The Lord will keep me from despair. When I’m about to believe redemption is a lie, a promise for others, a nice idea but not much more…he shows me how wrong I am and how wrong I want to be! But he doesn’t slap me…instead, he blesses me and shows me there is beauty. There … Continue reading
no need to hide
A few weeks ago, God laid it on my mind to give some money to a friend. This wasn’t the first time this has happened, and I doubt it’ll be the last. Giving is one of my spiritual gifts and I personally receive a lot of joy when I get to be God’s in-between in … Continue reading
garden, garden, garden!
This summer, I joined some friends from church in getting involved in a community garden to provide fresh produce for the soup kitchen across the street. Up until this point, my track record with plants was pretty dismal (I did successfully grow morning glories in 5th grade, but later discovered it’s actually quite the “pesky” … Continue reading
when you’re sick
You are not a failure for needing to be held in My arms. When I feed you a little milk, it’s not a punishment for not being strong enough for meat, just as when a mother feeds her sick child broth, it’s not out of a spirit of disappointment, but it’s because she loves her … Continue reading
i write songs no one else sees
Like nearly every songwriter I know, I needed to know that I am more than what I write and perform, and that I write songs no one else sees. Earlier tonight I gave my heart away To a room full of strangers from the front of a stage Ain’t no secrets in a songwriter’s life … Continue reading
eloi
“About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, ‘Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?’ – which means, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’” Matthew 27:46 What love is this that beckons the broken, “Come be made whole and beautiful again”? Eloi, Eloi, You won’t forsake us Eloi, Eloi, You won’t forget … Continue reading
hello, spring!
One of my favorite things to do is to be outside, barefoot – with my guitar, singing, writing, taking a nap, praying – so while I love reading by the window on a rainy day and curling up with a cup of hot tea watching snow fall in December, by the time February and March … Continue reading
sow, so, sew
When I was a child, I thought that if I had been Eve, I wouldn’t have eaten that forbidden fruit. After all, God gave her the whole rest of the garden to enjoy! The world would have been a better place if I’d been Eve. Well, I’ve been Eve and I’ve made Eve’s mistake. Why … Continue reading
undress me
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken.” ~C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves Growing up, and especially in high school, I was hurt a lot emotionally when I would be emotionally vulnerable with people, and so my response to this was to … Continue reading
toilet paper & dandelions
I used to live in Southern California, where there are two seasons: summer and almost summer. During my sophomore year of college, a lot of my childhood friends started getting married and having babies. At first this was really weird and it was a process to accept change in other peoples’ lives, let alone enjoy … Continue reading
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