Weekly Devotional – Embracing Life

Weekly Devotional – Embracing Life

Embracing Life Abracadabra, fiddle dee dee today I’ve had so many nice things done for me! What do I do with this goodness such incomparable kindness in twenty-four hours? What will I do with this mysterious joy that flows from the depths of my soul in praises? How...
Weekly Devotional – Embracing Life

Weekly Devotional – Set Aside Doldrums

Set Aside Doldrums Muted browns and greys have a tendency to sap my spirit as the brush is dipped solely in earth-tones on the neighborhood canvas before the first snow of 2022 falls here we survive the darkness by awaiting the spectacular moment when the horizon...
Weekly Devotional – Embracing Life

Weekly Devotional – Listen to the Whispers

Listen to the Whispers Besides the sturdy oak trees most of the leaves have fallen. Although we’ve walked these paths hundreds of times everything looks strange and new. Without the foliage I dream up angels perched upon the limbs protecting passers-by and whispering...
Weekly Devotional – Embracing Life

An Attitude of Gratitude

Forgiveness Out of the many ways I can think to forgive it’s eased by pretending this offending act never occurred. I like you as before. Or print the name as prayer to give to God and never take it back when irked again. Stupid things I’ve done come to mind so I let...
Weekly Devotional – Embracing Life

Weekly Devotional – All Saints Day

Are You There? When settling in beneath the starry sky feeling as though I’m an incredibly minute dot in this universe yet unified with it in humility my arms raise and I fall to my knees soul feeling wild, free as the seagull. Experiencing in this holy moment only...
Weekly Devotional – Embracing Life

Weekly Devotional – A Boy in Solitude

A Boy in Solitude Feeling lonely and scared, this shaggy haired boy plants himself on a mossy log in the woods pondering “What did I do to deserve this life of mine?” Feeling the weight of parents’ expectations nearly as high as this old tree, her bare branches...
Weekly Devotional – Embracing Life

Weekly Devotional – Autumn Stillness

Be Still Trunks swaying in the swift winds no one remains stable whether seated on the bench or stepping carefully on the stone path of the labyrinth. This faithful woman bows her head, and as she trusts and prays the stress of the past week loses power and disappears...