mine wrote yesterday of the various trials that she is currently under. Her list was long and weighty. They say that when it rains, it pours and this dear woman is in a deluge. I bet you’ve been in them yourself with no umbrella in...
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