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It Matters
Their voices overlapped and interrupted, rising in intensity and excitement as they remembered and repeated and replayed scene after scene of the movie. It had only been 2 days since they had seen it, and along with their friend riding home with us that day, they had memorized half the movie (how do they DO…
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Carrying the Grief
For Thou didst form my inward parts; Thou didst weave me in my mother’s womb. Psalm 139: 13 May 5th. All around us are signs of Cinco de Mayo. It’s all over Facebook, the news, it’s even on Google calendar. May 5th. A day of celebration. May 5th. The due date of our first child.…
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Ah, Holy Jesus
So undeserving. So thankful. Ah, holy Jesus, how hast Thou offended, That man to judge Thee hath in hate pretended? By foes derided, by Thine own rejected, O most afflicted. Who was the guilty? Who brought this upon Thee? Alas, my treason, Jesus, hath undone Thee. ’Twas I, Lord, Jesus, I it was denied Thee!…
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Daily Delight
She arrives at our bedroom door with her dolly in arms, cooing, cuddling, kissing and beaming. She waltzes out of bed. I am convinced of this. She must, because as we go about our morning routines, she cannot stop the motion of her feet or the humming from her heart as she cheers us as…
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Here, Now
“A thousand words could not explain, a thousand worlds could not contain every perfect gift comes from You.” (~Chris Tomlin) Every time I think about it, I choke up. This passage of time. The fleeting of days. She is five. Five? Soon she will be skipping off with her daddy to be dropped at the…
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A Spring of Joy 