Tag Archives: faith

Nothing but . . .

Posted on February 21, 2024 by apronheadlilly

He is not a consumer in need of my goats and bulls, my screaming, bloody, placating, keeping His wrath at bay. Even if it sounds holy, my meagre offerings, my sacrifices that do seem to cost me something, would never … Continue reading →

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Remembering Grey Moments

Posted on January 29, 2024 by apronheadlilly

The whup, whup of the medivac helicopter matched the beat of blood, pulsing in my ears. I couldn’t breathe. My hands were clenched in front of me. A position of prayer, I think. A blur. Help, Jesus. They were talking … Continue reading →

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Footprints . . . I Hate That Poem

Posted on January 8, 2024 by apronheadlilly

“When you see only one set of footprints, it was then I carried you.” I hate that poem. I get the point of it, but when I am struggling to maintain equilibrium and need to know my faith is not … Continue reading →

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What Will People Say?

Posted on January 8, 2024 by apronheadlilly

I taught English for many years, and one assignment I would give my twelfth-grade students close to graduation was to write a list of the things they would want people to say about them at their funerals. Upon completion, and … Continue reading →

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Worth Fighting For

Posted on January 4, 2024 by apronheadlilly

I started in Joshua for my Bible reading to start the year. Once again, I was reminded that God gave the people of Israel the land across the Jordan, but it was not a passive gift. We just had Christmas … Continue reading →

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Things Old and New

Posted on July 31, 2023 by apronheadlilly

Psalm 49: 3-4 plus . . . My mouth shall speak wisdom –wise words, tough truths passed down by generations of the faith-filled, the Spirit led and the meditation of my heart –the thinking, the praying, the thought-struggling shall give … Continue reading →

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And So I Wait

Posted on July 3, 2023 by apronheadlilly

Is it idiocy in trying to find a theodicy that clearly reflects and defines the Divine—His world and His relationship to it, a belief that clearly explains the pain, the in-the-trenches plodding of life, the gut-wrenching sorrows bookended . . … Continue reading →

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All These Things

Posted on April 10, 2023 by apronheadlilly

All these things that decorate my home, things I have created with passion and energy, skill and sometimes surprising serendipity: They color my home with warmth and visual pleasure. They still bring me joy and satisfaction, remembering those phases of … Continue reading →

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Run To

Posted on January 27, 2023 by apronheadlilly

It’s like dead weight being dragged along behind, hindering the Now that has its own trouble enough. How to forgive. How to forget. Must; and yet . . . I think it’s finished, this letting go jazz; but then, all … Continue reading →

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Another New Year

Posted on January 2, 2023 by apronheadlilly

N ow is the time to take stock, to E valuate choices made—to right W rongs, to plan a way forward that Y earns to see others needs as E ven more important than the A ll-consuming passions of the … Continue reading →

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