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2011: A Year to Learn the Lines on His Face
This fall has given me new eyes for hope and, really, how much my life and perspective has lacked the hope of Jesus. I've held onto my glass half-empty far too long. As I've been asking God His vision for my 2011, I naturally assumed the answer would be hope. My year...
This Is My Beloved (Free-Skating)
I never would have guessed that my manual for life, my handbook on God, would be tucked away in the Old Testament, in a little book I once thought was just a poetic love story between a man and a woman. Years later, the most worn pages of my bible are that 8-chapter...
Unexpected Majesty (Free Skating)
One of my favorite things to do is read poetry to my children. There are some beautifully whimsical childrens poetry books out there ... that seem to be just at my level :). I love words. Phrases -- word pictures -- artfully constructed, even better. Other than in my...
To Know Him as Father
"Can we ask God to tell Papa, 'Happy Birthday'?" Eden said when I told her that today was my dad's birthday. The "Papa" she met twice before he died, carries an association to her as one who is close to God. His death, and subsequent station in the house of God, now...
The One Who Bore Hope
Wee thing, what were you thinking that night? When visited by the divine messenger, with words declaring that your frame would carry the hope for the world, did you struggle with fear at what this might mean for your own life? Young child, made woman prematurely. Or...
Place Called Beautiful
At the risk of sounding too ethereal, I want to tell you about a place in my mind called beautiful. Because tonight, after the appearance of an annual migraine and a day pretty much shot, all I want to do is go there. My mind has been a war zone. And just like any war...
Voluntary Weakness
I was asked through a comment* on an earlier post to write on fasting. While a topic very close to my heart, I have to admit it's intimidating to "put myself out there" in regards to it. For a few reasons: First, I had a very real struggle with eating and my weight...
The One Who Is Justice
In my stint alone at the prayer room today, they were praying for God's justice for the afflicted. Like a punch in my gut, came the realization that they were praying for my children in Uganda. I'm fairly certain, given the age range we requested, that my children...
The Daily God
He is better than a Saturday morning chai latte. I'm trying to type through tear-matted eyelashes. It's one of those more-rare-than-I'd-like mornings where God broke in. And today He's been telling me how He is the daily God. Blessed be the Lord, who daily loads us...
Asking for More
Being a mom, even of just two, has forced me to figure out quicker and more efficient ways to do almost everything. My mind has become a super-computer of sorts, constantly thinking about what's next on the agenda and how I can simplify. Spaghetti takes 3 pots on the...