Category: prodigals
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Holiday resolve 🌟❄🌟❄🌟
he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge – Charles Dickens
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How we roll🌼
I was thinking about this with Jesus this morning.I want to be like this in my relationships. You know?OpenTrustingNo defense Because that’s how I rollNot because the world is perfectly safe That’s how I can be impregnable, unassailable, undefeated.
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Processing…
Some kids that I care about are making bad choices right now. I know Jesus will not blow sunshine about this.He will tell me the truth. Not everything that my kids do as adults is about me But some of it is. I did make some really bad mistakes Especially when the twins (child #4…
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Unfairness
Lord God our Father,No one gets to live on this earth without getting touched by injustice or betrayal. No one. You know about injustice and betrayal–for certain. Two specific things come to mind that I am heartsore over: three betrayals within my own extended family system and/or neighborhood. I’m sorry for hanging on to…
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Real love 💘
I don’t want you to feel false guilt and shame because we didn’t finish that good thing we tried to do. No pressure #ratraces-stink I accept you the way you are. You are my man. I chose YOU twenty-five years ago at a lighthouse in Newport, Oregon. Hitched my wagon to your 🌟 🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻🌷🌻 *No…
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6th step for parents who have abused
I’ve been thinking. About the sixth step. This is hard for parents who’ve abused or neglected their children. There’s stuff back there that I do not want to own. You know? (It’s probably hard for everyone, but I don’t have to repent for everyone–just me.) Step Six“Were entirely ready to have God remove allthese defects…
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Part of the plan
Make your light shine through me ❤️ that was in my devo this morning. I’m so tired because of ~~fill in the blank~~ ! God, You’ve got to do this helpingthedisenfranchisedoftheworld business for me. I feel so distracted and beleaguered by my STUFF!!! Jesus. PapaGod. Holy Spirit. Help me. Help us. Give us power…
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Is that my eye twitchin’? 🌻
We could pre-decide that we’re going to choose people over policies and relationships over rules. What if… …we exhibited patience? …we chose not to be offended? …we quit taking everything so personally? ..we changed the degrading way we talk to others? …we focused on what we did have in common? …we chose the big picture? Let’s…