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YOU ARE NOT ENOUGH
How often have you wrestled with the belief that “you are not enough”? How often do you ruminate about your failures and how you don’t measure up to a task, others, or your own standard? These kinds of thoughts are debilitating to fulfilling your life purpose and walking out the common tasks and expectations of…
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Random Thoughts on a Rainy Autumn Day
This season of my life has brought about many changes. Good changes. God changes. There’s peace here. And lots of it. Days are not as busy and hurried as they used to be. But still my mind has not caught up to the pace of my life. I still overthink, over compensate and have a…
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A Mother’s Thoughts Before Bed
It’s a challenge to think of your adult children as anyone other than the babies you carried, nursed and rocked to sleep on this hard days and nights. As anyone other than the children you got off to school, played hide and seek with or taught them to tie their shoes. Or the teens you…
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How to Stop Being the Mini Version of Yourself
Every Friday, I do a new podcast and this week is no exception. If you think this post is about focusing on yourself. Think again. It’s about focusing on God and as you do, you’ll become FULLY who He created you to be. This week, instead of doing a blog post, my podcast is the…
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SHOWING UP
Her eyes were hopeless, lost Drawn into a memory of long agoA prison of abandonmentLonelinessWas anyone going to show up for her?Would she ever be acknowledged?Would she ever feel loved, cherished, known? It’s life-altering when we are known, when we connect with others deeply in being known. It’s life to a lonely soul and water…
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FACES
Faces We don’t really see Or look hard enough To notice someone Faces Lovely, aged, soft, brittle We don’t really see We fear truly looking And we fear being seen Faces Tell a story Faces Beautiful, mysterious Faces Harsh and weathered Carry so much history The story of a life Lived Squandered Endured Survived Enjoyed…
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Depression and Anxiety and How to Deal With It
I’ve noticed for quite a while that there is an abundance of information on social media and online about depression and anxiety and the issue is growing more and more pervasive. However, this is not a new problem, we just have more access now to stories of how people are choosing to deal with it…
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HUNGRY FOR GRACE
Do you struggle in your relationship as a son/daughter of God to relax and enjoy Him? Has religion conditioned you to work for His love and acceptance instead of just receiving it by grace? If so, this podcast will help you if you hunger for a place of rest, freedom, and joy and learn to…
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FORGIVEN
Soft eyes that now give way To a thousand apologies Past demons Chased away by mercy and forgiveness Peace, the voice that beckons Love the song that sings to the broken Humble voice now whispers Where once rage lived there Quiet. Resolved. Living free. Living loved. Living.
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AUTUMN SONG
Sweetly on the breeze He calls me To the quiet Unbreakable Silence To come away And live Leaving the days gone by To pack them away And cherish The falling leaves His hand held out To lead me To peaceful rhythms Surrender the noise His soft whisper Bids me to stillness To ponder Reflect And…
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SILENCE
The silence is deafening Where the secret lives It mocks and scorns Taunts and poisons Weaves the lie The fault is hers Here is where The menace moves Salivates to confuse Here in dark And shadows deep Perversion awakes The innocent weep The moon is full Alighting bright Illuminates The room at night But still…
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GOLDEN (A Tribute)
Golden Her hair was golden Waves like the sea Eyes like sapphire Golden Her heart was golden Take you in Like her own Love you home Golden Words like honey Could wrap you up Make you feel wanted Golden Sunshine in her smile Mischief in her glance Open arms Those open arms Golden Like a…