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My Mirror the Punching Bag (Part I)
The Perfectionist’s Lament I will forgive anyone for anything except myself for not being want I to and should be. How I hate the foibles, flaws, and faults I try so hard…
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The Monotony of Suffering
Suffering can be dangerous. The choices we make in suffering can easily alter the course of our lives. There can come a point in one’s time of affliction where we allow ourselves…
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One Smile Away
I am overwhelmed By every glance from you Overcome By attention never anticipated I am overrun By thoughts of what could be And completely overtaken By the memory Of the smile That brought…
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If It Meant…
I would gladly run around In the circles of your silence If it meant One day we would collide And find out what could commence. I will avoid your gaze For as long…
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Timmy and the Angry Balloon
(I wrote this story as a way of helping my nephew see the importance of controlling his temper. I owe a debt to his older brother, Braden, for a significant idea…
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can I still hear You when I’m thinking only of me do I remain righteous even when I am not right can I ask You any question or just the ones with…
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The Lord of the “Whys?”
It is not always in finding the answer but in seeking and finding the One with the answer. It is so easy to get lost in wondering why something happened / didn’t happen,…
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Don’t Worry About “The When”
Romans 4:20-21: He [Abraham] staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he…
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Freshly Fallen Hope (Greeting Card Remix)
Photo by Sarah Evans on Unsplash In the deadness of winter With your blinking thoughts Refusing to yield To anything But the wind and confusion Of disappointment and disillusion In the dreariness of…
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The Blame Game
Are you among those who feel the need to blame someone for your problems, failures, flaws, mistakes, sins, shortcomings, etc.? And is the someone you blame 99% of the time yourself? Well,…