And There I Find You
The silence was supposed to be calming. But the quiet was so loud. I could hear each expiration, The wind wrestling with leaves, The crunching beneath my feet. I heard […]
If God answered my prayers…
If God answered my prayers, would it benefit everyone around me? What would my life look like? Would it change anything? Would the world be a better place? Would I […]
“Is the sky better with clouds or without?”
A 12 year old proposed a question to his mother, “is the sky better with clouds or without?” I haven’t given much thought to clouds in the past, or the […]
What is he up to?
Ever look around you, then suddenly wonder why things seem to be so easy for some while every single thing is an obstacle for you? God sees you struggling and […]
Even when I lose, I win!
I can’t begin to even understand how God works the way He does. Maybe I have just been privileged to experience God’s mercies every day. I know in my heart […]
Fake it till you make it
And though I had no resources, no means of getting through this city that has left me with nothing but horrible memories, I had one thing that I never realized I had
About this year
This year has been by far the most challenging and the most eventful in many good and bad ways. I look back at all the things I’ve done, the places […]
“It will be alright in the end and if it’s not, well it’s not the end”
Some days can be a bit weary. Trying to survive through these days is tough. There was season I found myself aimlessly driving around listening to music; it seemed to […]
“My heart is an empty cup” he said, “you can pour anything you want in it” and so I did.
Our meeting was so incidental, it was funny what you asked me just so you could start up a conversation. But that was the first day of this journey for […]
Embrace Redemption
We are not meant to be broken forever. Your enemy/enemies wants you to believe that, they want you to be stuck in a place of brokenness and pain because the […]
Because one day, you are going to hope that someone will look past your facade
Today, take the time to get to know someone. I mean, like really get to know them. Look past appearances and what you think you may know about them. I […]
My God, my God, why did you forsake me?
My God, why have you forgotten me? I cried out to you in the morning. It was right as the sun was rising. My soul was in anguish and I […]
You will be out on the waters soon enough
There’s a saying, a boat is safe at the dock but that’s not what boats are meant for. Everything, people and objects have a purpose. We were created for a […]
Who was I kidding, I was preaching to the choir…
Sometimes I don’t understand this whole “being kind” thing. On the hand, why is there a day dedicated to “showing” or doing an “act of kindness”? Shouldn’t we just be […]
A gift for you
You are given a gift. A new heart, a new spirit, and so much more. Your name is all over it, wrapped up perfectly for you. But just like any […]
To the place I called home
It was the place I called home for a good part of my 20s, or the second half mainly I guess. I find sentiment in everything, so of course as […]
