residence
fear and wandering
quiet and tears
the breathtaking moments when God transforms
light enters
and truth takes residence in my heart
[have you read {quiet} God?]
fear and wandering
quiet and tears
the breathtaking moments when God transforms
light enters
and truth takes residence in my heart
[have you read {quiet} God?]
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Screaming would help, I think. I glare at the bucket in my hands. Years of training help me set it down gently but everything in me wants to crash it against the wall. Who feels graceful when they’ve been informed of failure? Who feels gentle when they’ve been wounded? I walk out of the barn…
Indian summer is upon us. The warm November sun, fresh bales of fourth and fifth cutting hay all giving bursts of energy. Maybe this year, maybe, we can be ready for snow. My red Ford “car-truck” as my husband affectionately calls it, is piled high with firewood. The combine, the hay wagons, the baler… they…
We went to town that night, in search of a new pair of sneakers. His old ones were wore right through. I was exhausted but wide-awake. My body flip-flopping between anxious stomach-wrenching questions and calm reassuring promises. It had been quite the week. Two funerals, a lot of thoughts, mourning a failed adoption, migraine headaches. He…
It’s my father’s voice when I answer. His resigned tones that shudder over the phone line. Words that I have never heard before are read from a medical report. Two words that I know well scream from the shuffled pages. Cancer. Invasive. How dare cancer invade my mother’s body? I would do anything- crawl inside her and…
I remember the day of our seventh anniversary. I woke up, looked around and found my husband watching me. He smiled. “Has it really been seven years?” It had. Years that flutter away with the spinning of time. Years I pray are simply the beginning of a lifetime. Anna, daughter of Phanuel of the tribe…
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Found quiet God yesterday. Thank you!
oh yes…yes and amen. thank you for words of life, and thanks for linking up!
So thankful for HIs transforming Word! Where would I be without it?
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