(a paraphrase of proverbs 23.17-19, 26) Let not your heart grow restless where it sits, ill contented, envious over sinners who can go their own way by the light of their own eyes, who can run, run, run as if no one will catch them. They will be caught in fear of Him, who has […]
a glorious unsettling.
I never thought it would feel like an exile, this place I called home from day one. I never expected that word to arise in ashes, beauty slayed by disappointment and dashed expectations. Tears that overflowed in joy as we descended months ago ran down in fear with the second descent. The unknowns pile up, […]
a word for 2016.
A few weeks ago, I sat crossed-legged on my balcony, oatmeal and coffee in hand, looking for Him. In the haze of the city’s morning light, I thought of how close 2016 was and what word He might give for it. The thought was passing, the feeling fleeting. But then, an answer arose. He spoke. […]
2015 closing words.
Have you ever had a word for the year? Sort of like a theme—running through your year, showing up in the strangest of places and ways? I haven’t had many. 2014 may have been a year of provision. It was certainly a theme that kept coming up again and again. 2013 was a “return”, but […]
This Christmas Day
Waking up every couple of hours to an echoing voice, billowing through the streets, in a language we cannot understand, with words not meant for our Father… This is not the ideal way to spend the hours between Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Christmas morning came too early; the coffee wasn’t strong enough. My mug was […]
the music of God.
Encouragement. Over and over again, that word keeps replaying in my head, a melody needing a harmony. The Father is singing it as a song of deliverance all around me (psalm 32.7-8). Honestly, this season is a mixed bag. Joy hums her little tune into the tiniest details of life back in this place I […]