May 20, 1987. Chronologically, my second birthday. Spiritually, my only Birthday! The day I opened my heart to You, Lord… for the very first time. Twenty-nine years ago… TODAY! I remember my words to You like I had spoken them just yesterday. “I don’t know why You want me, Lord. But You came after me. I …
I don’t know his name… but You do, Lord. I don’t know his pain… but You do, Lord. I don’t know his way out… but You do, Lord. You ARE The Way. And on some deep level, he knows it. That’s why he cried out to You, in his wilderness, when he was at the …
The skies were pale grey this morning. Or, at least, the dense cloud cover was. All the better to see the “wind chimes” You had placed forty feet off the ground, Lord. Two tall trees, side-by-side. One… a beech? The other, a poplar with its distinctive leaves. The beech stood stately and still. But the poplar? A …
Things supernatural just can’t BE. Can they? Not if we’re logical. Clear, sound reasoning should be the lens through which we “order” the world. Shouldn’t it? But what about those “things” that don’t fit into my earthly Logic Box? Or maybe everything is logical… just in a different way. Even the supernatural. Like coincidence. Which …
Personified??? Well, technically, Skippy is not a person. She is our Baby… but she’s our kitty, too. So would she be “Focus Kitty-fied”? 🙂 Yesterday, she reminded me of Snoopy. The cartoon creation of Charles Schulz. Only one of Snoopy’s poses, actually. Vulture Snoopy. 🙂 The Consummate Predator. Sitting on his dog house, looking down. …
What if I had not lost my childhood innocence at age 9? What if I had not stopped my abuser with a hot iron to his face? What if I had not worked so hard to get good grades, to prove I really was worth something? What if I had agreed with my high school …
Like a Ton of Bricks. That’s how this cold hit me. I can’t remember the last time I had a cold of any sort… much less, a “Cold of colds” like this one. Just days ago, I was in a meeting with dear brothers and sisters in Christ. Some of whom I hadn’t seen in months. …
I have always been fascinated by that account, Lord. The night Jacob wrestled with You all night long. He was on his way back to see his older brother, Esau. After years of separation. After Jacob had deceived their father, so he would give Jacob the blessing intended for Esau. He feared Esau’s wrath. Jacob planned a strategy to shower …
Really, Lord? Yet another “exclamation point” to Your Kingship in this arena? Going even beyond the blessings I experienced in “King of Technology – Parts 1 & 2”??? How I love that You never cease to amaze me! What does “technology” mean, anyway? The scientific application of knowledge for practical purposes. Indeed! I was back …
It was my first flight in over a year. A two-day business trip a thousand miles away, with fellow Christian business owners. I decided to check my only bag. I did so just outside the airport, at the curbside check-in. A very nice man, who spoke with a Middle Eastern accent, wasted no time in …