Power...

Every day I walk out my door...it's a new day, a new chance to grow in some way. Every step in the direction of healing, of leaving behind the pain and sorrow is a good damn day. Every day I am reminded of the goodness of God. Every moment of sunshine, of rain...of wind and smatters, drops of rain relieving the heat....every glimpse of beauty driving, walking, working amongst His creation...sustains, lifts, comforts the soul. The shiny, healthy coats of the multitude of black bear seen, the beauty and grace of white tail deer daintily moving through the forest....the silence as I walk a trail, alone with my thoughts. And there I find peace, I find love and acceptance walking hand in hand with a God that has never left me, nor forsaken me.

Ah, dear friends...I have felt His protection, His love in so many ways I am filled to overflowing. That co-worker who genuinely cares and understands...the teasing of fellow ball players...the hug of a friend who had been a stranger up until a few months ago...I could go on and expound on the goodness, on the grace, on the mercy, on the love I have found...on the absolutely pure and unadulterated love that has lifted me from the depths. My emotions needed room, needed a safe place to land within and without...dear hearts, there is one who knows, who understands exactly what you need...who sees what you go through...there is a way...always.

My prayer for you today is that you would find your way free from your circumstances...that you would see the courage within you, the incredible strength that lays just below the surface. You are braver, stronger than you know...

I tell you this from a place of knowing...from a place of experience...God will make a way.

He made a way for me...to find peace, to find hope once again...to believe in me once more.

There is no mountain too big, no valley too deep, no ocean too vast....no enemy too frightful...there is no 'can't' with God.

Go with God today...my prayer is that you will know and feel His peace that passes all understanding right where you stand in the bowels of hell, of danger, of fear....'perfect love casts out all fear....' 1 John 4:18.

I believe in you dear broken ones, dear survivors....do not give up on hope! All that is good and lovely is waiting for you just around that next corner, over that hill and through the valley of the shadow of death....

'Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.' Psalm 23

Go now dear hearts and live...go now and love with all you have and know that you are seen, heard and loved with a love that will never forsake, nor judge. Walk tall...speak softly...carry a big stick....