From the monthly archives:

June 2010

My Victorious Limp

June 30, 2010

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I walk into the grocery store, glancing around to see if anyone notices my wounds. They see my skin, my flesh — the outside. But they don’t see me limping…
{Read the rest over at (In)Courage today, won’t you?}

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The In-Between

June 29, 2010

Some days are green.
Gloriously alive and thriving and showing you Jesus in every turn.
Other days are brown, dead. Charred.
It’s the in-between that matters.
How do we prepare, prevent, pre-imagine the brown
so we can stay in the green?
You will need that heart tomorrow, dear one. Protect it today.
The Shield of Faith, the Belt of Truth, the Feet [...]

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Meant to be…

June 25, 2010

He was meant to be a Frenchman…doesn’t he just look it? Oui! Instead he was born to be a comedian.
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Sometimes I think I was meant to be European…
I long for relaxed days filled with food, adventure and open minded people.
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Sometimes I think I was meant to be Laura Ingalls…
with a lifestyle of slow food I [...]

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A Letter, With Love

June 23, 2010

**watching the snails race

The very first love letter I received from you was just one line, written on the back of your high school photo.
“Tu eres la mujer de mis suenos.”
You are the woman of my dreams.

It really worked for me that you were fluent in Spanish.

You were 16. I was 15. We had no [...]

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New Life

June 20, 2010

I pray. “Freedom, no more chains.”
I sing. “Grace, oh let me sink.”
I pray. “Rain Love on me now, Lord.”
I can’t help but ask. For Love. Love to rain down on me. To fill me to overflowing. To break the dam, to rush forth Living Water.
And I expect it. Because He promised it — He promised [...]

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Take Your Hope Pulse

June 18, 2010

To follow up on this whole Hope thing…

This Hope is not based on the idea that we will be free of pain and suffering. It’s not a Pollyanna optimism, wishful thinking, “find the silver lining!” kind of hope. It’s not something that yields to frustrations or defeat.
Because it’s anchored.
This Jesus Hope stands firm, serene, strong, [...]

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My Anchor

June 17, 2010

There are days.
When the rain beats down at hurricane speeds. I run through it, hoping to get to the other side of the storm.

But oh. The storm clouds stretch out ahead of me farther than my eyes can possibly reach.
I feel the weight of the drops. Each one heavier than the next.
So heavy.

The roaring winds [...]