Beneath the boulders,I am with you. I see how heavy they are, how trapped you feel,how powerless you are to escape this burden. I am with youas you peek through the cracks into the light and wonder what sunshine would feel like on your forehead again. I am with you as you struggle against the […]
All I can feel is the splintered edgesof the gaping hole in my heartwhere the bomb went off, but I’m looking out at radiant moon,rich silky night littered with starshine,framed by shifting tapestries of luminescence –and I know there is a God. Even here in this deep groove carved out by the horrors that have […]
I am the solid groundbeneath your feet,the sunthat doesn’t burn. I am the voltageof raw power,electric through your veins – I am. Your frettingcan’t stop mefrom being your strength – I just am. You don’thave to saythe right thingor anything at all – I am holding youin perfect love. You are anchored in the gravityof […]
At the edge of your grief and the beginning of mine,where his loneliness intersects with hers,a little ways past our illusions about how perfect this life should be –somewhere in the gorgeous, throbbing fullness of our humanity,we are going to unite – We just need to find that placewhere our joys and sorrows dance togetherunder […]
When life feels like a freight train coming at me too fastto escape, I am grateful for the abilityto weave my small selfinto Your grandeur and hold on tightto the mysterythat unitesmy little storywith Your eternal onethat takes everything into accountand leaves no onebehind. Your strength becomes my own,and I borrow your powerto stand in […]
There’s something about the forgetting –the for so long not realizingand then suddenly,finallywaking upand rememberingthe Truth so deeply in your bones that it singsa familiar song like you’ve always known. There’s something so naturalabout the experienceof God it’s like breathingin and out,deeper and deeper into restuntil you finally let goand wow it’s like a river […]
Lord, give methe grace to lingerin Your presence until the weight of the world in my heart transforms into joy I never saw myself as a faith writer, and I am a reluctant one. I am not saintly or profoundly wise. I cannot quote scripture without help from google. Years ago, I simply encountered God’s […]
After the storm when all you see is the aftermath of destruction, I hope you take a deep breath and look a little closer … I hope you open your eyes to the living, breathing reality of Love rising up through the ashes of every broken thing. I hope you look for the Light – […]
Bethe Lightthat risesin darkness – Open upto the Sourceof who you are- Allow love like heliumto illuminateyour soul. We are living in dark times. If we focus on the negativity in the news and on social media, it’s easy to get sucked into the dark gravity of fear-based, divisive thinking. But we can make a […]
Today, I pray your ordinary moments are drenched in the extravagant, radiant, shimmering abundance of your Creator, who loves you perfectly. Today, I pray you recognize the miracle of His presence all around you, in your heart and overflowing through you into the world. Has the presence of God ever snuck up on you in […]