May I Have This Dance?
My precious child, may I have this dance? Will you come with me to the middle of the dance floor? To the clearing in the forest? To the meadow where the sun glistens? Come with me. Hear the music. Feel…
Category Joy Unfolding
Resurrected Hope
Draw the rain to you, my beloved, in resurrected hope. Lift your hands to the sky. Call out to the clouds to release their waters to pour upon you all their bounty. Let them shower you, cleansing you of yesterday.…
Feel the Brokenness
Feel the brokenness in your soul. Let it break. Let it break without fear that you will be rendered fractured, deemed worthless, and tossed away. You have seen that happen time and time again. Something breaks. Its owner throws it…
The Music of Nature
Listen, my beloved, to the music of nature that surrounds you. Open your ears. Hear creation calling out in serenade to you. Music. It’s in the gentleness of the wind that gushes past, and in the soft breeze that blows…
Trust is a Precious Gift
Trust is a precious gift. It is a treasure. It is without measure. You cannot trust just a little bit. Either you trust or you don’t trust. Then trust, once committed to, can grow and produce greatness. Trust can unlock doors…
Declutter Your Soul
No one knows what you have seen, where you have been. No one knows what gets you going or what stops you from taking another step, frozen in place, motionless. No one knows but me. I know and I care,…
Come in from the Back Field
Come in from the back field, my beloved. Step to the front. I never called you to hide away behind others, lost in a distant funk of confusion and fear. Your place is front and center. Front and center, in…
Where Are You Going?
Where are you going, my child? On what horizon have you set your eyes? What hopes, what dreams do you see there? What drives you so far? Light from a distant place draws you, creating a yearning in your soul…
Joy Comes in the Morning
I love the encouragement that comes from the Lord, smiling at us like a proud father. ———- Joy comes in the morning. You have heard it said many times. Joy comes in the morning, in the daylight, when the sun…
I Say Yes!
How often do we get caught up in the negative? How often does NO seem to hold us back from what is truly our heart’s desire, our goal, our purpose? It doesn’t have to. Here’s a better word. ———– Yes!…