How I long for that day, Lord -- that day that will be unlike any other! "Look! God's dwelling place is now among the people, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes....
I was talking on the phone with a dear friend today. Not from the comfort of our house. I had to drive seven miles to get a cell phone signal. Our landline was still out-of-order, thanks to its collision with farm equipment two days ago. I was in what we "affectionately" call The Cellphone Lot. It's...
This photo is a little fuzzy, Lord. I took it today with a telephoto lens, through a screened window. But what could I expect? According to worldofhummingbirds.com, this precious little beauty was beating his wings at approximately 70 beats per second and is able to fly an average of 25-30 miles per hour! Somehow the camera...
It had been an amazing day so far, Lord! Seeing a huge buck grazing peacefully in our front yard in the cool of the early morning. Long enough to capture his picture with my telephoto lens. What a GIFT! Soaking in Your Word for an extended time -- specifically, Scriptures through which You proclaim (and affirm)...
It's amazing, Lord, how three little letters can combine into a single word so powerful it can change the course of a life, a nation... even the world. Perhaps the power of "YES" is really found in the questions it answers... and in the one asking those questions. A lightbulb just went on, Lord. The serpent...
Company's coming!!! Beloved family from 3,000 miles away! We have been cleaning the house, planting flowers, picking vegetables, driving to the airport... all to wait for a plane that will be three hours late. No way to really journal on my phone tonight. Late night ahead... Not back home before 2:00AM. Trusting in Your tender...
I have been a Messenger before and have had to "dodge" a "bullet" or two. :) So I can certainly relate to that expression, "Don't Shoot the Messenger!" But I always thought it meant something different, Lord. I always thought it was a plea for mercy on behalf of a messenger of bad news. The messenger...
Thanks to You, Abba, I have come to regard even a single butterfly as a very personal and profound blessing. A beautiful symbol of Your Promise fulfilled -- Your Promise of priceless transformations that You alone are able to pull off when anyone opens their heart-of-hearts to You. But a "cloud" of butterflies? It's like Your Promise on steroids!...
I went for a walk with a friend this morning. Turns out, we took a road less traveled. "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life,...
Tonight, I'm thinking wistfully about the eons to come. I know it will be only by Your Grace, Lord, that I (we?) will be able to live -- truly live -- whatever time remains for us this side of Heaven. One day, we will all look back at our time on Earth with wonder, amazed...