Tuesday, January 6, 2009
A Secret Place
I thank you, O God, that in this modern day of militants and mortar shells, ground offensives, drive-by shootings, hate-filled demonstrations, and innocent people wailing in grief, there are still peaceful places where one can renew their strength lest they faint away with fear. For some people in...
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Monday, January 5, 2009
Traveling The Road To Nowhere
I haven't forgotten you, O Lord, not really. I've just been busy. You know how it is. You must be really busy yourself, with people praying to you all over the world...asking you for help, interceding for others, making requests, getting into trouble that they can't get out of by themselves. Mostly,...
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Friday, January 2, 2009
Somewhere Up There
Dear Father God, When I lift up my eyes and look toward the heavens I see the blue skies, the white clouds, the darkening storm, the flash of lightning, or the stars and moon at night, and my heart rejoices at the beauty of your majesty. When I am inside and my eyes look up I see the ceiling, the...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Ring Out The Old, Ring In The New
Dear God, Another year is ending at midnight tonight. I'm sure that I missed so many opportunities this year to help someone along the way, to give a word of cheer, to smile at the lonely, to feed someone hungry, to share your love for mankind in your gift of your only begotten son and through him...
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Monday, December 29, 2008
Do Not Delete Me
I can take a picture, O Lord, of something real, and post it on my blog. If I'm not satisfied with the image, with the point and click of my mouse, I can change it into something completely different-- sometimes fantastic, sometimes yuck. I can paint it, decorate it, distort it. I can adjust it,...
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Sunday, December 28, 2008
Doing/Being, Being/Doing
Dear God, Sometimes I get so busy doing, I neglect the "being" part of life. I forget that the "being" part of any child of yours is so much more important than what 'important' things might be being done by any of them, including me. Every now and then, Dear God, you remind me of something I might...
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Saturday, December 27, 2008
Peace
Dear Lord, a storm is passing by in the darkness before the dawn. Before the lightning came, before the hail and before the rain, there was such a rushing mighty wind, so noisy, I thought a train was coming through, even though there are no tracks. It was a weird feeling, Lord, to look out the...
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Friday, December 26, 2008
Its A New Day
Lord Jesus, the days are flying by one after the other, slip-sliding away into oblivion. One week from today we will have to start dating things 2009, and for a while I'll have trouble remembering that and messing up checks and things. Time is not keeping pace with me; it is racing far ahead, and I...
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Thursday, December 25, 2008
Frozen Nose & Happy Heart
Dear God, Heavenly Father, I am so thankful that I am not hunkered down at some airport waiting, waiting, waiting, as some travelers are on this white Christmas Day. I could have been. I hope that if I am ever in that situation again, like the time I tried to get out of Myrtle Beach with hurricane...
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Snow-Covered Reality
It's been a while, hasn't it, Oh Lord, since I've been to the climbing tree-- that place that has been so much a part of my life. Today, I come here only in memory, for in reality, it is covered in snow and the cold winds do blow and I'm, well... you know, kind of decrepit with my age related...
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