Tag: God
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Expectant Mother
Winter’s comingI try, and fail, to outrunHis cold fingersAs they grab at my ankles Like a rat, he nibblesAt the edges of the daySo slowly that, at first, I hardly noticeThe dark encroaching Until the dimming of the skiesReaches the space behind my eyesAnd I can feel my mindSundowning Winter’s comingDrifting through the gardenSettling scores, […]
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Sacrifice of Thanksgiving
thank youwords that burnan offeringbound in ropepulled tightlaid upon the firelike a lambor Isaaccosts me somethingas if my fleshwere on the flame a lonely leafscrapes down an empty streetwhere all the doors arelocked for winterbehind themfaces that I long to seehands I cannot touchclouds that shroud the starsmake a lousy blanketI pull my scarf over […]
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Inseparable, Free
(a paraphrase of Psalms 23, 73, 91, 139 and Zephaniah 3) Where can I go to get away from You?Where can I run, that You are not already there?If I go up to the heavens, You are thereAnd if I descend to the depths of despairEven to the grave, there You are You are with […]
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The Dream
You are the dream He dreamedHe dreamsthe song He singswhen the whole world sleeps You are the whisper in the windwonder hushedon angels’ lipsa secret He keeps You are the gift He gaveHe givesthe life He livesin the depths of the deep Youare the dreamthe act, the scene Youare the masterpiecepenned without ink Youare the […]
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Into the Unknown
The contemplative spiritual journey is a journey into the unknown. The more I know God the more I realize how much I don’t know about God. This can be frightening and frustrating, or we can allow it to fill us with wonder and awe. The mystics refer to this as The Cloud of Unknowing. We […]
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A GIRL AND HER BASKET OF BROKEN THINGS
There I was, a little girl standing before Jesus, with a basket in my arms. My basket of loaves and fishes. Everything I had to offer was in that basket. As Jesus stretched out his hands for my basket, I hesitated. Dipping my chin, I took one last look at my offering. Suddenly, shame covered […]
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You Are Enough (God Says So)
I’ve seen this quote popping up in my feed a lot lately and I’m not feeling it. A few years ago, I probably would have adored this quote. But now….not so much. Here’s why: Much about the way this is worded implies that “she” (a symbolic “she” with which all Christian women are invited to […]
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Repentance
There is more to say than sorry More to do than turn around There is you and me Face to face Where the light leaves shadows Across our cheekbones A deceptive mirror My right eye in the darkness Your left We see We see so differently Blinded both by darkness And by light We stumble […]
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While We Were Yet Monsters (Lessons from Moana)
BECAUSE MOANA CHANGED MY LIFE One night, our family was watching the quirky, teen sit-com, iCarly, when my oldest daughter snapped her head toward me, eyes wide, smile flirting with laughter, and exclaimed, “Mom, are you crying?!” Yes. Yes, I was. I cried while watching iCarly. And not because of the juvenile writing and mediocre […]
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Shattered Illusions | Throwing Dishes at God, Part 2
Read Throwing Dishes at God Part 1here. How long can one throw dishes at God? Well, longer than you might think. Just ask Job. Or Peter. (FYI: This post is going to make a lot more sense if you read Part 1.) I guess the simplest answer would be: as long as it takes. Because […]
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