So Long, Self
I know when it’s going to be one of those days, even before bare toes touch carpet in the blue of dawn. I can’t explain the why of those days. I can’t explain why those days start all wrong, before feet even hit the floor. But sometimes they do. And on those days, it doesn’t ... Share Continue Reading.... Posted in: confession, Eyes Toward Home, getting down, Heaven Comments (21)------------------------------------------
A Thousand Hallelujahs
Scott saw Heaven come down, as the sun dropped over the western shore of a Minnesota lake. He discovered a porthole to the place where angels dwell — a cathedral of God neither hidden nor disguised but there for the viewing for those with eyes to see. “God made us in His image,” Scott said. ... Share Continue Reading.... Posted in: Eyes Toward Home, Heaven, thin places Comments (16)------------------------------------------
The Green Bucket
I sit at dock’s end, dipping bare toes into a rippling cathedral of nature. Wailing loons, woodpeckers and screeching eagles are my unseen church choir. My girls press in close clutching Mickey Mouse fishing poles. They dip worm-tipped hooks into a holy place. And we worship without words. On these wooden planks, I ask myself: ... Share Continue Reading.... Posted in: Eyes Toward Home, Heaven, thin places Comments (28)------------------------------------------
This Is Only Temporary
“For what is seen is temporary,but what is unseen is eternal.”– 2 Cor. 4:17-18 *** It’s only temporary.Our disappointments. Temporary.The doctor’s diagnosis. Temporary.Any doubt. Temporary.The pain. Temporary.This grief. Temporary.Because in light of eternity, everything else is Temporary. All of our problems have an expiration date.Every burden we bear is temporary.Even life itself. Temporary. We are ... Share Continue Reading.... Posted in: Eyes Toward Home, Heaven Comments (20)------------------------------------------
Royalty
Orlando, Florida — We packed the princess dresses, the tiaras and the sparkly, sequined shoes. For the next four days, we will reside here, in this world of “make-believe” fashioned by man. But everywhere we look, we see past this facade to catch a small glimpse of what awaits us in another Kingdom. We dine ... Share Continue Reading.... Posted in: Beauty Revealed, Eyes Toward Home, Heaven, Raising Kids Comments (14)------------------------------------------
JENNIFER @ GETTING DOWN WITH JESUS
