I am the Bread of life. John 6:48 “I am the bread of life.” You tell us this, offering the gift of your body, your life, your all, broken open, held out for us to receive. Or reject. You wait. Here, standing before us, love broken open, you wait. With unending patience, you wait. Is there a love more vulnerable? A gift more intimate? I catch my breath, and … [Read more...] about Broken Open

In returning to Me and resting you shall be saved; in quietness and confident trust is your strength. But you were not willing. You said, ‘No, we will flee on horses… A thousand of you will flee at the threat of one… Therefore the Lord waits and longs to be gracious to you, He waits on high to have compassion on you. Isaiah 30:15-18 (AMP) “Return,” You call. You invite. You … [Read more...] about Return

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:14 Have you ever rested for a moment on some couch or bed and thought about the universe of solar systems moving and singing and carrying on beyond your knowing? Not the universe outside of you. I mean the one you carry around with you— the one that carries you. The suns and moons and stars that exist inside … [Read more...] about The Wonder

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life…look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Matthew 6:25-26 I stood at the kitchen counter, grinding coffee to brew a fresh pot for my family— my mind spinning with the grinder. But my whirling thoughts produced nothing … [Read more...] about Whirling

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Matthew 5:4 I was grieving— alone in prayer when I sensed the Spirit asking me to place my breaking heart into God’s hands. With some hesitation, I responded to this strange request. What I saw next surprised me. I expected that God might mend my broken heart, or at least hold it together. Instead, God took and … [Read more...] about Broken Hearted

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 6:3 When I have known a poverty of health— robbed of ease and certainty— into this stripped down bones of a home rushed moments of hushed and holy wonder at the gift of simply being able to breathe. When I have known a poverty of answers— despoiled for a time of self-righteousness and pride— into this … [Read more...] about Blessed Poverty

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. Isaiah 60:1 Light, You know no containment fill all spaces ascending, diffusing cascading down around us all streaming over rock and field rivering through every crack to bore beyond wall and door pressing hope against our unseeing eyes gently waking our skin waiting to … [Read more...] about Light