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Hope Pulled Off a Shelf

“It’s been a rough morning,” I say to the Lord. “I can’t seem to find my place. God, I’m mad at you.  I’m mad.  No reason. I just am.” “I know,” he answers. “I knew before you did.” I keep…

The Refreshing

No picnic bench today.  As I entered into worship in my sauna time, I slipped into a natural hot springs with my Lord.  It was in a beautiful setting.  We sat looking at one another, gazing without words.  He reminded…

Dear Time

To kick off the new year, I offer something a little different today: my love letter to time.   Dear Time, If I could hold you in my hands I would do so gently. I would caress the curves in…

The Mountain Before Me

Before I entered the meadow today, I saw a brief vision of me scaling a mountain.  A tall, very tall mountain.  I felt overwhelmed. I walked to the picnic bench where my Lord was sitting, waiting for me.  In the…

Breathing Deep

Sauna time, and the visions come streaming . . . (sung to the tune of Summertime) I walked cheerfully to our picnic bench and greeted the Lord. “Breathe deeply,” he told me.  “Take a deep breath and let it fill…

To Love Without Limits

As I sat in meditation this morning, the Lord said to me, “My love to you is without limit, without measure, without end.  It reaches far beyond what you can see, what you can touch, what you can hear.  But…

I’m Watching You

“I’m watching you,” was what the Lord said to me when I entered our time together.  He was low to the ground, sitting on his heels the way my Vietnamese friend used to do.  That’s a posture that has always…

The Filters

Another day in the sauna, sweating out the old toxins and taking in new meditations with the Lord.  Today in the spirit I saw myself stumble into the garden where the Lord was sitting.  “I can’t seem to walk straight,”…

A Good Cry

I had a brief workout on my arms today – brief because I got muscle cramps in my right arm after about two minutes on the weight machines.  ¡Ay Chihuahua!  I moved to the treadmill, and 25 minutes later into…

Learning to Meditate

I walked a 26-minute mile on the treadmill this afternoon and then followed it with a sweat-out in the dry sauna.  What bliss!  I told the Lord I would use the time in the sauna for worship and communion with…