I can't get this old woman out of my head. She stands in front of her flattened house, describing to a local news reporter how she survived the impact of Moore, Oklahoma's recent devastating tornado. Minutes into the interview, one of the crew spots her little terrier underneath a crumpled bed frame. "Thank you, God,"… Continue reading a humble heart
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when hearts hurt
There is a heaviness in my heart that has been there for days now. It seems that the nation is feeling it--maybe even the entire world has stopped to hang a head down and squeeze eyes shut and let the tears come. It was the horror at Newtown, Connecticut that not long ago cast a… Continue reading when hearts hurt
a heart that beats
It happens to me often. Lying in bed in the dark and quiet, usually at the end of a long day, perfectly still for the first time in hours--it catches my attention. Badum. Badum. Badum. It's my heart. Beating. Steady rhythm and buried. When I look closely, I can see it pulsing underneath the skin.… Continue reading a heart that beats
revisiting Narnia
I've been thinking a lot about the love of God, and maybe that's apparent from what I've been writing about lately. I decided that there are few better illustrations of the love of God than dear old Narnia. So for the past couple nights I have been up late reading the lovely books that helped… Continue reading revisiting Narnia
gaze upon the beauty
I'm having one of those days...a day that has my heart sprinting in seventeen different directions with all her passion and might. A day when the future is filled with "too much good stuff" (just like am-pm). A day that has my mind jumping around, giddy with new ideas and prospects and creative to-do's. It's a… Continue reading gaze upon the beauty
My Heart's Overflow 