When You See a Bit of Heaven
My one-way ticket tells me where I’m going, and I’ve got an internal GPS to help me get there. But it all looks so fuzzy up ahead. And where is Heaven anyway? Maybe the Good Lord knows my heart couldn’t handle it if He showed it all at once. So he gives us enchanting glimpses, in ... Pin It Share Continue Reading.... Posted in: Eyes Toward Home, Heaven Comments (29)------------------------------------------
When You Realize Heaven is Here
We had our seatbelts securely fastened, and tray tables in their upright and locked positions when we left. It was before dawn’s first light. We winged our way east — all four of us. I opened the shade of my window to pre-dawn darkness and a thick fog. I thumbed through a Delta Sky magazine, and ... Pin It Share Continue Reading.... Posted in: Eyes Toward Home, God Gallery, Heaven Comments (18)------------------------------------------
Chicken Dance
I see it first, while driving down our country lane as the glowing sun spills light over these golden-stubbled farmfields. It’s a lost hen, dancing a weary little circle over by the mailbox. She’s flown the coop and can’t find her way back home. The girls tumble out of the car, drop their backpacks on the gravel driveway and try to catch a befuddled ... Pin It Share Continue Reading.... Posted in: Eyes Toward Home Comments (25)------------------------------------------
Heart is Where the Home Is
We steer up our long country driveway, and these ash trees that line the lane wave a gentle, green greeting — a welcome-back to weary travelers. The gravel underneath is percussion, a dusty drumming for our entrance from faraway-to-here. The girls see the sunflowers first, bursting yellow by the cornfields — these prolific weeds that the girls refuse to call weeds because they ... Pin It Share Continue Reading.... Posted in: A-ha Moments, Eyes Toward Home Comments (15)------------------------------------------
A Great Procession
Maybe it’s because my favorite farmer turned 40 this month. Maybe it’s because I’m about to. A birthday cake to Scott from my Mom. Who knows why exactly, but lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about getting older. Not in an obsessive, I’m-going-to-get-more-gray-hair-and-wrinkles way. And not in an I’m-going-to-die-and-I’m-freaking-out way. I used to be scared of the wrinkles; and ... Pin It Share Continue Reading.... Posted in: Eyes Toward Home Comments (15)------------------------------------------
JENNIFER @ GETTING DOWN WITH JESUS
