The Deer


I watched helpless yesterday, as three dogs killed a deer on the other side of  the rushing water.  No sticks to throw.  No voice loud enough to drive them off.  No stones on the muddy bank to throw.  No gun.  And, in the end, there was no hope for the deer as she thrashed bellowing … Continue reading →

Mud of His Making


He set His feet in a mud of His making. And offered us Himself for the taking. By word and deed He left His mark. And in His hand we find that spark. Is love what He is, that we might live? Then dare we not follow, that same love to give. Set our feet … Continue reading →

Untouchable.


A cloud drifts across the sky.  Silent, untouchable, distant, and beyond our understanding.  Watch how it moves from your sight.  The cloud neither cares that you see it, nor that you ponder it.  It is simply obeying. So it will be for the one who finds the will of God.  Moving as one driven by … Continue reading →

The Beauty of Night.


The beauty of night; shadows and no color. And I thank You that I am alive to See it. The beauty of faith; shadows and no color. And I thank You that I am Alive to See it. By His Grace.

A twig of Flame.


I woke and rekindled the fire.  And as my bones warmed, I pondered the fate of the tree before me.  At one time it was a sprout.  What happened to that tree, and what went on around it, only God knows.  But the time came when it was cut down.  Perhaps a man cut it … Continue reading →