I never thought it would feel like an exile, this place I called home from day one. I never expected that word to arise in ashes, beauty slayed by disappointment and dashed expectations. Tears that overflowed in joy as we descended months ago ran down in fear with the second descent. The unknowns pile up, […]
This Christmas Day
Waking up every couple of hours to an echoing voice, billowing through the streets, in a language we cannot understand, with words not meant for our Father… This is not the ideal way to spend the hours between Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Christmas morning came too early; the coffee wasn’t strong enough. My mug was […]
dreams this big.
Today, I sat on my balcony, listening. Speak, even if your voice is trembling please, you’ve been quiet for so long believe, it’ll be worth the risk you’re taking. “Do you really have dreams this big for me?” my tears whisper as they spill out of my eyes, like little drops of dew rolling over my […]
tears & the faithfulness of God.
It’s interesting to me that God gave our eyes room to fill with tears. They so quickly pool around our retinas, and things get blurry. Then they either fall out and fill again or they dissipate as quietly as they came. It’s a beautiful exchange, to fill and to empty, fill and empty, again and […]
This is who you are.
Friday night, as I fell asleep, I was wandering through the laundry list of prayers that come up out of my physical fatigue and my weary mind, soul, and spirit. This week has been long. Friday took forever to arrive. There have been good moments, but also hard moments. There have been sweet times of fellowship […]