It can’t be done. I mean, it can, but it’s not effective long-term and in the end everyone loses. The desired behavior may be demonstrated for a while, but eventually the shamed individual will exhaust themselves in all the striving, or perhaps never try to begin with, the shame being so heavy. You don’t know […]
Where are you really?
Last night I had this image in my head as I fell asleep. The Lord graciously allowed for me to recall it, unpacking during prayer time this morning. I’d laid there fretting over my present challenges, attempting to convince myself there was nothing to do about any of these things before morning. I one million […]
Captives
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” Luke 4: […]
AIN’T SCARED
I was spending time on the deck enjoying the sun this afternoon and when I lifted my chair back, this little guy was sitting there. At first we just eyeballed each other. I then realized it wasn’t getting any earlier and I needed to sit in that chair and catch some rays. I tried moving […]
Thrashing
Sharing differently today; I couldn’t sleep the other night and this came out, almost a dream but not quite…still I feel like there’s something to learn here, so I’m putting it out there hoping it reveals itself. THIS morning I got to thinking about old antique cars on tracks, the false sense of control when […]
Isolation
Ever felt isolated? Been feeling isolated and it’s been a minute? Yeah. People have been telling me to get comfortable being by myself. I mean, I get what they’re saying, but humans were made for fellowship, and one of the first accessible observations God made was that it wasn’t good for man to be alone. […]
All That Glitters
There is a way that seems right to a man but its end is the way of death. -Proverbs 14:12 Above all else guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. -Proverbs 4:23 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? -Jeremiah 17:9 Pretty right? I LOVE […]
My defense
And they scolded her. But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me….she has done what she could.” -Mark 14: 5-6, 8 If you’re anything like me, you want to do a good job for Our Father and Jesus. We do our best to seek […]
Not fooling anyone
I mowed the lawn yesterday. I love mowing, the cadence of the engine, the monotony. Singing, thinking. Typically I mow in circles. I jokingly say that if aliens come to earth they’re hitting my house first because of the bullseye I formed around it. Yesterday was dandelion day. While it’s been dry and the grass […]
Stunted
I can smell lilacs in the air while I’m driving, apple blossoms as I cruise the orchards…and I not-so-patiently await the bloom of the five bushes surrounding my home. Apparently every bud in the county has opted to reveal itself except for mine. It feels a lot like life sometimes. For myself, I go through […]