we are broken souls

was just wondering...
do your grocers know you? the
Asian woman at the dry cleaners
who speaks poor english, but you
communicate every time you take
clothes in? the neighbors two doors
down from where you live?

are some of your close friends
those who don't know Jesus ?
but shining eyes and daily acts
of kindness are drawing them?

access 2012.
ask Jesus for spiritual lessons
you've learned. for places where
you missed the mark...and those
crucial times you were quiet enough
to hear God's voice and hit the
bullseye of the Lord'blessing with
some one.

I get so caught up in living that I
forget sometimes to really be
about my Lord's business. but to
change the world, we must remain
focused.

so much about a new year.
about this journey ahead. the clean
sheet that seems to get so quickly
sullied.

always remember that we are broken souls.
it is the brokenness
that God is always seeking. because
His strength is made perfect in our
weakness.

from my youth,
new year's eve is always a serious
day. have I climbed higher and
farther...or dropped. sagging closer
to a dangerous precipice? have I
fought a better fight? are my feet more
grounded?

will you pray for my children and
me? that we'll run faster. pick each
other up quicker?

brandt was trying to get ahold of
colson and learned his cell had been
cut off until pay day. brandt
just paid his bill for him....and got
to talk with his brother. no comment.
we learned from colson.

do we cover each other's backs?
are we selfish when others' need
what we'd like more?

just thinking.
praying for us all