…With us Among the Thorns

  The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart… And none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. Psalms 34:18,22     (Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge)

Almost Old

Almost Old A face in the mirror…a companion I see? Almost old…no…it’s just me. A voice screams inside my mind, “Almost old and you can’t stop time!” Almost old…what can I say? The past is gone…it’s sifted away. Almost old…what’s “left” to say? The rest of my story…Go seize the day!  “I [Jesus] dwell in timelessness:  I…

May I Be You

Jesus, this one thing I seek to do…May I love others as you have loved me.  Break my heart for your people…may I see them as you see them.  May I be you today.  Amen “This is My commandment, that you love and unselfishly seek the best for one another, just as I have loved you.”…

Walking Through Psalms: Focus

When my glasses become smudged, I’m forced to read words through a haze.  Many times I’ve taken them off my nose and used my shirt to wipe away the haze; however, it only creates a greater murkiness in which to navigate the letters upon the page.  This is frustrating.  Why doesn’t the shirt work?  Shirts are…

Go Out with Joy

“For you shall go out with joy, And be led out with peace; The mountains and the hills Shall break forth into singing before you, And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.” Go “out” with joy and be led “out” with peace  Sometimes you just need to go out to flourish….

Be On The Lookout

Psalms 16:11 You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. This morning I was reading my little devotional (Jesus Calling) and one sentence seemed to jump off the page and speak to me in a personal way.  It said, “Be on…

Look to the Birds

(A poem for all generations) “Most of the situations that entangle your mind are not today’s concerns; you have borrowed them from tomorrow.”  __ Sarah Young Preserve me, oh God:  for in thee do I put my trust.  (Psalms 16:1) Look To The Birds Look to the birds, the fowls of the air. No needs have…

When Mother’s Day is Sad

But everyone has gone the wrong way. (Psalms 14:3) (ERV) (Love Ghost Stories?  Go to Creepy Reflections) My heart is relieved with the knowledge that God can bring good from chaos.  We’ve all gone the wrong way at least once in our lives; and if you’re anything like me, you’ve taken the wrong road many times…sometimes many times…

You Can’t Fix Everything

  You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You. This verse became ever apparent to me, some 28 plus years ago.  My first-born lay in an incubator attached to all sorts of life saving apparatuses.  She was a preemie baby.  I had stayed diligently by her…

We Cry with Brussels

Brussels attacks: 34 die in 2 explosions at Brussels Airport, 1 at subway station Oh God with David we cry aloud: “Lord, I am so weak.     I cried to you all night. My pillow is soaked;     my bed is dripping wet from my tears.  My enemies have caused me such sorrow     that my eyes are…