We are filled. To the top, bubbling over the edge, overflowing… and yet completely empty. We were created as empty vessels, earthen vessels. People that by our very nature require use: the filling and emptying is the necessity of our being. And yet … Continue reading
To and fro, from this to that. Running. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN RUNNING. Pushed out into this messy world with the shoes on my feet and I haven’t stopped… until now. I don’t really know what to say here, which is … Continue reading
Divorce. It’s a common word these days – too common – almost expected. Like the towel is in the ring before the match has even begun. It makes us feel better that way, less responsible somehow. Usually we think of … Continue reading
These 2 boys bless my heart. Such a sweet picture of brotherly love. Ten months apart, chocolate and vanilla, they could have never known each another. But through God’s tender mercy they are brothers – blood brothers. When Joshua was … Continue reading
I was just praying it would stay alive through Easter – to make its debut as the centerpiece of our table… SOMETIMES the Lord’s plans are so much bigger then we think… Better than we could imagine. Sometimes what you … Continue reading
It’s as if He has literally dropped me on the front lines. Kicked me out of the tanker and driven away. My heart pounding out of my chest as I try to lift my head from the broken ground to … Continue reading
Rocking him there in the dark quiet my mind races and pictures flash. Men lifting up fences and smoke and runners and parts of bodies flying. And I shake my head as if I can somehow sling these grotesque images … Continue reading
We all do it, starting with Eve on down the line to us, we have all chosen ingratitude. Some of us choose it daily, some muck around in it for years building our lives on it, like a shaky corner-stone … Continue reading
Ok, I have to confess, I AM STILL AT THE EMPTY TOMB OVER HERE. I can’t get over it. His love is just so great for us. I keep telling myself it’s time to move onto the next thing, but … Continue reading
This day will begin with it and end with it in our house. In the midst of baking cheesecake and marinating chicken my mind keeps going there… To the empty tomb. To the burial cloth lying there – lifeless and … Continue reading
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