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His Breath Inside of Me
"It is to your advantage that I go away." John 16:7** I've read it before. Highlighted it in my Bible and underlined -- I've been here at least twice, but today it's new. Isn't that just like You? Always new, always making the old new? Fresh. Jesus, my heart turns...
The Great Lie of Motherhood
Motherhood has a subtle lie attached to it. These years are not about me, they are about them. Sounds good, right? I scurry to fill tummies and enrich minds and foster hunger for Jesus. I teach fingers to tie shoes, lips to say "will you forgive me?", and minds to...
Pages of Purity Are Mine
"The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver tried in a furnace of the earth, purified seven times." Psalm 12:6** I was made to inhale and exhale purity. What is there of mine, if tried in the furnace of earth, that could stand? But You, oh God, breathe and your...
Because There is Always a Story
2011 was filled with my favorites (because -- shhh -- when I decide I like something it's pretty hard for me not to give it favorite status). I have a hard time not sharing what I love and most times my enthusiasm is so buoyant it's indiscriminate. Like when I tell...
2012: My Year to Know Him as Counselor
I sat in her office, rigid. She asked questions and I gave hollow answers. I tried to steal glances around her office when she looked down to scribble notes. I scanned her bookshelf for familiar titles or authors I trusted. When I spotted her credentials listed on the...
Simple Adoration
When life bulges -- pushes, prods and stretches -- simple adoration is my safe place. He has made for me a quiet alcove, in the loud years of raising littles, to remind me of all that is good. (Each Monday, the column of adoration to the right-side of my blog moves...
Even This Moment
I was half distracted with the next item on my list and half preoccupied by the events of the morning. I didn't even notice the tutorial happening a few paces away. The woman stocking the produce held out two different pears to demonstrate the difference between ripe...
Behold
Now there were in the same country shepherd living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to them,...
Your Rest’s Aroma
The candle on my counter-top has become my reminder. I scoot aside breakfast bowls, school supplies and mail waiting for stamps to light this little flame that says aroma will rise in this place. Aroma can rise in this place. Rest is available now. In this moment. In...
I Love My Dad
"Mommy, do you think Papa has a birthday cake in heaven? Is Jesus is singing him Happy Birthday?" they asked as I walked in on the tail end of their breakfast conversation. It was Caleb's birthday, cakes and singing were on the brain. Their little minds didn't...