Good morning... "After we let go, what do we do with our own emptiness?" a woman privately asked after my Let Go. Let God. talk with the Lovett Moms In Prayer. "Emptiness - we naturally feel it," I think I said. "Emptiness - we patiently endure it. Emptiness - we quietly wait for God to fill us." Ours [...]
Good morning... Many public schools here in the south began classes on August 1st. Some private schools and colleges began last week, while others begin today. I talked with my brother in Pennsylvania last night, and they don't start school until next Monday. When we grew up in Ohio, the new school year always began after Labor Day. [...]
Good morning... I reminded her of a discerning truth we had learned together years ago. "When you are proceeding from good to better, you will experience God's touch as light and gentle, like a drop of water falling on a sponge," writes Larry Warner on page 153 in Journey With Jesus. If something is not right for now, [...]
Good morning... "It's like a ton of confetti has been unleashed from above," I told a friend yesterday. "This week I feel like I am frozen in one of those celebratory photographs, looking up, wondering how all of these pieces of possibility will fall into place." I texted another friend: "Overwhelmed and excited describes how I feel as [...]
Good morning... This week I have run into one rare word twice, in the thought-provoking image above and in Henri Nouwen's meditation below. Pilgrimage. This is a fresh word found in my everyday life. "A pilgrimage is a journey, often into an unknown or foreign place, where a person goes in search of new or expanded meaning about [...]
Good morning... "Wow!" read her email heading after yesterday's post, Facing Life's Uncertainty. "God knew that I needed your words today. I am paralyzed by uncertainty right now and didn’t even realize it. I’m stuck in the mud of self-pity instead of planting whatever seeds will allow me to find God’s future choices for me. Thank you for [...]
Good morning... "Downtown ATL," she texted, sharing a cloud-layered photo taken from her porch. "Twenty minutes later!" her camera captured a different view. "I marveled at how the city was shrouded," she explained, "and then seen with clarity soon after." Sometimes shrouded, sometimes seen, the city exists in both pictures above. Yet our ability to enjoy [...]
Good morning... "You should write a blog post entitled Cloudy With A Chance Of Sunset," our twenty-one year old son said on the top of the mountain in Steamboat Spring, Colorado. He had worked out west all summer with five friends from The University of Georgia. My husband and I visited, seeing his place of employment, enjoying with [...]
Good morning... "Love that reading and your message," a friend wrote after yesterday's post, A Weekend Of Waiting. "Reminds me of the Sue Monk Kidd’s book, When the Heart Waits. Peace be with you." "Good morning, Sue," wrote another loyal reader. "I love the beautiful quote you shared: 'Strive to be one of the few who walk this [...]
Good morning... Daily I am fed by writers pouring hard, beautiful words into my inbox. My gut nods in agreement, "This truly is true." The wisdom of Betty Skinner, shared above, mysteriously mingles with words from Kate Bowler this week. Your world has shrunk. Pain or grief or fear has sucked up every bit of oxygen from the [...]
