Not what I want but what I need
I don’t WANT this to be TRUE of my WORLD! pain.suffering.anger.hatred.bigotry.prejudice. addiction.destructiveness.pornography.abuse. cheating.lying.stealing.discrimination.selfishness. racism.sexism.homophobia.illness.war.death. I WANT God’s way to be TRUE in my WORLD! But He said, “No… So I could be in this world, and He could provide a better one.
Come Hungry
Come hungry. Really? It seems everyone is stuffed to the gills these days. Whoever would want a Thanksgiving turkey? I had a delicious and delightful lunch with old high school friends this week. It was coordinated by a friend who is a Muslim, whose family emigrated here from Pakistan in 1958. (I didn’t know this about […]
just four words
The four most important words in my online vocabulary right now are: I see things differently. We’re divided in our loyalties. We’re divided in our perspectives. We’re divided in our politics and that has proved to be divisive. I knew these people before election day, and I still know them now. They are still good people, […]
When election day became judgment day, we lost our way… but there is a way
God, will you? That’s what I wanted to ask God on election night. Will you side with my candidate? Will you keep the other one from winning? Because I KNOW I am right and they are wrong. Just asking, God, not trying to talk you into anything …. God said “No.” Well, not in so […]
A Prayer for Our Country
I don’t let anyone tell me what to do! Is that so? I ask God what is right to do. I ask others what they would do. I ask myself what is fair to do. Then I decide what I should do. And I do it. This is my prayer for our country and its […]
Thy Word is…
Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.
re: What Do We Tell the Children?
What an important question posed by the Ali Michael, author of an online post entitled What Do we Tell the Children? Its advice lingers in my mind. Here are her talking points: Tell them we will protect them. Tell them that we have democratic processes in the U.S. that make it impossible for one mean person to […]
Provision is Constant
We fill our lives with what we believe will make us happy, when all we really need is an open path to what God has already laid before us.
I am, but God is
It’s comforting to sit among friends to share how difficult it is (life makes it) (circumstances dictate) (inspiration absent) to wait to do what I’m supposed to, meant to, what I promised to do. Circumstances don’t define me. My life is bigger than that. Life needn’t suffocate me. I can choose air, light, breath. Inspiration […]
Stuck in the middle
That moment when you’re r e a c h i n g as far, no, farther than you’ve ever reached before. Just a little. bit. more. S T R E T C H I N G further, and further, closer than you’ve ever been before. Your thighs are burning oh, it h u r t […]