Isn’t it odd that we celebrate pearls as objects of beauty yet they started their journey in a place of pain in the soft flesh of that oyster? Imagine Ollie, the oyster, doing what oysters do, living their aquatic life, sucking the good out of the water passing over their gills, when some foreign object […]
rejection
Peter, Peter
We call him an apostle. Some know him as St. Peter. The Bible mostly refers to him as Peter. But Jesus called him Simon. We have all heard the stories of him being a rough character but bold as brass to boldly preach on the day of Pentecost. For years I have heard the story […]
I am NOT MY STRUGGLE!
I am not my struggle. I am not my weakness. I am not my mistake. I am in process. I make look messy. I may look hopeless. But I am being made beautiful. Seeds die to feed the hungry. Diamonds tumble for a while before they sparkle. The human brain sorts, organizes, and stores information […]
The Unlikelies
The world has a system of evaluating and labeling those “Most Likely to ______.” But God’s ways are not like man’s ways. God chooses the “Most Unlikely Ones” to accomplish His purpose. Aren’t we glad He doesn’t judge as man does? We all have a story. We all have reasons to have been considered “unlikely”… […]
Call Me “Weird” If You Want To
Most of time weird is thought of as “outrageous or whimsically strange.” Not NORMAL. But, it also means “fantastic,” “unearthly,” “supernatural.” But really, who determines normal? Everybody’s definition of normal is subjective to their own interpretation and background. The only perfect person that ever lived was Jesus and by today’s standards, some would have definitely […]