Incense. Saints. That’s us! My prayers are incense in golden bowls! Valuable, preserved, cherished, held high before the Lamb of God! Sweet Lord! Thank You for reminding me this morning of the fragrant aroma these words and tears are to You. I will ever fall on my face before your Presence. I know that when …
Category Archives: Confessions Of An Intercessor
Wild Things
I can’t help it…I love wild, disorganized, beautiful gardens and lives. I really do try to be orderly and linear in design when I lay out my garden. I start off with lovely little rows and beds with labels and stakes and all the things. Somehow, in the course of the growing season, the plants …
The Edge
Do you ever feel like you are on the verge of understanding something but can’t quite SEE the complete picture? Like hanging on the edge of something, or peeking over a tall table and not quite being able to see what’s on top? I have often felt, more recently, that I am learning things in …
Impact
The walking stick stands in the corner of my house now. It was a gift that I bought my brother, Robert, over ten years ago. My mom and my other brother and his wife had picked up Robert from the nursing home where he lived and gone to the Baton Rouge Zoo. It was ‘colder …
I am Seen
I visited a little church this past weekend invited by my Niece. I was just an anonymous visitor, slipping in to be near to the worship and hear the Word of God. What I saw was a magnificent surprise. I saw fellow sojourners. I have been looking for a church home for awhile; a place …
What We Don’t Take
There are so many things we teach our children. As they are growing, we lead them, we show them, we tell them, we live before them. Then we release them to be who they are. We must think they need to know things to survive on the earth and they will need to teach their …
Asparagus Garden
I learned to work a garden following after my mama. I still remember being little and putting the seeds and dirt into my mouth as she worked among the plants. She laughed at me and asked, didn’t I know that I would grow a great beanstalk in my tummy if I ate the dirt and …
Agreement
Do we engage in battle without weapons? Do we go out to the desert without water? Do I go to Help in desperate pleading? Do I run to get relief only when I have exhausted my own abilities, ideas and solutions? Is it MY ways first and then I’ll try yours or His when mine …