He Pours Into Me --- Past Overflowing

New Fella in Our Lives -- Ah...Puppy Love

Meet Dolche' Je T'aime (French for sweet love) ... otherwise known as Dusty.

He is an adorable Briard (a French Sheep Dog) born on January 19th and adopted by Susan & Bobbie this past Monday.

Welcome Dusty ... you are in for more love than you could have ever imagined!

Losing Keys

“I’ve been losing lots of keys lately, I don’t know what that means... But maybe I’ve been better off with things that can’t be locked at all”

I love music, and of course as a lover of words, the lyrics stimulate me. These lyrics by Jack Johnson hit a place inside me.

It's common for people to carry around keys for all the locks in their lives; doors, drawers, vehicles, cabinets and boxes. Sometimes I muse about how metaphorical these keys can be.

About a month ago, I lost my car keys – I am still waiting for them to turn up.

It’s odd … recently I had someone tell me they thought I just wasn’t comfortable living in the “tension” between two different states of being. Strangely, I see myself as a person who lives quite comfortably in the tension. Whether it was the three years of living in the unresolved state of my father’s murder and residue of his life … or the 40+ years of unresolved dilemma of my mother’s anorexia … or the six years of the unresolved state of a marriage that never was one … or the eight years of being misunderstood by some of the people who were supposed to be the closest to me in Christ. In the voids Christ was amplified. Him revealing more of Himself to me in and through each of these states of “unresolved tension” has given me joy that has nothing to do with my circumstances or even the people God has wandering next to me.

I guess I will just wait to see what the Holy One in me reveals about this idea of where I am at with “living in the tension” … keeping my eyes open for Him.

When I think about my missing keys, I just smile and think … ah, they’ll turn up if God wants them to. Hope they unlock something profound.

jamie = je t'aime

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Strummed Chords
Big Brown Eyes wide open
Tarbaby Feet
Exotic

Brunette
Complex Perplexing
Beauty Follows Her Wherever
She Goes
Blonde

Fragrant
Lyrical Musings
Words Free Fall From Fingers
Spirit Moved
Organic

Steeped
Sweet Tea
Encouragement By the Spoonful
Inspired Trust
Childlike

Dreamy
Lost Keys
Runs Right Into Wall
Broken Toes
Passionate

Idealist
Champion Cause
Love One Another Recklessly
Falls Short
Graced