Sing to the Lord a new song. Psalm 149:1** Death has its constant work in me and it’s only Life’s light that threatens it. Death says old. Stale. Never growing. Static. But yesterday’s bread can’t satisfy when I know I have new. You are new, oh...
“You number my wanderings; Put my tears into Your bottle; Are they not in Your book?” Psalm 56:8** You whisper this verse in my inner-me when my outer-me has already decided that today is a loss. It is not over in Your eyes. Unaddressed pain leaves me...
“The Lord is their strength” Psalm 28:8** Long mommy-days and even longer lists of mommy-to-dos threaten adoration. They impose “schedule and demand” on my lifeline. My power cord teeters out of the socket, but the force of this against my...
Therefore, behold, I will allure her, will bring her into the wilderness, and speak to her heart. Hosea 2: 14-15** You speak to my heart. My heart? Not my actions. Not what I’ve done or failed to do, but my heart. Not my playlist of a thousand sins I pick and choose...
But without faith is is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Hebrews 11:6** I wake up, weak, and read that even me, in my humanity, has the ability to please You....
Draw me away! Song of Songs 1:4** I sit in the coffee shop, watching the clock tick closer to my return-to-the-real-world time. For a minute, I turn down the music piping in my ears to listen to the music overhead. Come away with me she sings, a song from a summer...
