upon hills

take the hills!

it's where

 help

and 

 good news

come

from

take the hills!

it's where 

God meets his people

take the hills!

take the hills!

take the hills!

even

when

you

are

slow.

I was inspired to write this by my seventeen-minute-per-mile pace up this hill today. Thank you, pace. Where are you seeing inspiration in the mundane today?

linking with kelly, laura, jen, jennifer, barbie, sharita, holley

by the chimney with care

i climb through the garden fence
one last bucket of peppers
in hand
the sun is hot like summer but i know
it's winding down,
the nighttime cricket chorus confirms it....
i dread
the wan light of the days to come
but hope is dread's antonym
and fall and winter bring
their own joys in which to hope
bright leaves
shopping
jingle bells
snow
savory meals
a perhaps trip to the dominican
it's my choice,
hope or dread
joy or complaining
it's my choice,
where my mind dwells
paul exhorts -
whatever is true,
whatever is honorable,
whatever is just,
whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely,
whatever is commendable,
if there is any excellence,
if there is anything worthy of praise,
think about these things
so would it be horrible to hang
my stockings in september?

how do you feel about fall and winter?
746. lunch with siblings
747. colleagues
748. gathering round the living room for bible study
749. son playing music in church
750. my girl, the one i mentor
751. clothes on the clothesline
752. football games
753. my husband, who makes me laugh everyday
754. a document camera at work

linking with -

michelle for hear it monday, use it on sunday, ann for 1000 gifts, l.l. for on, in, and around mondays

joan for sharing his beauty, laura for playdates with god, elaine for miss elaine-ous monday, jen for soli deo gloria shanda for on your heart tuesdays and kat for titus 2 tuesdays

jiggers, shoeless children and a remedy


 

an african child suffering jiggers
(photo credit)

coastal living for one week with my family

(twenty-six of us)
and i counted our shoes
ninety-eight pairs
strewn carelessly about the
living rooms
and
landings
and
bedrooms
but this child pictured?

not one
to protect him from
jiggers
and
infections
and
pain
and
this wrecks me
but

remedy arose in sole hope
and we found ourselves gathered round
empty supper table
cutting shoes
that ugandan seamstresses
will assemble
for
the
children
and this is hope alive


want to know more about hosting your own shoe-cutting party? click here to visit sole hope.

linking with -

jen for god bumps
joy for life:unmasked
grace for FYBF
faith links
beki at the rusted chain for fingerprint friday

michelle for caffeinated randomness

studio jru for sneak peek friday

MIA

i was drying my hair
monday morning
when hope just kind of
took over
(from
my toes up)
making me
smile
i hadn't realized
she was missing
isn't this the face of hope -
a smile in the midst?

haitian woman and her daughters

(DR trip, 2010)

linking up with imperfect prose,  caffeinated randomness, the faith barista jam, in the studio, and fingerprint friday!

seven woes

the first draft of this post
boasted a list of
seven woes
including
change
despair
fear
feeling certain of my age
you know
the usual guest list
for a pity party
i even had the music -
heard barry manilow
at rite-aid
but hope arrived
(even though
i had not invited her)
and cleared the room
and the evening looks
brighter
now

so, did you read the title and think i was writing on revelation?

linking up with emily for imperfect prose.













and tiffini for word women wednesdays

and faith barista jam!



and critty joy for as of late!


and michelle for caffeinated randomness


and another linky! this one is fingerprint friday over at beki's!