Who Guides You When You’re Anxious?
The Lord is MY shepherd . . . Psalm 23:1 Sometimes the fog rolls in on this farm covering pasture like cotton plucked and pulled thin. Sometimes anxiety rolls in over me too, shrouding me. Sometimes I just shake for lack of vision, for need of compassion, for someone to reach out and touch […]
Hurried and Empty
I scramble out the door carrying too much at once. Managing to get into the car without spilling self-brewed Starbucks all over me, I realize I forgot the keys. I set my coffee mug in the holder and throw everything else onto the passenger seat. Run in. Get keys. Run out. Sit down. Close door. […]
When The God We Believe is Righteous Doesn’t Seem to Be Delivering
The sorrows of those will increase who run after other gods. Psalm 16:4 Really, Jesus? I don’t see the sorrows of those who run after other gods increasing. I don’t even see any sorrow. In fact, we seem happy, rejoicing, running through vibrant green fields of self-seeking pleasure, free. In fact, I see us showing […]
For Those Whose Nose is Up
Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18 My heart hurts, Jesus. What has become of us, Lord? We attack. We defend. We talk over. We talk around. We lie. We deny. And we wonder why we can’t connect? Do we even want to connect anymore? Or do we want to […]
Holding Joy in the Contrasts of Life
Hiking through the intense Arizona desert a couple weeks ago, my eye was drawn to the long-faced shadows cast by sun without even a wisp of filtering cloud. I noticed how shadows created depth and accentuated beauty of the agave, the prickly pear, the saguaro. Light. Dark. Contrasts. I thought about years past when I […]