The sound steady on the tin roof. Rain. We've had more than 6 days of sunny, beautiful weather. Such a gift. I can't remember the last time we had such a stretch for that long. Now the rain comes. It is needed. The earth needing hydration. The sea of green dependent on water and sunshine. Our prayer. Good pastures this year. Our hope. A 3rd, even 4th cutting. Ephesians 3:20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, Winter ... View Post
Is There Ever The Right Time?
I brush the dirt away. Dirt from the farm of his years. Splattered on the stone from rain, while it sat on the patio. While we waited for the right time. Is there ever the right time? Is there ever the desire to place a stone at your son's grave? There isn't. This stone. Another gift given by the community. Etched in love by a teammate apprenticing with a Master. A teammate that knows the loss of a brother. Another life taken so soon. The analogy is not missed. We are here on this earth; ... View Post
Living Fully
Another perfect summer day. The wind blows. The sun is shining. No humidity. Shows and a wedding. These are days that the living flows. Days that take little effort. The ease with which to work. It's easy to find hope on these days. Yet my heart still holds back. Each day healing. Each moment filled with grace. But just under the surface the pain and the missing reside. Forever changed; yet today needing to be lived through. Psalm 118:24 This is the day the LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad ... View Post
Look Up, Look Forward
Psalm 8:4 What is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? The performance is over. The after party a memory. We head home. There is still a wedding tomorrow. I walk towards the house. I look up. My first reaction is to fall to my knees. The sky is ablaze with twinkling starlight. The richness powerful. I can not absorb the vastness. The Universe. The galaxies. How marvelous. I say it out loud. What is mere man that you are mindful of him? The ... View Post
Carry On
They take the stage. The story about injustice, redemption, and restoration. Grace. A changed life. They tell the story through dance. I marvel at the ease with which the movements flow. These children I bore. Expression through dance. Restoration. We all long for. To be made whole. Justice. Wars begin over injustice. Conflict. Trouble. It takes one to start revival. Prayer. I Thessolonians Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 give thanks ... View Post
Keep On, Keeping On
The words on the pole begin to fade. The area around the site; bare. The remnant of something. Unknown to passers by. A cross. 3 flags. A memorial, one thinks. Each drive along that route, I cry out to the Father. I ask for mercy in this process. I beg for the pain to be softened. I long to know why. Yet I don't remain there. There is still purpose and work left to do here. The tension of how to move on and remember, pull. A desire to hide from all that is moving on; strong. Effort made each day to surrender my ... View Post
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