Psalm 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.** Bigger than me, over my life, You shepherd me. I wasn’t sure that I was a sheep – hungry, lost, desperate – until I saw You as my shepherd. And then there was safety to acknowledge what I already was. As big as...
Psalm 34:1-2 I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.** What is there that calls for a continuous response? A response, over and over and over again, that doesn’t leave me feeling tired or stripped-dry? You. You call me to...
Psalm 4:7 You have put gladness in my heart, more than in the season that their grain and wine increased. My stretch in front of the morning fire lengthens and I embrace you, embracing me. Children still reading, still quiet, in the stillness you whisper. Your...
I’m a tea lover. I wake up craving a warm drink to wrap my fingers around and many times throughout the day I’m standing over a cup of recently boiled-water adding honey to its leaves. Sweet interludes to my mundanity. But better than my morning chai, is a...
