There are times the Lord allows the perfect storm because He alone has the perfect strategy. We are a less-blessed people if we engage the belief that the desert is simply a desert…a dry, dusty, tiresome, boring, miserable, endless trek with no good purpose. Even the desert has its times of victory! However, the only […]
Southern ‘Springs
Sometimes a northern wellspring needs to find true grit…uh, grits. My husband and I just returned last weekend from a 16-day cross-country trip to visit our three sets of married kids, two little grandchildren, celebrate our 35th wedding anniversary, and salute a physical toast to the end of a 15-month journey through breast cancer, reconstruction, […]
When the Lion Roars
I have a beef with the Thief. He’s still prowling around the perimeter thinking he’s going to have the last say about this long cancer and reconstruction journey, but I have news for him…the Lion has already ROARED! The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come so they can have […]
Desert Days – The Gentle Gale of God
There’s a commercial that’s been running on television the past six weeks or so. The few times I’ve happened to catch it I’ve thought to myself, “There’s a blog post in there.” The setting is the desert with sand as far as you can see. In one quick scene there are two four-drawer file cabinets […]
Desert Days – A Heart Set on Pilgrimage, Part 2
Welcome to the next installment of Desert Days. There is definitely a specific focus to the writing these days, courtesy of the Lord. I find myself held in this place by His Spirit until He releases me on to something different. I wouldn’t wish it any other way (and pray you aren’t finding yourself saying, […]
Desert Days – A Heart Set on Pilgrimage, Part 1
One thing God intended about deserts: we were never meant to linger in them longer than necessary. “Necessary for what?” you might ask. To come to the realization that desert journeys are not just ‘part of life,’ as we blithely remark. More than that, they are purposed as a Divinely-orchestrated thoroughfare (in spite of the […]
Desert Days – Him Who Rides in the Deserts
These are the days that try men’s souls (women’s too). In fact, this woman is tiring of the desert trek that has gone on since last July. Today marks eight months since I was told cancer had returned. But in looking at what I just typed – eight months – that is such a pittance […]
Love Scars II – Branded
Six months ago I wrote of raw scars (see Love Scars, September 12, 2010). Today I write of raw beauty that has been fashioned from those scars. There are now new marks to become acquainted with that in time will fade, though will never be completely gone. Would I wish them so? No, for I […]
Back to the Original
The re-weaving has been accomplished! Amazingly, it is natural and beautiful – a true medical miracle. Eleven days post-surgery, I am recuperating at home from my recent bilateral breast reconstruction and hysterectomy. While looking for a fitting Bible reference for this evening’s blog post, lo and behold, I discovered in scripture the perfect description of […]
Christ Supply
It was a sign that apparently the Lord did not want me to miss. CHRIST… SUPPLY shouted at me from the big neon letters on the storefront of the local Christian bookstore in my neighborhood. The ‘IAN’ of their company name was burned out and as I drove past, my eyes were riveted upon it. […]