Throughout my walk with Jesus, I have struggled with the spiritual practice of prayer. I’ve long held a love for God’s Word, devoting time, and energy to careful study, opening my Bible with enthusiasm and expectation. However, my prayer life waxes and wanes. In the Middle Whether I’m in the mundane middle, the grimy trench, or the sun-bathed hilltop, my…
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When You Struggle to Pray
Lord, are we done?
“Lord, are we done? Is this it?” For the last 7-8 years, I have whispered these words in prayer to God in slow seasons and times of recovery from surgery and times when I was discouraged by a diminishing of energy or physical limitations (two surgeries from falls) and just plain seeing the wrinkles on my face! In these recent…
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Tending for Abundance
Walking in my garden at the break of dawn is a sweet joy. As the gravel crunches underneath my feet, the faint scent of ripe tomatoes join the delicate vanilla-like fragrance of white simplicity roses. This early morning ritual is a gentle but gratifying pleasure and never more so than in midsummer when the garden is at its most abundant….
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Taste & See
“O, taste and see that the Lord is good; Blessed is the woman who takes refuge in Him!” Psalm 34:8 The coming of a new season brings with it renewed energy and vision for what pleasures and surprises are waiting to be discovered. In this season of summer, our thoughts turn to a more leisurely pace, more time with family…
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Never Relax His Hold
When my baby was nine-months-old, I attended a women’s retreat for a day. I bounced my son on my hip and smiled on the outside, yet inwardly I felt like I was drowning. Anxiety and postpartum depression were wreaking havoc in my life. My body ached like that of an eighty-five-year-old, but even worse than that was the deep loneliness…
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