Tag: love
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Self Love
A theme I’ve been contemplating—or rather one that has arrested me—is the notion of self. How we conflate our self with our flesh…to concepts quite related yet very much different. The soul has an option, to do what it wills to do and follow the flesh; or, to do as God wills it to do […]
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My Words
I missed April 30th—sometimes I hit a mental swirl of death, not unlike that horrible grinding of an old laptop that’s on its last leg. It’s these hormones. Meanwhile, I wrote this one quite a while ago, it was inspired by this simple phrase written by someone else altogether, seen below (click the link in […]
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Love and Life Unfair
I lost a meter in this one. I don’t even know if that’s a thing. It just felt right, so I did it. And isn’t that all poetry really is? A feeling that tracks perfectly in the moment? That captures the intensity exactly, like photography with words? That’s the beauty of written language. You decide […]
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What Is in a Name
I wrote this one on behalf of people who are tired of arguing with that one person whom you love very much but who never seems to “get it.” Who likes to pick fights then play the victim. Who has zero self reflection skills, so every problem they encounter is someone else’s fault. They are […]
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Time Heals All Wounds
I have a few more days to throw poems at you! Lol. This one is a favorite. It’s a simple free verse kind of thing. I was thinking about so many complex situations, and this fell into my lap. Does time really heal anything? My answer would be no. The only benefit of time is […]
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I’m a WRETCH Undone | August 2015 (Nashville Now)
I have not always done a good job of showing my daughters how to demonstrate love and caring the way that God has commanded us. In my pursuit of perfection, I have displayed the ugliest of my character traits: inpatience, anger, frustration, meanness, judgment, and depression. Sometimes, I have gone so far as to behave […]
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Respect Yourself.
Respect tasted better than attention Anonymous I once read a quote that said, “Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention.” Now I want you to put a pin there because I’m going to come back around to it because this is important. In my 43 years of living, I […]
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How Deep Is Your Love?
I wonder if folks realize this? 🤔 Jesus said to love God with all that you got. EERTHANG, as they say in the Lou. Then to love your neighbor as you love yourself. Easy, yeah? We usually like our neighbors well enough. 🤷🏾♀️ But then Jesus dug down in there and said, “I mean, you […]
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You Need Grace and Mercy, too
I write this one as I sit stewing in a pot of disappointment and unmet expectation. I talk a good game and with the help of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, I walk a decent one despite this henh flesh but sometimes…sometimes the “real slim shady” stands up and clowns. The flesh wrestles me […]
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Won’t God make you clean…INSIDE?
Each summer my children have spent a month or so in Mississippi with my parents, freeing me up to adult in peace and rest from the ever present of pressure of parenthood. I love them, but I appreciate them more–and they appreciate me more–when they’re gone for a little minute. Meanwhile, while they are gone, […]
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