HEART'S CRY

Home I've been away from you for a few days... And am happy to see you. You are little and worn out and needing repair. Frumpy and eclectic. I look around and what do I see? Repairs and maintenance and to do's galore... You can be a little overwhelming. Then I remember... Three little boys playing fort in the basement. Hide and seek with the Boston Terrier chasing them up and down the stairs. Sliding down the stairs. Block castles and barns and farms. The hole in the wall from the skateboard that slid across the floor. Or the blow gun, air soft or dart board wounds. The shed that had been the play house, club house, fort, shop and then garden house. I also see the new insulation & Sheetrock put up by the men in my house. I'll never forget the sounds of laughter and teasing as the "construction" continued. Do we have a lot to do? Absolutely. However, don't ever assess value to my home based on the ma...

This group has amazed me.  I leave gleeful, burdened, hopeful and exasperated. Yep, all at the same time. This night was no different.  Even as I whispered to myself, "Be with" over and over again as I listened to the story, I wept in my heart. Head down.  Eyes turned. Beanie in his hand.  Courageous beyond belief.  He told of what it was like to be a three year old in an orphanage/foster home.  He shared one memory.   He was naughty so they sent him out in the dark to let the monsters get him because that is what happens to naughty boys.  Monsters get them. Monsters and demons have been after him every since.  Terrorizing this little boy hidden behind the tough mask of this man.  A man who adores his children.  He wants the world for them and is terrified of that same world. Incredibly humbled to be in this moment with him.  With the group.   I wish more then anything, they could see themselves, the way I ...

Reading Brendon Burchard's book, "The Charge," has been a painful endeavor.  While I highly recommend the book, it is  challenging to reflect on these ten human drives. I have to admit...I skipped "quite a bit."   The Audiobook gave me a second chance.   Brendon Burchard "hooked me" with the brain research integrated throughout the chapters.  The Drive for Control is an amazing chapter.  Focusing on our outlook and our character.  Directing our focus and effort.  Being aware of how important it is to maintain a "sane and positive perspective about the world, its important to better guard the information you consume."   He continues,  "all that information you are consuming consciously and unconsciously is creating undue stress and unease in your life, and to a degree you probably don't understand.  For every bit of data that comes into your life, you brain attaches meaning and emotion to it.  This...

An interesting dream joined me in waking this morning.  Walking down a trail to a creek with a young family in the midst of struggle.  No clue who this family was.  Where were we going?  What were we doing?  What is this about? I think in pictures and dream in stories!  A story to go with God's lessons to me in "Being With" and walking with. Thinking about Jesus this morning and His life on earth.  God becoming man and walking around this broken, exhausting and amazing world.   He did not "chase people down" to help them them.   He did not expect anyone to cater to Him, but rather He came to serve. He did not have strings attached to His healing and His giving.  Can you imagine Jesus saying, "If I give you fish...you have to go to church," type of thing that drives me nuts. He met people where they were and walked with them.  He was who He was.  He said He was there for one purpose...To Do T...