from dawn to dusk
Lord, you are a magnificent God. God of grace. God of blessing and wonder. You heard my cry, my petition of concern. You did not turn a deaf ear, but smiled upon my request. When I finally, prayed with the smallest mustard seed of faith, you grew my tree overnight as if it were […]
oneness joins two
I desire oneness with you, Jesus. I understand you want the same with me. You prayed for that oneness during the days before your death. To be one with you would mean I would faultlessly understand your will. I could understand your mysteries. I would perfectly walk in your ways every day. If I […]
in the face of the steer
I heard the story yesterday, Lord, of a church in Turkey where every adult member recently received threatening phone calls. If they didn’t renounce Christ and raise their children in Islam, said the caller, they would be killed. How little things have changed since Paul walked those same roads! I can only imagine the […]
dwarfed by the prairie
In the middle of the prairie, Lord, I am dwarfed–dwarfed by the ocean of prairie grass that separate me from civilization, dwarfed by the distant mountain islands that speckle the horizon, dwarfed by the vast sky endless above me, dwarfed by the elephant clouds constantly changing character.
Your prairie reminds me of my smallness and of your […]
like a lone tree
Some days, Lord, I feel like a lone tree standing on a deserted plain. I fight with the prairie grass for the drops of moisture to keep me alive. I bend beneath the constant gale-force winds that try to unroot me. The occasional passerby barely notices my unmajestic form. I am alone.
I wish for […]
