“For He satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things.” -Psalm 107:9 Am I satisfied with You only Lord? You alone? Am I willing to close my longing eyes to go deeper with You? You feed my spirit as no other. You quench my thirst; You fill me up to …
Category Archives: Beginnings
Swept up
“The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty One who will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will exult over you with loud singing!” – Zephaniah 3:17 December can be cold. Not the icy, snowy, windy kind of cold; but the bone chilling, …
Thanksgiving
I was walking through the gardens yesterday, meandering really, when thoughts of those who have gone before us came to mind. The holidays are before us, and with them come memories of years past, of faces gathered around a table, of traditions upheld for generations. No one really remembers why things were even done ‘that’ …
Old Things
“Thus says the Lord, “Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is, walk in it…” -Jeremiah 6:16 I could probably count on one hand the number of dolls I had as a little girl. The above was my first. Her name was Ruthie and she lived …
You Live in the Wild
“Out of the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise…” Psalm 8:2 This, the twenty-first day of a writing challenge to write every day for thirty days, draws me from my usual path to a ‘smile on my face’ path. Recently, in the missing of grand babies and grown children, I have had …
Living in Color
“…Behold, a throne was standing in heaven, and One sitting on the throne. And He who was sitting was like jasper stone, and a Sardis in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance.” -Revelation 4:3 Color!! Marvelous, amazing color! There is a line of a song that I …
A Continual Feast
“…In everything, give thanks, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” -1Thess 5:18 A car full of squirming and rambunctious kids set out for the day from home. They had, five minutes previously, been racing madly about making lunches and getting snacks, looking for shoes and water bottles and bathing suits and …
Night. Night.
When it is Day Twelve of a writing challenge, it’s the end of a day, you haven’t written a thing, and now there’s no other thought in your head but to find your pillow and go to sleep…. If our God desires relationship with us at every moment of our day, and he invites us …
The Lie
“Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.” Proverbs 10:9 This will give my readers a chuckle. It begins this morning as I pop a fresh raspberry into my mouth at breakfast. Instantly I am back in time, a sharp memory and vision from the past…from that forbidden …
Even If
“O love the Lord, all you His godly ones! The Lord preserves the faithful.” Psalm 31:23 Even when I cannot see…will I be faithful? When it’s foggy and I don’t know why…will I press on? When no one else goes with me…will I still go? When the way is all uphill or rocky, will I …