When sorrow barges through the door of my heart like an unwelcome guest, I have learned to take a deep breath and welcome her as the clumsy cleaning crew she is, here only to sweep out cobwebs and dust, to freshen up the arrangement of furniture and clear out the superficial things I don’t need (or […]
When it’s been winter for so long you’ve forgotten the smell of flowers, the color of grass and the whisper of a warm breeze … When earth has been frozen for so long, you’ve forgotten your aversion to the bitter cold and found your peace in the barren wasteland … When you’ve embraced the palette […]
When did the foundation of your life begin to crack? What happened that shattered your illusions once and for all? There are a million ways for our hearts to break; There are a million reasons to fall apart; And thankfully, There is one God, who rushes in to seal every fissure with Love. On the […]
Oh gluttonous grief, you don’t scare me. I know your heaviness is just a woolly blanket that can’t suffocate the essential part of me. I’ll sleep through the sadness and prickly heat as long as it takes. Then at the first True Light opportunity, I’ll cast you off to rise and shine brighter than I ever thought […]
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted.”Psalm 34:18 “To weep is to make less the depth of grief.” ― William Shakespeare God, You know the hearts that are breaking right now. We can only imagine the shock of going from a state of love and positive expectation of life to experiencing the sudden loss of a beloved child. What can we do to […]