
Once in a while, there is a moment that catches my breath, as the past four years wave up around me and over me and under me, and I see in a single second just how far God has brought us. Because what is in front of me is a pure, complete, no-doubt-about-it testimony to…
It was a rough day. I walk into my first class (third period) and the kids want to know if I’m mad. I haven’t even said a word yet. Am I mad? No, I’m exhausted. I’m insecure. I don’t know what I’m doing, and their complaints and eye rolls only serve as a constant reminder […]
dear God, let me be patient for your plans to come to light. let me patient for all the work that you still have yet to complete in me. You know my heart. You know my desires. they beat within me, and sometimes it feels as if they beat me. but God. You made me […]
Today I woke up to the neighbors doing some construction on the only wall that separates me from them. To the offbeat rhythm of hammers pounding, I made some coffee, ate my cornflakes, and took a shower. Knowing how typical it is for the pounding to go the entire day, I dug my iPod out […]
I feel emptied, like I don’t have enough of what this life requires. What do you want, you big ol’ bully? I wake up this morning knowing I’ve got a food shopping to do, a big week to prepare for at school. I was absent on Thursday and Friday, so this is the […]
Do justice. Love kindness. Walk humbly.
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