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With Thanks for Psalm 119:10 and Peter’s Walk on the Water*
After the fall, there is the rescue and the relief and the peace that come from salvation – and that is glorious – oh so glorious – right up to the moment when distraction appears in the form of a tidal wave or even a tiny weed in the freshly tilled garden. The gloriousness balloon…
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The Wall
Bricks – so many – held firmly in place – by layers and layers of cold dry cement. However did I find the time the energy the strength to construct such a monstrous barrier? I suppose I cannot take all the credit. Satan knows all the best contractors.
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The Refuge
The refuge is the same – this space this bedroom and kitchen this bath and all the chairs – this place where my mother retreated after a lifetime of hurt and disappointment and fear, and lived out the days she had hoped to live in blessed union on her own, alone, and lonely. Why? I…
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Just Because It Is You*
I fished for days and months and years in deep waters in shallow waters at night in the morning and when the sun hung high. I fished in the rain and when the seas fought back crashing into my boat filling it with the heaviness of salt and grime and discarded trash topping it all…
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The Mirror
I have wiped clean the mirror of my soul. It is sparkling with diamonds of clarity, insight, and Love. All I need to do now is stop diverting my eyes from the Truth in my reflection.
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Forgive Me, God
Forgive me, God, for my distraction in prayer – and even as I write these words! Forgive me, God, for allowing the world to enter into our time together and keep me from communion with You. Forgive me, God, for writing these words to alleviate my guilt and move on with my day. Forgive me,…
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For What Shall I Pray?
What is my prayer for this day, God? You know me and all that I need better than I know myself. For what shall I pray? Confidence. Courage. Clarity. Grace. Compassion. Bless me, God, my Father, with these things; that I may walk through this day in Your Light and in Your Love. Through You…
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Where I Am Looking
Oh, the lies you have told keeping me chained to you – they disgust me to my core now as they are revealed as lore. Well, know this now, you enemy of His Grace – I am drowning you out with Truth I am turning instead to His face. It is there – in His…
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Disconnected
Disconnected. Not blocked or buried or lost – just disconnected. You are there – I know You are – and I am not afraid or blind or worried. I am not hopeless or angry or filled with shame – just disconnected. The worst part and the best part of this feeling is that I know…
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Come And Sit With Me
“Come and sit with me.” But there is laundry to fold, and writing to edit. “Come and sit with me.” But there are meetings to attend, and others to help. “Come and sit with me.” But I must answer those emails, and clean up the house. “Come and sit with me.” But I did that…
Jessica L. Morris
The seeking is everything…
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