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Sep 07 2020
The Bed of Heaven (Song 1:16-17)
When I was a little girl I had a hobby horse, and remember spending countless hours riding and grooming it. Later in life when riding a real horse for the first time, a strong déjà vu feeling of my pretend horse came flooding back. It’s hard to describe, but sitting on the back of the reality, I felt like I had been there before, and it brought an exhilarating, childlike joy to my ride.
All this came to mind on a certain trip, in which I could not escape an adventurous sense that its moments were once played out in the history of the Bible somewhere. What exactly I did not know, but it felt as if something from the past was merging with the present, forming a new and higher reality.
Hopefully I haven’t lost anyone. It’s actually an experience that, for me, helped unlock something in this next portion of the Song…
Sep 02 2020
In the Secret Garden, Part 1 – “A Lily Among Thorns”
A Story From Song 1:15 – 2:2
The moment the Shulamite woman dreamed about had finally arrived, that one she waited for, and journeyed at such great risk to experience. King Solomon was standing with her and holding her hands, staring at her adoringly. They exchanged some words of praise at their appearance to each other, skipping small talk entirely. Neither one were much for small talk.
Then she saw it! Like a door into another world …
Aug 18 2020
Can You Come Out to Play?
There is something about the innocent, carefree season of childhood that I think we all long to reconnect with. But it’s not easy. I saved a meme that read: “Children smile an average of 400 times a day; adults 15. Children laugh about 150 times a day; adults 6. Children play between 4 to 6 hours a day; adults maybe 20 minutes. What happened?¹”
When a spiritual father was on his death bed, I asked him what he would wish for me to do more of after he is gone. His response? “Play more.”
That was not the answer I expected! But the truth is, play (and its twin, “rest”) is …
Jul 23 2020
“Love in the Mazzaroth” — A Star Trip to Song 6:10
Seek Him who made the Pleiades and Orion; and Who turns the shadow of death into morning. – Amos 5:8
Last week I had an off day. A few of them, actually, feeling lost, disconnected, and weak from an internal spiritual battle. (which really, is just a form of the original one) On this …
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