The Bewildered Bride August 23, 2022 Today was the day. Long awaited and dreamt of often. She would meet her beloved and become betrothed. Two lives would become one, enveloped in a heavenly covenant. They shared a smile and faced one another before their families. The ceremony was sweet and when their fathers agreed everything seemed to speed up. Eyes met. Hands shook. And a promise was given, “I will come back soon.” Heart sighed. Cheeks Blushed. Hands…..
I take a deep breath before the world closes in on me. Filling my lungs with air, I breathe deeper. Deeper. Gasping until I wonder if I’ll burst. Today, I am balloon. A hot air balloon, for what I breathe burns in my chest as I force myself to keep it in. I hide myself away. Like windows shut against an angry storm, I close my eyes and pretend I’m drinking in a cocktail of helium and oxygen. Enough for me to…..
Sometimes feelings are more crucible than cradle. And I am in the midst of the flames, even now. What shall I say then, that I would rather feel nothing? Certainly, not! It’s merely that I don’t want to feel too much. Like too much love… seriously, I think I’m crazy sometimes. How I spend so much time thinking about you during the day. I even have full conversations with you in my head. My imagination runs with what you might…..
Speech is a powerful thing! Oh that we would use it to build a better world… Hate Speech (May 29th, 2020) Where hate speaks, love must speak louder. Where fear rises, hope must rise higher. Where division runs, peace must run faster. Where corruption lives, justice must live longer. And where chaos reigns…Jesus Christ is our only answer! Champion (October, 2020) Praises, praises to the Name that is above every Name. To the One who canceled my debt…..
Behind the Scenes An Unwanted Protector Before she could finish the thought, she saw Tavian coming toward her. His stride was so purposeful that she wavered in her own progress. Wondering at his intentions, she could only stare at him. “I’ve been waiting for you.” Something in his turquoise eyes caught her attention. They were charged like the lightning in a stormy sky, only this kind of storm made her stomach do flips. “Is anything the matter?” “Come on, let’s…..
Someday, Maybe Someday, maybe I will get to hear those words. The ones where you tell me we are meant to be together. Where you ask me to be yours, sharing in your love and your home for the rest of our lives. Someday, maybe I will get to take that walk. Down an aisle that leads to an altar, where before God and man I will pledge to be your wife. Someday, maybe I will get to have that…..
“What is that, Abba?” The little girl was supposed to be getting ready for bed. Her ima had already shooed her from the kitchen, but her little feet did not carry her all the way to her room. Instead, they paused just outside the curtain of her Abba’s work space where, in the corner, she noticed something she hadn’t before. “Hmm?” Her Abba looked up from his writing table. “That box? What’s in it?” Perhaps it was how tall she…..
We went camping one time, my siblings and I, somewhere in the Myakka Forest not far from our home. It must have been in the fall or winter, because summer time is too hot to be caught sleeping in a tent, and there are way too many mosquitos with all the summer rain storms. I’m sure we must have had friends with us, and we probably stayed more than just one night. But it isn’t those kinds of details that…..
A voice calls to me from beyond the edge. An echoing from the vast places, That rises up to find the light and see the sun. I strain towards it wanting to listen, Needing to hear. My ears are pricked by the shrilling sound it makes. Thundering in my chest, my heart beats. Dare I lean further and be overcome? More haunting still, Dare I lean away and remain as I am? “Death! Death”, it cries. “Death to…..
The other day I was sitting down to my desk and had opened the drawer. Tucked into the corner was my journal, the one I had been writing in pretty consecutively until last year. I pulled it out and peeked inside, flipping through the countless memories that jumped off the page and drew me into what was happening to 2019 Emily. I then began to think about all my other journals….and so began my treasure hunt to seek out some…..