"Judge not, that you be not judged. ..." Matthew 7:1 ESV When a conversation's topic changes... because of my presence... I wonder... Do I judge...? or am I being judged...? Is it a perception of me as judgmental...? or an awkward moment of being salt...? "You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost… Continue reading a salty moment…?
Category: Conversation
daycare ladies… babies… creation… and Him…
This morning... lovely daycare ladies... strolled babies around... and... around... and... around...They talked... of God and His ways... of our eternal home with Him... of dealing with sorrow... of family joys... and funny stories...Laughing and strolling... talking to one another... while they pushed the babies... only little babblers... unable to understand... or... enter into the… Continue reading daycare ladies… babies… creation… and Him…
giving a Word… to be…
A prayer cast up during a pause in conversation... placed on hold... I said...Lord... give me the Word needed... to share...A phone call... from a beloved child... needing a sounding board... struggling... anxious... distressed... about emotions... and the future...Already more than thirty minutes in... sharing feelings... thoughts... I hear...I'm looking for something solid...This child standing… Continue reading giving a Word… to be…
a word for the year…
It began with an invitation from a friend... a practice she had heard on the radio last year... and it came back to mind near the start of this year...Ask God to give you a word for the year... one on which to focus your spiritual growth... Unsure... whether the invitation was for me... I didn't pursue... but my… Continue reading a word for the year…
it feels like rain…
"...As the rain and the snow come down from heaven,and do not return to it without watering the earthand making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seedfor the sower and bread for the eater,so is my word that goes out from my mouth:It will not return to me empty,but will accomplish what I… Continue reading it feels like rain…
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