In the messy manger of our hearts, help us prepare for Your Majesty to be born again. We don’t deserve You, but we long for Your miraculous presence to transform us with the power of Your innocence. Thank You for making Yourself at home in our souls. Thank You for loving us as we are. Thank […]
Having an open heart around some people can feel like forgetting to shut the front door during a monsoon. All the leaves, mud and dirty water rush in … soaking every crevasse with filth. It’s not your fault, but you’re stuck cleaning up ridiculous emotional messes. People are like storms sometimes – cyclones of selfishness, spinning out […]
All I wanted was the light, but all I could see was darkness. In every direction, I searched and discovered more soil and worms. So I shifted my attention away from the world around me and turned inward. I focused on the only good thing I could think of: my desire for the light, and […]
Living for Eternity We’d like to think it’s about marching into the world like soldiers and taking control, but it’s not: It’s about letting go. To manifest our highest potential in this world, we must hand ourselves over to the designs of Another. Our agendas are small-minded specs, compared to the glory of His expanse. […]
Before you enter into silence, I think you should know how shook up you probably are from living in this world. The moment you get still, you’ll notice debris of doubt and fear floating inside you. You may panic and want to run back into your busy life, but I pray you have the courage to […]
I prayed for wisdom and got sorrow instead. Funny after all these years to finally realize she was the best gift God could have given me at the time. She followed me around like a puppy dog, only she walked too slow and didn’t know how to play. And believe me, she wasn’t cute or […]
It’s like a little ball of light in your heart that glows and gets bigger the longer you follow it. Brighter and bolder too. It will help to know some things in advance. While mesmerized by the brilliance of it, You can fully expect to be led into dark places that terrify you and make […]
I think my soul is getting too big for this place It’s like trying to fit a magenta sunrise over the pacific ocean with fluffy marshmallow clouds and the joy of leaping of dolphins into a tiny plastic cup, And I don’t want anyone to try and drink a squished version of me or even take a tiny sip that doesn’t […]
There are some things we want that we can’t work for to get. Snow falls down from the sky on a Tuesday and stops that night without ever asking if we had enough or even if we wanted it in the first place. Of course, we did. at least a part of us did; the […]