A dream is a wish your heart makes… I’d like to amend that lyric this morning, to instead say: A dream is a prayer you’re too afraid to pray. You know what I’m talking about. You think “the desires of your heart” are only worth fulfillment if they’re “His desires” too. You think that your […]
on writing in the waiting.
I really want to write, I whisper, as my face falls into my hands to cover the shame and overwhelming emotions that tighten around my thoughts, twisting into a headache worse than yesterday’s. I mean, this is who I am. Or, rather, a part of who I am. Shouldn’t I be walking in it, bearing […]
poppy fields
“We will always stop for beauty, in whatever form it takes. “These arose old memories of how God intended it to be. It is true that we can become accustomed to everything being out of kilter. Children come to believe that parental violence or abusive discipline is normal, but they still have hope for something […]
abundance
I found myself in tears a few nights ago; fresh off a FaceTime date, I open my emails to two reminders of things I’m longing for, things I’m desperate for—to go and to write. My heart wavers in belief towards them both. Yes, I’m in the middle of going—the exact middle of my term, in fact. […]
even with all these broken pieces
“Even with all your broken pieces I make wholeness, not perfection Even with all your broken pieces I have a greater story to tell Even with all your broken pieces I give you living water from My well Even will all your broken pieces I will fill you and rush through you Even with all […]
new morning, new mercies.
I fell asleep last night with tears rolling down my cheeks. A long, lazy day with a schedule & a to-do list that didn’t get done (does it ever?) had left me restless (as it should), but it also left me broken. Broken over my own sin, that seems to keep me so pinned down […]