Category Archives: Devotionals
The Sting of Pride
“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.” ~ Psalm 19:14. My seventeen year old son recently released his first iPhone (iPad, iPod) game … Continue reading
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Stillness and Beauty
Beauty is every breath in the Presence of a holy God… “Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting…a cup of blessing.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson “The most beautiful thing we can experience … Continue reading
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What Love! (A Prayer)
Father, my heart hurts. Hurts for my friend who just lost her husband. Hurts for another who recently lost her mother. Hurts for the parents of a friend whose sweet baby girl is now in Your arms. Hurts for my … Continue reading
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The Color of Joy
“Is there a color for joy?” I asked my friends today. “Vibrant purple,” smiled one. “Red!” answered another. “Really, could it be any other color?” “Blue,” I thought quietly, “deep, wide, brilliant blue… days when the whole atmosphere just breathes … Continue reading
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To See Differently
For eighteen years, I’ve been mom to a child who sees the world differently. In the early years, it often led to misunderstandings, actions and behaviors that upset others, causing concern and sometimes frustration, and while I didn’t always understand … Continue reading
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Fall into the Arms of Joy
What if today, I choose to live grateful? To love with abandon? To forgive without counting the cost? To give without reserve? To live fully present and undistracted in the moment? To be all there, wherever there happens to be? … Continue reading
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An Accidental Treasure
“What if God healed you tomorrow?” my daughter asked me one morning. “Would you want to be healed?” “Hmmm…no, I don’t think so.” Six years ago, in one brief April moment of skidding tires, shrieking metal, breaking glass and side-impact … Continue reading
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Come, Trust, Believe, Live
I stepped out into sunset, a warm slice of western sky striped in colors unimaginable and breathed a prayer of thanks – thanks for this moment, this sky set on fire, God’s glory bursting through the clouds, and wondered how … Continue reading
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Another Step Along the Way
Today, I struggled with pride, tired and carrying a little too much medical into this brand new week. Last week sapped me, physically and emotionally, with multiple trips to Children’s Hospital, planned and unplanned, and my husband an ocean away … Continue reading
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I’ve Got Nothing
I woke weary, all the messiness of yesterday sliding in with the sun. “Oh, Lord,” I sighed, “why is it so hard to love? And how, if I can’t even consistently, rightly love those who love me, am I ever … Continue reading
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When Ordinary Becomes Extraordinary
Seventeen years ago, I walked into a McDonald’s with my young son. We ordered lunch, and I picked up the tray, took my son by the hand, choose a booth, and settled in. Minutes later, chaos reigned. My son refused … Continue reading
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Freedom’s Dance
Who am I Deep inside Where nobody sees, Where it’s raw and real And unconcealed, More than what I’ve Done, Won, Accomplished? Deep inside… Where the dancer dreams And the child sings, And the music plays And the world fades… … Continue reading
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Freedom
Freedom. What does it mean? What does it look like, not just in suburban America,where the grass is green, the weeds are few and the only shots fired are at the shooting range, but in the inner city, in the … Continue reading
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Fresh Air
Fresh air is Life experienced – Touched, seen Heard, smelled, Tasted – Genuine, abundant, Raw, real In all its messiness and complexity Not neatly, electronically, Through a visual screen. It is damp spring earth scooped With bare hands To receive … Continue reading
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Not Enough
So often on this journey through life I have no idea what to do, what to say, how to act, react, what to allow, what to stop, when to applaud, encourage, discourage, mediate, fix, be still, be silent, say less, … Continue reading
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Journey of Love
You arrived in this world Swaddled in love, Anticipated, Hoped for, Delighted in, Eagerly awaited, Joyfully expected. I breathed in your precious scent, And held you when you cried, And when you didn’t Just because I could. I watched in … Continue reading
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Small Gifts, Great Joy
“What is that?” asked my friend, a little annoyed as I lifted a basket of brightly wrapped gifts out of the back of the van. “It’s just a little something for each of the women tonight,” I said. “Really? You … Continue reading
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Sheltering Love
“Mom, did you read this?” asked my middle daughter, indignation edging her voice. I looked up and into the eyes of my oldest daughter, her ice blue eyes swimming in tears, and set down my tea. Seconds later, my youngest … Continue reading
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Love — a Blessing, a Gift, a Choice
“Here!” I grumbled to my husband as he hovered over my shoulder. “I’ll just stop what I’m doing so you can have my computer. I’ll go take a shower.” “That is not love,” I gently, plainly heard in my soul … Continue reading
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