I strum through the streets like a peasant, being homeless has been less than idyllic and yet somewhat picturesque in that couch-surfing paints a new scenic view, daily. I have since walked in to the lives of three house holds. I don’t pay attention to the order of any house other than to say I watch just like a spectator…
JOY
For ReJoyed, Christmas starts in late summer. In a “normal” year I make most of my ornaments in July and August. Each year I pick a particular theme. In the past it has been lines from “Oh Holy Night” like; “The stars are brightly shining”, “Till he appeared and the soul felt its worth”, and “ A thrill of HOPE…
I stayed away from the Red Letters
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled. I seen the warning signs and I dismissed them. I believed if I loved him harder this time he would stay and not leave. A fallacy of false hope groomed me into a web of lies and deception far greater than I realized. There was a…
You can go your own way
“Go your own way” Fleetwood Mac After reading various Psalms in the bible this morning, a song I haven’t heard in years came to mind. I didn’t know the lyrics but I remembered the chorus. I felt led to look that song up on YouTube.Okay, let’s pause here for a moment… look up that song. Pretend for a moment that…
In the last days
you should know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times. For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred. -2 TIMOTHY 3: 1-2 This passages mirrors exactly what is happening in our time/real-time,…
Cast down… depression
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:5 The sun was just beginning to rise as I crawled into bed. I’ve never felt more alone, more distant and irrelevant. It was as if my life didn’t matter? It was…
Listen with your heart
“We love him, because he first loved us.” -1 John 4:19 As Valentine’s day approaches I am reminded of my first love. A teenager in love can be a dreamy disaster. I was elated. The very idea that someone liked me for me, skin condition and all was inconceivable . My thoughts raced to him every morning. He was…
I traded weeping for Joy
“Weeping may endure for a night but joy comes in the morning.” Psalms 30:5 It is so hard to talk about the past when there are family secrets that seem to betray someone love. You could never love them more and not a fraction less. You love them with all your heart despite their mistakes. As a child I…