Today is my birthday, my thirtieth birthday, and I am SO blessed. So thankful, so overwhelmed with gratitude for my life. Nearly fifteen years ago I was diagnosed with liver disease, and I remember asking the doctor how long I would be healthy, how long I would be ok. He couldn’t answer. A few years? […]
Come to the Garden
Come to the Garden A Poem, By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ Step into the Garden near, And breathe the fullness of the air. Come with awe and hope, and a little fear, And see the site that you’ll find there. ~ Let your gaze fall on gaping hole, Empty in the earth, And to your knees, […]
Mission of Life and Death
Here I am, again, in a lab waiting room, again, having just come from radiology, again, checking my liver, again. You never get used to chronic illness. But then you do. But then you see a friend in the waiting room at radiology, she found a lump, they are sure it’s nothing. You wonder, am […]
Twinkling Tree
Twinkling Tree A Poem, By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ Lights twinkle in a tree, And their warm glow comforts me. It shimmers and shines like a gilded thing, And my heart begins to sing. ~ I enter in to a time and space Of remembrance, and of so much grace, Where hope and peace seem […]
Hope For Tomorrow
“Hope” is the thing with feathers— That perches in the soul— And sings the tune without the words— And never stops—at all— And sweetest—in the Gale—is heard— And sore must be the storm— That could abash the little Bird That kept so many warm— I’ve heard it in the chillest land— And on the strangest […]
Finding the Secret Place
Do you know your secret place? The secret place deep inside yourself? Some people don’t even want to look in this place. They want to bury it. It holds pain and anger and things of which they would rather forget. There secret place does not hold peace. So they fill themselves with distraction. Fill their […]
The Shadow of Death
Why? I see the pain, the suffering in the world and am overwhelmed. I see, I taste the fruits of death. The old, the young, the guilty, the innocent. So many robbed of life before their time. The child just waking up to life. The young woman, murdered by someone she thought she loved. I’ve seen […]
Seeking Him
There was once a boy, his name was Samuel, and he loved God. Samuel is a rather iconic figure in the Old Testament. He anointed first Saul, then David as Kings of Israel. Before that he served God faithfully as both Priest and Judge. Even the very beginning of his story is remarkable, as we […]
Trusting Him
Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. John 12:24 Have you ever had a dream die? I remember when I was a young teenager I had so many dreams. I had […]
Happy Easter!
He is Risen! He is Alive! The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Matthew 28:5-6 We have a defense and advocate for our […]