My friend leaving on vacation asks for my prayer requests. I am flattened. She wants me to write on an index card the desires of my heart, along with the other requests she is collecting, so that she may lift them heavenward each day of her get-away. On her trip she will talk with … Continue reading A Prayer Gift
This is the first Psalm I wrote out in my own words as a prayer back to God. In the middle of a night over the Christmas holiday I started to write out just the first three verses of Psalm 40. An hour later, the whole Psalm had spilt out. I found Micha Boyett’s reflection to … Continue reading Psalm 40: In My Own Words
Let’s say one day my skin cells decide they know best how things should operate in this vessel I call my body. So they holler over to my bone cells, “Hey tough guys! You should really be more like us: soft, shapely, curvy.” And let’s say my bone cells actually listen to them. Already feeling … Continue reading What A Crazy World It Would Be
“Make every effort to live in peace with everyone…” This is the verse that greeted me upon opening my calendar this new year. Funny thing that verse showing up in January. All throughout December, as a year marred by terror attacks, beheadings, and ugly discussions on which lives matter drew to a close, it is … Continue reading Let There Be Peace On Earth
Lord, Come Quickly 