My Journal
Of Termites and Tattered Hearts
Friends, we all need support. We were created for community by a God who exists in community. We rely on intricate systems of people, habits, beliefs and things to keep us from falling apart. But just because something or someone functions, doesn’t mean they’re the right fit.
The Fall-ing
Genesis 3:1-6 The Fall 1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” 2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees...
Better Than Chocolate Cake
I had had a pretty tough day at work. I can’t remember the specific details that made my day so challenging, but I’ll never forget the conversation I had with my friend at the end of the day. I was sharing with my friend about the rough day I had and I was...
Faith Does
Us Christians love Hebrews 11 and for good reason. The passage is filled with accounts of history that rival and have even influenced the cinematic thrills and intrigue of Hollywood blockbusters. But like all scripture, it wasn’t given to us for entertainment but to...
Show Me Where You Laid Him
Show me where you laid him; The one that heaped out equal measures of terror and excitement Feeding your desire for purpose and meaning But leaving you hungry for the courage to pursue it So it lays there Wrapped in the web of your self-imposed limitations...
One Faithful Friend
I sat on the balcony overlooking the gardens, the humidity kissed air caressed my skin. I was soaking in the quietness and warmth of this tropical paradise, the chosen escape in celebration of my birthday when my solitude was interrupted. It was room service...
Not So Sweet Surrender
“As you say, my lord, O king, I am yours, and all that I have. (1 kings 20) These words by themselves sound like an act of worship to a worthy God and King but in context it is one King’s tame and submissive response – an act of surrender to the demands of...
She’s Got Issues
She woke up beside him, and as her eyes opened so too did her heart to the realization that this relationship too had failed; failed to satisfy a deep aching to be one with another. She laid there crying; the morning after what could have been a great show, had the...
Beautiful in Time
All over the island stands our national tree the lignum-vitae, known as ironwood for its strength; emblematic of the tenacity of a people. This time of year, it is a sheer delight to witness the site of lignum-vitae trees almost enshrouded in yellow Sulphur...
The Undoing
Wish you would talk to me Help me understand How what seemed so good turned out so wrong. Speak I’ll listen Your thoughts do tell If remain unspoken things may not turn out so well. Wish you wouldn’t shut me out Be brave Let me in Into your depths,...
Good Friday
Broken Ripped to shreds! Pursuit of virtue lies wasted, A dream as good as dead She who I desire to be is not the one I see through tear filled eyes reviewing my history The war of worlds inside me so real I lay exhausted, counting new battle scars before old...
More
“In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab.” (Ruth 1:1) . I found myself musing over the book of Ruth this past...
Second
SECOND Second hand Second place Second class Second best Second hand that’s what I’ll be to the one who’ll come to set My heart, Soul Mind His body free Not bright and shiny Like a penny new Or a blade of grass after night sends its dew I was impatient you see Thought...
Let the rain do my crying
Let the rain do my crying Let if fall to the earth like broken dreams Through the cracks Let it beat down on leaves Like a lover’s rage summoned by a love, A dream A hope ….lost Let the rain do my crying For I am dried up inside Emotions chaffed from the...
You Were Me
You were my dreams, my ambitions personified Breathing was no longer voluntary, but an act of worship Living was a means to your end You were my existence personified Hurt, no anger, pain Definitely not betrayed, Not quite Joy? I dig deep to find a trace...
Finding Him
I was at an all-female bible study tonight and the question was asked; why did Jesus choose to reveal himself to Mary Magdalene first, before anyone else? It was noted that in those days women did not hold positions of prominence in the church and so this act seemed...
Letting Go
Mine was always a dominant personality, “Leo Queen of the jungleeeee” I would chime as a child frolicking in my big backyard in the country. The line was my adaptation of the theme song from one of my favorite cartoons whose title and protagonist was the fearless ‘Leo...
What about what he wants
I remember the day I failed my driving test for the third time! Disappointment, shame, defeat, anger were some of the emotions that soared through me. So I made a boo boo with one road rule, even trying to remember the rule now is confusing but at the time I felt a...
GreaterWorks
I had submitted my final paper for assessment as part of MBA studies now all I had left was my thesis and I would be done! I had written thirteen other papers for assessment and was certain I knew the characteristics of a good paper. I knew this paper wouldn’t earn a...
God Our Deliverer
Our God saves! Whether it’s parting the Red Sea so His people could escape their oppressors on dry ground while their enemies who pursued them were swallowed up by the waters; Exodus 14 Or granting Gideon’s throng of 300 victory over the Midianite Army whose number...
What Love is This ?
I was breaking up with a boyfriend, and as I chided him for lying about loving me; after all how could he love me and do the things he did. How could he do things he had promised he would never do, things he knew would hurt me? How could he betray my trust? Clearly...
Arrietty
I don’t think I’ve really enjoyed an animated movie since Disney’s ‘The Little Mermaid’, and I am definitely not a fan of anime or Japanese caricature, but when I started to watch ‘Arrietty’ in the wee hours of a Monday morning, I felt compelled to watch to the end. ...