I’m playing with the stones again. I’m fascinated with a small white one. Polished edges, satin slick. But with a small crack and a teeny gouge on the underside. Or maybe it’s the top. Who really knows with a stone? I roll the stone in one palm and then the other. Feel how my thumb […]
The Eyes of a Child
She’s covered in Spanish moss. So’s the carpet. I move a couple chairs in front of the silk ficus and brush off and pick up what I can. I direct her attention to the stacking rings. I stack them. She dismantles them. I stack again. She dismantles again. The cat distracts her. She squawks and […]
Monday Meditation: No Strings Attached
He set aside His rights clothed self in clay to show the Father’s love. No strings attached. He spat love on clumps of clay and smeared eyes once blind that now can see. No strings attached. He ladled love on feet bruised and clay cracked God knelt to meet our need No strings attached. He […]
Monday Meditation: Storms
For the man sound of body and serene of mind, there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously. ~George Gissing Today in the open places, it’s hard to tell where earth ends and eternity begins. Ground touches […]
Monday Meditation: See
Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God. ~Abraham Hershel I want to see God. I want to see His magic in every moment. To go deep with Him in the ordinary and experience the extraordinary. To not just see Him but behold Him. And see the world in His […]
Monday Meditation~Breathe
Praying out with the bad air, in with the good. Out with the bad thoughts, in with the good. Out with the darkness, in with the light. ~Karin Fendick (HisFireFly) My niece (T) has asthma. She had an attack shortly after marriage. Her husband (B) drove her to the emergency room and tried to calm […]
Monday Meditation~Dive
He who would search for pearls must dive below. John Dryden Dive! I’m not sure I could get geared up about deep sea diving. As in scuba. Going down with all that extra weight. Hoping not to lose my lifeline or come back up too fast. But I’ve snorkled in the Caribbean. And the Atlantic, […]
