The Saviour’s yoke Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am gentle and humble in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is soft, and my burden is light. Matthew … Continue reading Gleanings, Summer-Autumn 2023
She felt herself inadequate,clumsy, unable to succeed;always making wrong steps, saying wrong things;not being who she wanted to be. “If thou canst do any thing…”,she pleaded with the Lord;and He did every thing:slowly, quietly, in a wayshe couldn’t see. His power and graceseeped down through her lifeand gathered in her soullike water through soil. Her … Continue reading Becoming
I’ve been struggling lately, like I always do, really, but with moments of respite, with who I am and where I am in life; what’s happening and how and why and all of those life and existential struggles. It pretty much fills my journals! Sorry to whoever has to read them in a hundred years. … Continue reading How life is like the Ancient Greek Games
When you study the lives of Abraham and his descendants, it becomes obvious that they waited a long time for the ‘normal’ milestones of life to occur. Although they lived longer than we do now, the waiting periods were still long, and the relative life stages are comparable enough to ours. Abraham and Sarah were … Continue reading Waiting: Abraham, Rebekah, Jacob, Rachel, Joseph, and Moses did it too
Every so often I have flashes of inspiration, where I get to feel quite different than I usually do about things. I have feelings of generous charity and enlightenedness, and things become clear for a little while. A few moments, usually! But when I write down what I think in those moments, there’s insight that … Continue reading Insights
Peaceable Treasures 