Once Again...

...into the fray...beset with dreams and interruptions to sleep...old feelings of dread, anxiety attempting to take up residence within...I woke each time and examined my heart, each dream, spoke words of peace and joy and fought back the darkness.

With the watery morning light I was up and slipping into comfy clothes for a morning walk with Rosie, my furry companion for the next week..it's hard not to smile when greeted with such enthusiasm, such happiness and joie de vivre....after a great many pets and the best kind of kisses we began our morning routine amongst the lowing of cattle, an old familiar sound of rooster proclaiming the sunrise and occasional dogs barking.

I feel changes in the future...good things rolling in...I sense a shift in the makeup of my life...one such shift has already occurred, a seismic giant...death changes us, while love saves us. So many thoughts swirl within my mind...too many to count, too many to keep track of, pin down, organize into neat columns....

After an adventurous romp with the fur baby and a giant bone to keep her occupied I sit with my hot cup of heaven and contemplate, again, the future...I sit with my present...present my back to the past and set face to the sun...ready...ready for new adventures, new possibilities...and it is here that I stand in a little bit of shock...I stand and survey the ground around me...the steps taken, the ground covered....life sneaks up on you, sometimes with grace and gifts...at times with timpani and crashing cymbals....

Lifting you...

Dropkicking you....

But...life is....it is all these things and more....joy and sorrow, grace and mercy, pain and devastating grief....overwhelming beauty that takes your breath away, buoys you up and away from earthly matters...life is taking each breath into the next as a gift...

oh dear hearts, I hope you will hear my heart this morning....the shock this morning is life returning to areas I believed dead, never to be resurrected...

I wish to live...truly live...and love...and laugh...and cry...fall and get back up again and love some more...

Dear treasures...there is life beyond what you know...beyond the darkness you live in...there is hope...there is love...the truest kind of love, love beyond measure...without constraint, restriction, or judgement. Love in its purest form.

You were never meant for hurtful things...harmful moments...

You were never meant for the hell you are living in right this second...you are worthy of better, of more, of truth and loyalty, of commitment and kindness....

Step out dear treasures...step out as queens and kings...warriors all....leave behind the battle worn shell and take up the sword of truth, of righteousness, of justice....

May you go today and each day forward in a supernatural strength, a divinely appointed and anointed courage...Waymaker would you make a way for the lost one, miracle worker would you send miracles, light in the darkness would you light the way, guiding them out and away safely with your angels watching over each one.

Walk tall my friends...stand proud...speak your truth, with grace...with dignity...with wisdom...