In Quietness I Wait
Good morning... "Loved your reflection, Sue," after yesterday's post, The Perfect Getaway. "The amazing power (His not ours) of being still and truly listening! And now God speaks in stereo as I screen shot the verse I happened upon late last night." "The LORD will fight for you; you need only be still," says Exodus 14:14. In stillness, right now, I am drawn back to a song I met while on spiritual retreat [...]
The Perfect Getaway
Good morning... When the Spirit nudges me awake in the middle of the night, our home is very quiet. I hear the air conditioner kick in to cool off. I notice the rhythmic breath of our sleeping dogs. I pick up the campy conversation of hidden insects outside. Deepening into the now of now, this sweet, still silence amplifies my private pondering. "Ah prayer!" writes Dom Helder Camara. "It's there every instant of [...]
Kids Fighting Cancer
Good morning... For the first time since the pandemic began, four out of five of us caught up face to face. Having met many years ago in our living room during a Friday morning Bible study, we call ourselves the "Fab Five friends." Constantly connected, we love supporting our friend whose daughter, Audrey, has been fighting cancer off and on since she was five and half years old. Turning seventeen in June, Audrey [...]
A Lifetime Of Letting Go
Good morning... "Good morning, Sue," she wrote after yesterday's blog post, Letting A Child Go. "A friend sent this article to me right before we sent our oldest son to college. I have since shared it with many friends who have been encouraged by the wisdom, so thought I’d pass it on to you in case you think it might also be an encouragement to your friend who is letting her child go." [...]
Letting A Child Go
Good morning... "Wow Sue," she emailed after last week's blog, Facing Life's Uncertainty. "I continue to marvel at how you seem to write posts that I always need…it’s God looking out for me through you, I just know it. So, it’s exactly five days before I drop off our daughter at college. Sky high is the amount of anxiety we both have with the 'uncertainty' of how college will be. How sorority rush [...]
Our Unknown Needs Are Met
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 the nudge!" "Awesome," I replied. "God gives us daily gifts, gifts we often don’t even [...]
Facing Life’s Uncertainty
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 the stunning silhouette is dependent on factors beyond our control. We are powerless over the [...]
Cloudy With A Chance Of Sunset
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 him the hikes and the views, the rodeo and the restaurants, the fly fishing and [...]
I Believe In The Sun
Good morning... "Please don't miss 'I Believe' by Mark Miller on YouTube," she wrote after yesterday's post, When God Seems Silent. "So thankful for your commitment to sharing your love of scripture." I enjoyed the adventure of researching various versions of this powerful song. The following rendition by Schola Diffusa (Latin for "dispersed choir") was performed from the singers' homes — in January 2021 — during the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic. [...]
When God Seems Silent
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 earth with the ever present realization - every morning, noon and night - that the [...]
A Weekend Of Waiting
Good morning... This was a weekend of waiting. Waiting for a teenager's scan results. Waiting for a baby's birth. Waiting for my mom's broken leg to heal. Waiting for a loved one's transition to heaven. Waiting for deadly flood waters to recede. Waiting for raging fires to cease. Waiting for this ugly war to end. Waiting for the school year to begin. Waiting for July to flip to August. Waiting for clarity, answers, [...]
Two Special Toddlers
Good morning... My parents in Ohio donated $25 to PAWkids (a non-profit in downtown Atlanta) in honor of 3-year-old Ludvig, who is battling cancer in Oslo, Norway. Wow, what an opening sentence - Ohio, Georgia, Norway. Look at God's creative web of connectivity! This seed money became a magnet for the generosity of many and, through individual donations of $10, $25, $50, $100, $200, our written word community raised enough money for the [...]