“Earth-is-not-my-home,” I said, my voice choppy and robotic; my best alien imitation. Imitations aren’t really my thing, but this one escaped my mouth before I even recognized it. My friend wiped the tears from the...
She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.- Proverbs 31:25 Can I be honest? This verse has always annoyed me. I mean, I pretended to like it like all...
The fridge seems to be my habitual place to pause in my house as an “um” or “like” fills in the spaces of a sentence. I go there when I’m starving and I visit it...
Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. –1 Thessalonians 5:18 The image was split into four squares, each boasting a picture meant to transport the mind to a...
It’s a Monday morning. I wake up, scramble to find my slippers and feed the dog. Somehow, I forget that I hadn’t showered yet, and I have an early zoom meeting where even the best...
You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous – how well I know...
As a face is reflected in water, so the heart reflects the real person.– Proverbs 27:19 NLT Real person. Hard to come by. Difficult to know. A reflection doesn’t lie. It’s incapable of fibbing or twisting...
And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.– Romans 8:28 NLT They say there’s something to be...