Who hopes for what they already have? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
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Category: Interior Life
I’m watching the last bit of perfume drip from the raw edge of the jar and getting frantic—it can’t be put back in and I’m wondering what God means to put in its place.
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Alabaster I/Mosaic
An artist friend creates mosaics, bringing shattered things—chips and bits and castaways—into beautiful order in the most literal sense.
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Humility
Some sage concisely defined humility as “a proper understanding of who God is and who I am.” The last six months, I’ve been taking stock of who I am, wrapping my mind and heart and spirit around what I would be choosing, and why.
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Open-Handed
Writing is an unveiling, just as our sanctification is an unveiling. The book He envisions has already been written; I only need to uncover it.
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Incarnate
Jesus emptied himself of Godship to become fully man, and in spending the uttermost reaches of his humanity, even unto death, returned to the throne. What does it look like for us to do the same?
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Power
You don’t have to know what it would look like for your Red Sea to part—only cry out for fresh mercies and He will make you new as a new dawn.
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Valley
Psalm 23 re-imagined for times of desolation. A very honest prayer.
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Reverently Made
I agree with Your truth, Father, that You are present to me, that I am carefully and deliberately and intentionally and reverently and wonderfully made. Reverently made.
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A Holy Pause
Wilderness seasons are a gift from our Father. They’re a time for old images of God to be stripped away. They’re a place for false attachments to be revealed so we can live and love ourselves and one another more honestly.
Fire and Whisper 