Good morning... "Take your sails out of their wind." I am not sure when I first heard this wise phrase, but I am learning to put it into practice regularly. When the fierce winds of crazy conflict start picking up speed inside and around us, we take down our sails. When anxious winds begin gusting hard in our direction, do [...]
Good morning... I recently told this story off the top of my head, but it is much more meaningful when read from the book. "Connie's son started wearing an earring. She became annoyed and told her husband, 'I'm going to pray his ears bleed!' But as her prayers took on the contemplative tone of surrendering instead of managing and [...]
Good morning... Collaging my journal at our With God Weather Life retreat, I cut from a magazine this poignant poem and pasted it on the inner flap of my journal's front cover. These words hold up for us a meaningful mirror as we examine our hearts this first day of December. ****** Morning Chores by Joann Nesser I pick [...]
Good morning... "Grief is just love with nowhere to go," lingers a line from his recent funeral. When we are face to face, we can show love. We can share love. We can express love. We can receive love. We can shower love. We can speak love. We can exchange love. We can hear love. We can touch love. [...]
Good morning... "Breath prayers" quiet our buzzing thoughts, thoughts swarming like mosquitos in the mayhem of our mind. After reading this wisdom in yesterday's post, she wrote: "Thank you for this lesson. I guide my yoga class with what I like to call 'sacred breath' and so appreciate your mantras. It's helpful to have concise thoughts - even just two [...]
Good morning... Morning after morning, I choose a different coffee mug for a different reason. Today I sip from a big, blue mug bearing the words: "Donut Hole - Established in 1978." A few years back, our 22-year-old son and I bought matching keepsakes after enjoying a yummy breakfast at the Donut Hole restaurant near Rosemary Beach, Florida. I [...]
Good morning... Practically, what does it look like to inhale the breath of God before exhaling unselfish love? Yesterday's post, Breathe God In And Out, ends with a Scripture verse. The next chapter in our Bible is 1 Corinthians 13, a chapter best known as the "love chapter." Let's personalize these words in a meaningful way as we prepare [...]
Good Morning... "I do LOVE this soaking analogy!" a dear friend wrote after yesterday's post, "Soaking. Still." She continued: "I wanted to share this God moment with you, urging me to soak:) Before I read your devotional, I read my Jesus Calling devotional, which led me to this verse: The Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in [...]
Good Morning... Many of you loved our recent post "Soak Like a Sponge" and, as I have been resting in the wisdom, I have felt a new facet of truth lift to my awareness. Another definition of "soak" is to extract a stain by immersion in a powerful liquid. To remove a stain by submerging soiled fabric in a cleaning [...]
Good Morning... This month, our Listening Groups have been soaking the union of 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 and 1 John 4:16. Mixed together, these Scriptures describe to us God's caring, constant character. God is patient, God is kind. He does not envy, does not boast, is not proud. He does not dishonor others, is not self-seeking, is not easily angered, keeps no records [...]
