As the sea tide comes into the shore, the sun sits just above the horizon, peeking through clouds, turning the sky golden, and the water silvery-white.

Still be my vision

  • Post category:Trauma and Grief
  • Post last modified:March 13, 2024

Mini-post. A prayer song that gave me words when I had none.

Girl with eyes closed, arms raised and hands holding her hair away from her face - feeling the breeze, and breathing

Breath of God – key to life

Receiving and releasing the Breath of God is key to getting the toxins out and the life-giving stuff in, no matter what you're going through.

Weathered wooden signpost, with weathered blue arrow pointing right

12 signposts on the journey to rest

I’ve learned a lot about rest from people in Scripture. Seeing their lives with fresh eyes, I’ve seen things I had not realized: How blessed rest is. How different it looks from what we often think. How much in our lives can keep us from it. Here are 12 “signposts” pointing us to rest, signposts placed on the path by people who came before.

Map of Europe that shows the western part of the Soviet Union and the places there where I went in 1991.

From the Black Sea to Red Square

Thirty years after I first heard this song - and visited these places - I'm listening again and crying and praying again for the peoples of Ukraine and Russia.

Woman on mountaintop, above the clouds. She stands with her feet toward the camera, but her face turned away into the wind, as she looks out on the clouds behind and below her.

I will change your name

No longer wounded, outcast, lonely, afraid - your new name shall be Confidence, Joyfulness, Overcoming one, Faithfulness, Friend of God, One who seeks My face.

Diamond in the dark

Treasure hunting

A treasure sought is a treasure treasured. Please do not miss out on the astounding gifts God wants to give you, because you think you’re too busy to pay attention to his inner nudge.

The wedding dance of a bride and groom

Dance with me, O Lover of my soul

Learning to dance with God means being vulnerable, flexible, brave, as he frees us from the paralysis of the religious and teaches us to move in sync with him.

Hand held out, open, in the light - letting go of the sand falling through its fingers

I let go

"I let go of all I have just to have all of You." - A song that has encouraged me in the night, "Worth It All," Meredith Andrews

Pink-white dove with gray-tipped wings, caught in flight

Not by might

A beautiful song and a powerful word that have encouraged me in the night. - "Not by Might (By My Spirit)," Eden's Bridge