Fear, trust and the storms we cannot control The storm was not imagined. The water was real.The boat was filling.The wind did not carethat we had followed…… Read more “While You Were Sleeping”

Exhaustion, rest and the gentleness of God I thought faithfulnessmeant continuing. One more mile.One more burden.One more prayerspoken through tired lips. So I kept going until even…… Read more “When Strength Was Not Enough”

Failure, restoration and the courage to begin again I went backto what I knew. The boat.The water.The nets between my hands. Perhaps I thoughtthe old life would…… Read more “Casting the Net Again”

Grief, absence and the promise of resurrectionThe chair is still there.I have not moved it.Perhaps because moving itwould admit somethingmy heart already knows.You are gone. There are…… Read more “The Empty Chair”

Failure, fear and the moment we see ourselves clearly I said I would stay. When others fled,I would remain. When courage failed them,mine would hold. I believed…… Read more “Before the Rooster Cried”

Prayer, waiting and the silence of God I prayed. Not once,but until the wordsbecame familiar. Morning came.Then evening. Still nothing. No answer.No sign.No sudden peaceto tell me…… Read more “When Heaven Seemed Silent”

Guilt, repentance and the mercy of God I carried itlong after You asked meto put it down. I called it regret. But beneath the softer wordwas something…… Read more “The Weight I Would Not Lay Down”

Mortality, divine breath and what it means to be alive I am made of ordinary things. The earth beneath my feetholds the same elementsthat run through me.…… Read more “Dust That Learned to Breathe”

Wandering, distance and the presence of God I thought that I had left Yousomewhere behind me. Perhaps beside a prayerI stopped praying,or on the roadwhere certainty became…… Read more “The God Who Stayed”