Easter – Season of New Life This is not what she wanted for herself, not at all. This change was unwelcome, unexpected. She wants to deny that anything good could come from it. She lost a job she valued. She lost her health, her money, her social status–all because she’s been downsized. What has she […]
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Easter – Season of new life! Newness everywhere . . . changes, opportunities, answers to prayers . . . She has a new job, a new home, a new community, a baby on the way . . . Hold it! Overload! Is this too much of a good thing? Where does she find stability amidst […]
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Easter – Season of New Life Windows of opportunity open in my life, but only for a few brief moments. The opportunities may not be here today and gone tomorrow, but they will not be around forever. Through the window someone beckons to me, something challenges me. “An opportunity to grow,” my teacher used to […]
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Easter – Season of New Life Highs and lows, speed up, slow down, sharp turns, throw-up. I’m not a fan of roller coaster rides. I’ve only been on a small one and that was enough. I don’t like being jerked around, spun up and down, high and low. It’s too much like life! I have […]
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Easter – Season of New Life New. Brand-new. Unmistakably new, like the unique cry of a newborn baby, a cry that disappears by the time the infant is three months old. My new car with its new car smell. If I could market that scent, I’d make a fortune. Brand-new. Smells new, looks new. No […]
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Lent – Season of Change Fertile ground, lying fallow through the winter, waiting to be torn apart, ripped open by the plow. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting for the seed of new life. Ready . . . and waiting. So I wait for you, my God. I await your transforming presence. Let us know, let us strive […]
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Lent – Season of Change Out of the frying pan and into the fire. Just when it seemed that things couldn’t get worse, just when it seemed life was about to take a turn for the better, just when I thought, This is the darkness before the dawn . . . I find myself charred […]
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Lent – Season of Change Only the master surgeon cuts so deep, to the bone, destroying and healing with the same thrust of the two-edged knife. Though I think I can endure no more, the surgeon goes deeper, cutting away disease with skilled hands. These hands change me, restore my health. God is the Master […]
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Lent – Season of Change Dull ache. Pervasive. she hurts, yet she does not feel. Does this emptiness mask emotions she is unable to express, unable to accept? She doesn’t like what’s happening in her life. She hurts. She’s afraid. What is happening? Is this the birthing ground of change, of transformation? How long must […]
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Lent – Season of Change If only I knew what was happening inside me. I feel so ill at ease. Something isn’t right. Something needs to change. I have so much–everything my heart ever desired. But it isn’t enough right now. Sorrow saturates my heart. I search for something–but what? Anxiety, free floating fear that […]
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