Monthly Archives: November 2015

Absorbed and exhausted…. seeking hope in Advent!

Romans 13:11-14 But make sure that you don’t get so absorbed and exhausted in taking care of all your day-by-day obligations that you lose track of the time and doze off, oblivious to God. The night is about over, dawn … Continue reading

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The invitation

boldly and bravely she opened her heart and called out to the light, come, come light, come, enter my darkness,  the shadowned recesses of my heart, flood the centre fill the corners, come, come expose the blackened spots I long … Continue reading

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Sensing advent stirring. …

How long must we wait, How long must we yearn groaning  deeply with sighs inexpressible knowing there is more, there will be more than we now know, knowing when we  reach for wholeness, when we brush our finger tips gently … Continue reading

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Advent longings on a dark night…

All is empty here, and quiet, darkness wraps the house, while with icy intent the wind breathes through the branches by my window…   I gaze into the velvet blue black sky, searching, seeking, but no stars glint through the … Continue reading

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Break over us, break in us ( a prayer)

Are our ears so full of Jingle Bells, and generic carol muzak that we fail to hear the threats of war? + Are our Christmas gift lists, cards, and menus so important, so pressing, that we fail to see Christ … Continue reading

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Where tears can’t stop….

There is a place in God’s heart where tears can’t stop. Tears for the broken, the weary, the downtrodden. Tears for those who have no voices, no one to care. Tears for the hungry, the empty, the destitute, the abused, … Continue reading

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A new day (praying towards advent)

another time is coming, a new day lies just over the horizon, a time when glory unveiled will fill the skies, when divisions will fall and fail, the broken will be made whole, the sick will be healed, and tears … Continue reading

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Do you see… (speaking to my soul)

just as I am, but who am I? Who am I with you, who am I without you… do you see me, the depths of my soul? the beat of my heart? do you hear my longings, my yearnings, the … Continue reading

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Prodigal

knowing I am known I come, expecting judgement, my knees tremble, and my heart beats wildly, as I quake and tremble within, I have come, returned, for my need is great, I bring doubts and fears, and carry self-condemnation as … Continue reading

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