The weekend past. Gallatin, Tennessee. Sunset over the lake. And a misty moisty morning. But a patio view and a bedroom window view are not enough. The lake begs for a deep see. And so I pick my way through damp brush and thorns. Gifts unwrap themselves as I wait and watch. God wonders revealed. […]
Scripture~In More Than 140 Characters
By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure, a cooler blue, the trees a deeper green. The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet. ~Thomas Merton
Hallelujah! (repost)
No matter where we are, what language we speak, what trial we face, He is over all. Hallelujah!
The Green Card (repost)
In the bottom drawer of a file cabinet, I just discovered a thick folder filled with “poems and inspiration.” I thumbed through it as I searched for examples to use in my message for ladies Bible study. Out fell this green card. It’s signed “Beverly.” My brain strains toward a faint recollection of a women’s […]
Becoming Real
“I’m glad you’re going,” my son said tonight. “But be careful. Are you sure these people aren’t ax murderers?” Pretty sure. I mean, I haven’t really met any of them. But they look nice. I suppose they could be posting fake photos. I doubt it. And their hearts bleed Jesus. We’ve been getting to know […]
I am
I am too big in my box to see I AM but when I am out of my box I am small so small and I see I AM everywhere I am. I write this in honor of L.L. Barkat who has inspired me to leave my “box” and yield myself to the vastness of […]
Bite of Heaven in a Pancake
Dennis and I are sitting in Sawyer’s Gourmet Pancake House after church. I’ve wanted to come here since I first read about it a couple of years ago, but we never remember to go. A “natural and organic family restaurant” that serves “great food, not fast food.” There’s a sign that says everything is made […]
Friendship~In More Than 140 Characters
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. ~Henri Nouwen
A Week of Weary
Yesterday was the first day I did not post on this blog. I tried, but my voice burrowed underground, and I could not dig it up. I’ve been weary all week. Tweeting and ‘booking and blog hopping bogged down. I dozed off at the computer. Maybe the back spasm and broken sleep had something to […]
There is Beauty
The stripping is complete and there is beauty. Peppers wither in the frost and there is beauty. The zinnia has succumbed and there is beauty. The African daisy refuses to give in and there is beauty. “Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
