A Beggar at Heaven’s Gate

A Beggar at Heaven’s Gate

She stumbled to the gate, her soul broken and tattered. Her hands grasped for the gate as her knees collapsed, and they smacked the floor. She couldn’t speak. Her mouth was dry, her strength had faded, and her words had run out. Her feeble self, in contrast to...

Fighting the Fear of Trusting

I’d gotten to Virginia Beach earlier than I anticipated. Since my former roommate and host wasn’t home, I decided to meet a former coworker in the parking lot of the place I once worked. After catching up a bit, I noticed a car in the parking lot, “Oh hey, isn’t that...

Why A Grave?

I’ve been thinking a lot about this… Of all the ways for God the Father to prove His Lordship, why did He choose to lose His son to the grave?  He could have done it a million other ways, yet He chose the most painful, the most devastating, the most...

In Uncharted Territory What Should We Do?

In the LORD’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water that he channels toward all who please him. Proverbs 21:1 He changes times and seasons; he deposes kings and raises up others. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. Daniel 2:21...

You Lose But You Gain!

Please go… I could feel my personal space begin to close… Why?! Why do you catch me when everything is shut off. Why do you interrupt my silence? Haven’t you done enough? Taken enough? Why do you keep coming back? Slowly walking towards me, I try and...