Those muggy summer nights I curled up on the carpet next to the air intake at the center of the house, trembling. It was there that the thunder’s rumble couldn’t reach me. I knew better than to be afraid. I was old enough — old enough to remember the shame of my fear, how it … Continue reading
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the 2014 summer chore draft
Chores are boring. Soooo boring. And they are the very worst part of summer except for the fact that they occupy your children for the five minutes that they’re doing them. Chores are so obviously boring that if you try to convince your kids otherwise, they will grow up believing you are a liar. That, or … Continue reading
out of nothing
Let Light shine out of the darkness — He spoke from a place of darkness emptiness confusion. And when it came, the darkness no longer had free reign. Now, instead, it had limits — Because something stronger had come. He who spoke light into that moment says it again: Let Light shine out of the … Continue reading
love is a pansy
Love is a pansy, that is what I thought. It is tu-tus and butterflies and nice flowers — but not garden roses, because those have thorns. Love is being nice. Love is doing what other people want you to do. Love is for wimps who don’t have the guts to do anything important. And Jesus wants us to love. … Continue reading
winterlight
It’s true — These winters are cold And dark And long. But if you keep walking And watching You see that God snuck in Small bits of glory — As He often does in the dark places — So that we remember We are not entirely abandoned. Continue reading
tumbleweed
Tumbleweed Stumbling, chasing, rolling, Go and go and go Until It’s stopped. What are you chasing after? There was a time you were rooted. Green. Growing. Planted. Why did you give that up for the life you live now? What promise did you believe? And is it all you had hoped? Do you miss those … Continue reading
when I…
When I eat more vegetables and less of everything else and can finally lose those five pounds — When I get my schedule back on track — I don’t know how it ever got away from me but it does tend to go that way — I’ll spend more time in prayer And less time … Continue reading
be aliver 