Not meant for the easy way
How easy to be a tree. Seed and sprout, Green and grow, Bloom and leaf and shed, repeat. Reach, reach for the sun. Yawn, yawn, day is done. Oh, to be like the tree. Small then tall, with no thought outside it all. Branches spread wide, Food and water come inside. Times up, fold your wings, […]
A Billion Prayers
What do a billion prayers sound like to God? Do they ring, like bells? Do they rush, like water? Do they sing, like melody? Do they echo, like canyons? Or do they shudder, like fear? Shout, like panic, Whisper, like despair, Rasp, like profanity? Do they run for their lives? Huddle in hope, Gasp, in […]
This Gift is Not Mine, But Yours
There’s such a difference between “You are gifted!” and “You’ve been given a gift!” One might confuse the two, thinking either one will do. But no, one must go. Step away; the other may stay. You are gifted! Shining star, you’re certain to go far. A sure anointing, don’t be disappointing. The burden so heavy, not the resources to […]
What’s Revealed at the Pool?
How do you get in? Close your eyes, hold your nose and jump! Shimmy in, inch by inch. Step. down. the. ladder. Look out below!! SPLASH Test the water … Sit with feet dangling Sunning and dipping. Sunning and dipping. Dive: Lap, lap, lap, lap, lap, lap. You can tell a lot about a person […]
Without Doubt
I will. What powerful words. A promise, an intention, a commitment. If I say I will do it, I will. I am reluctant to say this to God. ‘I will follow you all the days of my life.’ Because I know I won’t. I will trip and fall. I will stumble or swerve or slam […]
Who is Watching the Sheep?
No one can blame the hired hands. They’re contractors. We’ve paid them to come and watch the sheep, to teach them to frolic and play and to keep an eye out for wolves. But we really can’t expect the hired hands who have charge of so many sheep to pay special attention to OURs, even […]
Expectant
How brave the mother cardinal, perched atop the feeder, not feeding, but performing, not performing, but calling. With words I do not know, but a voice I dearly do. I am here! I have a message for you! Come! She calls out and waits, calls out and waits, for the answering call in a pitch and rhythm […]
What We Give Away Lasts
What will I have when I come to the end of myself? Nothing, except all I’ve given away. Not, tossed to the four winds for others to scrape off the sidewalk, pluck out of the trees, or dig out from under. No, what will be is what I have left with others. Given to those […]
Balance is temporary, centered is forever
A little more here. A little more over there. Up a little. Down a little. How we seek level. Even. Balanced. We can help each other balance. Lend a hand, a perspective, a nip, a tuck. But, to be centered. On the page On the wall Of life God’s “Masterpiece”
Prayer for Hope and Strength
Almighty God, You reach into the darkness with hope, truth and light. Stretch out your strong hand in this situation, in our circumstance, in your world. Hold and rescue those who have suffered. Let your almighty love move mountains, cross seas and breathe life into the darkest places. Light that redeems. Light that restores. Light […]