“The one and only deliverance is when you see yourself as being utterly hopeless.”   Watchman Nee

A few years back I used to listen to a funky tune which sang about “fake” persons. The lyrics really hit a nerve center in my brain. It went like…
You’re a fake, baby, you can’t conceal it
Know how I know, cause I can feel it
You’re a fake, baby, no rhyme or reason
Cause in your mind, [...]

“Love can touch us one time, and last for a lifetime”….from a song famously sung by Celine Dion soundtrack from the movie Titantic.
I have to admit I have never “heard” this song until today. Sure, it’s played over and over on hundreds of media channels, but my ears were closed to its message until now. [...]

We can imagine monarchs to have many responsibilities, both now and in times past. I don’t think I would find it enriching to my lifestyle to have all the people of my land come to me for guidance and direction. I can barely find my way to my car some mornings; imagine even a few [...]

My auto pilot engaged early this afternoon because I cannot remember anything about my drive home. Thinking back it just seems like some distant thought that flitted in and out of my mind. I had some things to unload from the car and one of the bags tore, leaving glass shards about the driveway; the [...]

I am a woman who is deeply in love with one I have never laid my eyes upon. He is merely written upon my heart. I know Him to be as real as the sun or the moon, distant to my physical touch, but very real in existence.
1 John 4:12-13 “No one has seen God [...]

I like to keep fresh flowers on my table, it just brightens up the atmosphere I think. The variety of colors, textures, smells and romance of having them just fascinates me. Wild flowers are wonderful but I don’t bring these home. Seeing them in their fields of splendor is plenty intoxicating to my senses.
Sadly time [...]

There is something interesting when you wander neighborhoods at night. Most of the world is resting to some degree. This is when I can again be alone in public. I am drawn to the contrast of darkness being lit up by the street lights lining a thoroughfare. The occasional car which passes leaves a trail [...]

The conversations around me are very interesting but I also enjoy listening to those who will avail themselves for one on one chats. Most of these can be engaging but occasionally it’s all I can do not be obvious I’ve long ago checked out of the discussion. My discipline to stay fully alert has not [...]

Jesus prayed these words….
John 17:21 “that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent me”

John 17:26 “And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with [...]