Tuesday, January 24, 2012

A mother's prayer yields great power.

I had a long phone conversation with my son last night.  He has a phone interview with the University of Arkansas today.  This was his last choice of the ten schools he has applied to and the first to respond.  And he left here a few weeks ago and has been very homesick ever since.  I think that God is telling him it's ok to come home.  I hope he listens.  A mother's prayer yields great power. 

Sunday, January 22, 2012

kindness....

I would that all people might make the conscious choice to be kind.

Ephesians 4:32
And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.

1 Peter 3:8-9
8 Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous;[a] 9 not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

outside of the lines

Lines are drawn around my heart
I dwell within the maze
Some are bold and some are bent,
A few are dim beneath the haze.

The deepest line holds close my faith,
And is the line I will not cross.
The finer lines are questionable.
Would a reach beyond be worth the cost?

One retains my self-respect.
Another holds back tears.
A lesson learned, a truth revealed,
Etched upon my heart throughout the years.

In humility I drew the line
That closes off my heart.
This line of fear I hope one day
Another’s heart will set apart.

February 9, 2001

Epiphany

The view when I look behind...







The view as I look forward...