Reflections of Terror and Beauty

Tag: Faith

  • Tired Bed

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    Janae
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    Morning light grows to sound,  peppered feet on the ground—  your brothers,  quickly gathered around.  A triumphant thump;  crowded in bed,  good-morning-bumps  eclipsing her head.  The tangle of laughter,  this music of four—  Our ever after;  this is the core.  “What are we doing today?”  he asks in his way,  words I hear coming  before he can say.  Cooking is certain:  laundry and dishes—  but truly, we dwell  in my deepest of wishes:  These three…

  • The Treasure of Babies at Church

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    Janae
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    When my parents answered God’s call to start a church, our home became a place of meeting for a season. Saturdays were for cleaning. Our crumb-laden, toy-strewn home transformed into a tidy space for our church gathering; my bedroom became the nursery and our family room for corporate singing. My mom managed to open her…

  • Because I love you

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    Janae
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    The hours I’ve bounced and paced with my son snuggly tucked in my arms are teaching me something. His cries are often relentless, but so are my arms around him. Tears stain both our cheeks and I wish he could rest in what is true: I love him. I find myself telling him, “you are…

  • These Anxious Humans

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    Janae
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    Said the Robin to the Sparrow,  “I should really like to know Why these anxious human beings Rush about and worry so.” . Said the Sparrow to the Robin,  “Friend, I think that it must be That they have no heavenly Father Such as cares for you and me.” Philip Howard Motherhood has revealed in…

  • To mothers

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    Janae
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    Seeing our baby on ultrasound is as clear in my mind today as in the moment. The detail of his brain, his small mouth – opening to suck his thumb – the perfection of his little fingers and toes, struck unprecedented awe in my heart and praise to God for this miracle. Having this joy…

  • COVID Storms & Human Sandcastles

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    Janae
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    “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on…