What a beautiful day-rainy and quiet. I got up to trumpets, but settled into making sounds with Himalayan pipes-soft and restful. Think I’ll linger in this place of peace for awhile, then make myself a cup of tea, and maybe catch up on White. I haven’t forgotten you, Scribie. Just been waiting for all the activity around me to fall away, so I ( Read more... )

Sometimes, I think the whole reason we’re here is so simple. We’re here just to love and be loved by God. The little moments throughout my life when I’ve felt his love are so overwhelmingly beautiful-moments of such light and joy. When dreams are filled with dark places, and I can’t find a way out-when life is filled with shadows, it is those ( Read more... )

“Today if you hear my voice, do not harden your hearts….” Heb 4:7I awoke early. Not quite enough sleep, but I had a bit of insomnia-pain in my legs, and felt alert and ready to get up. Then my thoughts began to gather, and I found my Ragnarok gaming characters going around in my head-levels, quests, etc. I tried to think of something else, but ( Read more... )

It’s a battle of faith.

It’s time for me to sit in the sunset….

but I fight it….
why….
because I don’t know what to do there…
I’m afraid I’ll be asked to do something I can’t do….
I don’t have to do anything…He’ll do it all
Or worse…I’m afraid nothing will happen
It doesn’t matter…let go of the “doing” mentality
but I’m nervous….fearful
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blueberries-sitting in the sun ( Read more... )

I once heard the analogy that, sometimes, walking with God was like walking down a pathway in the dark with a flashlight. There was only just enough light to see where you should take the next step ( Read more... )

I am 29 years old, living by the Hoosic River in Massachusetts ( Read more... )