Some days my heart yearns with heavenly longings. Some days the wretchedness of this earth threatens to overwhelm me with its brokenness. When I see the confusion, the hurt, the desperation of hearts searching, the utter lostness of a world floundering to obtain love in all the wrong places. It is in these moments I … [Read more…]
It’s no secret that I am not prone to meandering. I tend to outwalk most everyone around me. When I’m moving with a crowd, I find myself pulling ahead if I do not consciously practice the art of slowing down to match the pace of others. Automatic doors frustrate me with their slowness. Probably because … [Read more…]
Whatever season of life, I want an open home. Even though I know it comes at a price. Because openness is seldom convenient. It is messy, not measured. It interrupts carefully planned days, causing me to morph my wants and curtail my desires for quiet. It topples calm with chaos and the ensuing noise of … [Read more…]
Not too long ago, I picked up the book What If It’s True? A Storyteller’s Journey with Jesus by Charles Martin. Weaving words as only a true storyteller can, Martin attempts to answer the question: What if it’s true? What if the death and resurrection of Jesus is the singular most crucial point in all of history? … [Read more…]
According to definitions taken from the realms of Google, the meaning of the word context is as follows: Context: the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed (emphasis mine) It seems I often misinterpret my present circumstances because I take them out of … [Read more…]
Among the many things I am grateful for, the DELETE button on my keyboard ranks in the top ten. This tiny black and white button has kept my foot from inserting itself in my mouth on numerous occasions. In truth, said appendage leaps there often enough with my verbal speech without getting a boost as … [Read more…]
My husband enjoys telling the story of a time he embarrassed his mother. Not one to be easily flustered, she was used to her son’s theatrics. But even this stalwart woman was not prepared when her seventeen-year-old boy threw himself on the department store floor and thrashed about demanding a toy army helmet. It must … [Read more…]
God was.Alpha, the beginning.Author of creation and salvation.He has always been.Not one thing has come into being without His divine intent.Nothing precedes Him. Before anything existed, God was.Therefore, I can praise Him for the past. All of history held in His keeping.He stood guard when light parted from the darkness.It was His word that separated … [Read more…]
In the first chapter of Genesis, we read the creation story. At the sound of God’s voice, light separates from the darkness. Waters part from the sky, gathering into place as an expanse of the earth appears. The sound of Father’s voice sparks life. “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, … [Read more…]
Several years back, while visiting Savannah, Georgia, with my family, we stumbled upon Colonial Park Cemetery, a resting place for some of the early citizens and patriots of Georgia. One of those famous men laid to rest within its borders was Archibald Bulloch, great-great-grandfather of Theodore Roosevelt. A fiery patriot who became President of the … [Read more…]