Tag: poetry
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Divine Shelter: When Letting Go Is God’s Protection
We have to be still for a moment and pay attention to what God is showing us about where we stand. And I am saying this from experience. When love blinds us, we tend to romanticize potential. We make excuses for patterns God has already exposed, holding tight to who we hope someone will become…
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Leaving Is Only Half the Journey: Where Are You Going?
My six-year-old granddaughter has already mastered the art of the dramatic exit. Whenever she’s angry, she loves nothing more than delivering a theatrical huff, marching through the house, and slamming the door with maximum force. It’s hilarious to watch, but if we’re being honest, most of us never really outgrow that instinct. Whether it’s a…
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The Divine Adjustment
We’ve all experienced that subtle, nagging discomfort when a bone in our back or neck slips slightly out of place. At first, you might try to ignore it. You keep moving, pushing through the day, compensating for the stiffness. But over time, every single movement requires double the energy. You’re constantly fighting friction, fatigue, and…
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The Lingering Dark: When the Afterlife of War Comes Home
There is a specific kind of fury that belongs to the heavy spaces of this life. In the wake of July 4th, as the country celebrates fireworks and freedom, the true price that our men and women paid for it has been weighing heavy on my heart. We talk so easily about the cost of…
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Wrapped in Peace: Reading the Signs of the Delta
There is a moment just before dark on the Tensaw River when the natural world seems to hold its breath. As the sun begins its slow descent, painting the delta in a heavy palette of deep rust and gold, the flat, predictable boundaries of daily life begin to blur. It was during one of these…
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Paul Simon and the Edge of Humanity
There are moments when the fabric of our everyday lives wears thin, and we catch a sudden, breathtaking glimpse of eternity. It might happen while listening to a classic song on the radio. Or it might happen in the quiet of your own home, when a simple, physical question from someone—“Did you feel the house…
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When Love Rewrites Our Labels
We are experts at building walls out of things that were meant to protect us. In the first century, a man named Matthew built a wall out of coins. As a Jewish tax collector working for the Roman Empire, he traded his community, his religious standing, and his family for financial security. The outside world…
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Finding Peace When the World Is Out of Control
We live in a world that operates at a breakneck, exhausting pace. Everywhere we look, things feel increasingly chaotic, loud, and mechanical. It’s incredibly easy to look at the state of humanity and feel a quiet, creeping panic. We grip our lives tighter, try to force outcomes, and exhaust ourselves trying to maintain a fragile…
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His Unfailing Presence
Another year I enterIts history unknown;Oh, how my feet would trembleTo tread its paths alone!But I have heard a whisper,I know I shall be blest;“My presence shall go with thee,And I will give thee rest.” What will the New Year bring me?I may not, must not know;Will it be love and rapture,Or loneliness and woe?Hush!…
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Plain Old Oyster
By Anonymous There once was an oyster, whose story I’ll tellWho found that some sand had gotten into his shellIt was only a grain, but it gave him great painFor oysters have feelings, although they are plain Now, did he berate the harsh workings of fateThat had brought him to such a deplorable state?“No,” he…
