I could hardly get to my desk. I had to step over and through seven piles of papers. I know seven is Your number, Lord, for Perfection and Completion. For me, it had become the number for Perfect Chaos! Important papers. Projects I needed to work on, if I could just get my thoughts together....
Interruptions usually drive me crazy. I have heard a lot of them lately. Most often, between political candidates on debate stages. Two people vying for attention. Breaking into -- talking over -- each other's remarks. Because they want their own insights (and/or insults) to carry the day. Trouble is, eventually most observers can't hear anything at...
Leap Year comes every four years, to "catch up" on the earth's orbit around the sun. This year, You made it personal, Lord. So I could "catch up" on my orbit around You -- The Son. I was in school again... failing, yet also learning. Grabbing hold of Lessons that were really Lifelines. I was LOST... and LIMPING. So You reminded me to......
I just listened to the latest Republican Presidential Debate. Words, words and more words. Fighting words. Belittling words. Condemning words. Promising words. Justifying words. Clarifying words. Complaining words. Self-promoting words. Humble words. Passionate words. Desperate words. Arrogant words. Words, words and more words. I received a photograph this morning -- an inspirational poster. Sent by...
We came to a place today I had never been before. Flamingo -- the southernmost "outpost" in the Florida Everglades. How could the day have been more beautiful, Lord? Sunny skies. Temperature in the mid-seventies. An amazing expanse of wide open "grass seas." That is, after all, the Everglades. Hundreds of birds. Freshwater crocodiles. Manatees. And...
I have watched almost every televised debate and town hall meeting leading up to this year's Presidential election. Maybe it's the times we are in. Is this not the most significant election of my lifetime, Lord? At least, to date? We have two political parties, though sometimes it's hard to distinguish between them. What they...
My toothpaste is called BRILLIANCE. "Guaranteed to remove 90% of surface stains within five days." OK, Lord... Maybe I still have oral care on the brain from my Divine Dental Encounter yesterday. :) Even so, I couldn't help but notice the label on my toothpaste today. BRILLIANCE. A concoction of chemicals so potent, I...
I had a "Wizard of Oz" moment this morning, Lord. Like the moment when Dorothy steps out of her sepia-tone life into brilliant TECHNICOLOR. And she realizes she is not in Kansas anymore. Yet I haven't been in "Kansas" for decades, Lord. And I certainly don't have a sepia-tone life. In so many ways, on...
It's out of the bag now... and there's no stuffing it back inside. And that's a good thing. Her Big Secret. The Secret that has sucked the life out of her. Surely most -- if not all -- of us have had at least one of these in our lives. A Secret that, when held inside, turned...
I'm standing at the edge of a cliff. Looking out over a lush, expansive valley. I used to be terrified of heights. But the feeling I have right now is more like one part THRILL and one part HOPE. The cliff is my Comfort Zone. The valley -- even the air space between that valley and the place...
