A fresh page longing to be filled Impulsivity wants to charge ahead Read. Pray. Meditate. Wait for God. Too quickly I want to fix, repair, explain, solve. Fussing and fretting in frustration. Wait! Patience. Be still ¡Espera! What would you have these lines say, my Lord? Longing for understanding Craving significance … validation… approval Are… Continue reading Deep Calls to Deep
Out with old… well not all of it
Happy New Year! As most of us are all too thrilled to put 2020 behind us as it proved a challenging year for most with a global pandemic and all, I too join in the hope of a better 2021. The reality that it won’t come overnight is manifested by my Dad’s hospitalization 2 days… Continue reading Out with old… well not all of it
Santa Clause (Saint Nicholas)
Lil Miss is the kid that has always had an extraordinary imagination and a believing spirit. If you messed up and the tooth fairy missed her run, she would always have a reason for it. There are amazing stories about requests from Santa for things typically unobtainable that somehow managed to make it under the… Continue reading Santa Clause (Saint Nicholas)
Waiting Room
December 20, 2015 Throughout life we will find ourself in the waiting room. Waiting on answers, waiting on relief, waiting on a plan, waiting on rescue, waiting for the next step. What do we do while we wait? It likely depends what we are waiting upon. We may distract ourselves with reading playing a word… Continue reading Waiting Room
Seek and ye shall find
Seek and hold fast to what is good! We are given minds to reason, explore, and discern. Our Creator could have made us robots, but instead he gave us a will that is free to choose. Why? Because love is the aim and forced love is not love at all. So explore, seek, discuss, debate,… Continue reading Seek and ye shall find
Spark
It only takes a sparkTo overcome the darkHope has not diedShe did not even run and hideThe noise tries to drown her outShe does not respond with shoutsIf you can steady your soulYou can hear her whisper“Come on home”
Songs in the Night
This year, this day, this moment: God is working. His light is shining in whatever darkness encroaches our lives and this world. In the midst of pandemic, illness, economic uncertainty, political unrest ,divisiveness, discouragement, and yes even despair. If one looks for it there is a light that shines through. The light is brighter than… Continue reading Songs in the Night
Lukewarm
In an effort to achieve a momentary pause for respite in the midst of some serious tempests, I have found myself wading in mediocrity. I won’t deny that this weary go-getter found comfort in going with the flow. Too many hills had been charged and lacking enough effort to take on yet the slightest incline,… Continue reading Lukewarm
ones and One
But your throne is humility and peace. And now I see that no one can be at peace until they have become humble. Humility and peace: how good it is for a man or woman to be humbled so that they can attain to peace. – Guigo II, ninth prior of La Chartreuse It is… Continue reading ones and One
Long lost friend
When the streets are wet, and the skies are grey And the drip drop rhythm of the soft falling rain Plays a sweet melody, like an old welcome friend Then my mind settles and heart stirs again It has been fenced off in survival mode since summer appeared in fiery force Makes it easier to… Continue reading Long lost friend
