A legalistic upbringing made her feel caged in. “It’s my body, my life. I can do as I want.” Told, “I wish you were never born”. “I am unwanted.” Abandoned. Left. “I am scared of being alone. I have to be with someone.” Sidelined while they fought their battles. “I mustn’t deserve love.” An alcoholic […]
Cognitive neuroscientists tell us that our brains are wired for love, meaning we are designed to function best emotionally and mentally in the safe environment of love (Dr. Caroline Leaf). When we have a bad experience of love, when emotional security is threatened or absent, and we face difficult circumstances, our emotions and thoughts spin out of […]
Hosea was a prophet of God that loved a prostitute. Her name was Gomer. His love was perfect for her. It was love her as the Lord loves kind of love, and though she kept going back to her old way of life, and her old lovers, the love he had for her lacked nothing, could […]
The famous Beatles song, All You Need Is Love, has the kind of lyrics and beat that whenever I hear it, it gets stuck in my head. I really only know the chorus, All you need is love, all you need is love, all you need is love, love, love is all you need. There […]
Power, riches, knowledge– all things we may think of and desire if we were offered a world without limits. This is at least what we have come to believe is desirable, and what is portrayed in our world. I recently watched a movie called Limitless. Eddie (Bradley Cooper) is given a drug that enhances his mind, which opens […]
I am homesick for a place I am not sure even exists. One where my heart is full. My body loved. And my soul understood. Melissa Cox My life was a wandering; I never had a homeland. It was a matter of being constantly tossed about, without rest; nowhere and never did I find a […]
Hosea, the story from where this Blog all started, was asked to love a girl – a prostitute – ruined and hurt by love, and he did, he loved her. Though loved with a deep and perfect love, this girl kept going back to her other lovers. She was so uncomfortable and wary of a Hosea […]
Though grief has changed it shape, it still remains. Things are calmer now. Years have passed… The memory of losing our first son, well into the second trimester of my pregnancy, continues to this day as guarded treasure stored deep within, in a place that contains no other memory as precious as this. It is […]
Incapable, unable, impossible, unfathomable… whatever word you choose, or whatever way you determine it, or try to measure it, it cannot be done. “And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though […]
Several years ago, I walked in off the street into what I thought was a little florist boutique. It was Valentine’s week, the week that is one of the busiest on a florist’s yearly calendar. I just wanted to volunteer and be amongst it all. Of course, they were very happy to have my help. […]