Has it just been days since I stood up in my self-styled pit, Lord? It seems like so long ago that I finally said "Yes" to You, and began to climb up out of that pit. Up the mountain again. One step at a time. As weak as I was. As weak as I am. "Be...
"How beautiful you are, My darling! Oh, how beautiful!" (Song of Songs 1:15) This morning, rose up from sleep, Lord... physically, emotionally and spiritually. I listened to Your Word. You spoke it over me and into me. You prayed it over me and into me. "Father, I want those You have given Me to be...
We took a road less traveled today. A natural "road" through the forest, from our house up to the ridge at the highest point of our property. What was once an open trail was now thick and overgrown. Almost impenetrable. Briar bushes up to our chests. Waste-high wild grasses. Our walking sticks became make-shift machetes. Pushing the...
What, Lord? When the plot thickens, just do... what??? We have gone into Self-Defense Mode... cyber-style. Who would have ever imagined we would become -- or, at least, try to become -- Geeks??? Techno Titans??? How else are we supposed to validate what's really going on? Our Internet Service Provider has claimed recently that we...
We were sharing our hearts in Your Presence, Lord. Two of Your daughters who, by Your Amazing Grace, have been journeying together for over a year. Suddenly, a precious Truth bubbled up in my spirit: It is the Marvel, Mystery and Miracle of You, Lord. That You would give us eyes to see, ears to...
Most power plays are short-sighted... aren't they, Lord? They deal with the Here and Now. The Me Above All. The Take Control At All Costs. Maybe "short-sighted" isn't the right term at all. Maybe "blind" is better suited. Deny The Truth. Shore Up The Defenses. Divide and Conquer The Reason-able. What a lonely -- and...
There's no "magic" to numbers... is there, Lord?. But You have made certain numbers special to me. Like Numbe 13. The number many people fear. As if there is some malevolent power attached to it. But for me, Lord -- thanks to You -- it is a number of awesome BLESSING! Like today: September 13. The Day I...
Marks that cannot be removed. Marks that cannot be forgotten. Indelible. That's what 9/11 -- September 11 -- is for me, Lord. Perhaps for all of us who were alive That Day fifteen years ago. Alive and touched in ways that cannot be untouched. That Day when our nation was attacked as never before. When...
A young man I know is struggling. Against his will, he was uprooted. Taken far away from the only place he has ever called Home. Far away from his lifelong Friends. And the teenage Dreams he thought were about to come true. He has entered into a strange new life like an actor. Suddenly immersed in...
I feel a little like Eliza Doolittle, star of "My Fair Lady" -- a.k.a. Pygmalion. Her tutor, Henry Higgins, is trying desperately to help her speak like a lady of education and substance. "The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain." Her mastery of this simple truth signaled the Breakthrough that led to her major...
