by Prasanta | Aug 3, 2012 | Five Minute Friday, God, God's love
The spirit hovered over the waters. Before it all began, His breath was here, blowing dreams into being. Mighty oaks, redwoods, the earth’s crater-bowls of oceans, large blocks of land, the unending sky… all were here in the beginning. He...
by Prasanta | Jul 27, 2012 | Five Minute Friday, God's love, Mercy
I like imagining and thinking and conjuring. I could easily spend way too much time dreaming. I’m kind of a dreamer. But, I realize that what I’m imagining, what I’m thinking, what I’m dreaming is but only a tiny sliceo of the real pie. Here I...
by Prasanta | Jul 20, 2012 | Five Minute Friday, God's love, Hope
What I give: Enough. What He gives? More than. When I’m fed up, I say, “I’ve had enough!” What He says? “I AM.” What I offer? Just. What He offers me? More than. It’s always this, Him giving more than, Him being more than. The...
by Prasanta | May 16, 2012 | Family, Gifts, Giving, God's love, Love, Mothering, Mothers, One Thousand Gifts, Receiving, Teaching Children
My birthday was last week. I am driving the kids somewhere when they ask me a question: “Mom what do you want for your birthday? What kind of cake do you want?” Nice questions, no? I could have said, “It doesn’t matter. Anything is fine. Give...
by Prasanta | May 7, 2012 | Encouragement, Faith, God's love, Mercy, Promises, Stories from the Bible
It was a time when her worth, her value was wrapped up in the fruit of her womb. No offspring? No value, no favor by God She wept, scorned by Peninnah, by society… year after lonely, long year. (Has God really forgotten her?) Elkanah loves Hannah, Well meaning...
by Prasanta | May 4, 2012 | Friendship, God's love, Jesus
Pasty, smiley “I’m fine, I’m fine.” Walk around with chalk and smoke is all that is left behind. But… True says, “Not so fine.” Truth says, “I need you.” Truth says, “I don’t want to be an...
by Prasanta | Apr 25, 2012 | God's love, sorrow, Wisdom
A friend posted this on her facebook status recently: ”I walked a mile with Pleasure;/ She chatted all the way;/ But left me none the wiser/ For all she had to say. I walked a mile with Sorrow,/ And ne’er a word said she;/ But, oh! The things I learned...
by Prasanta | Apr 11, 2012 | Beauty, Becoming Whole, Community, Compassion, Failure, God's love, grace, Healing, Jesus, Journey
The day blooms red. The tulips, bursting red on Sunday, remind me of blood that dripped that day…. And of the drippings of my own heart. Piercings by this world. By enemies. The deepest ones, by friends. Piercings he also knew, as a man. I need a salve, and I...
by Prasanta | Mar 7, 2012 | God's love, God's Word, Growth
“…For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” 1 Samuel16:7 How beautiful are the above words, and how many times have I called upon them for comfort! Yet the same words are also a...
by Prasanta | Mar 2, 2012 | God's love, sorrow, Wisdom
On Fridays, I often like to participate in a Five Minute Friday writing prompt over here at thegypsymama.com. Today’s prompt is “Ache”. *** GO A friend posted this on her facebook status yesterday: ”I walked a mile with Pleasure;/ She chatted...
