by Prasanta | Nov 12, 2018 | Creation, Five Minute Friday, grace, Hope, Poetry, Promises, Seasons, Walking
I said to the gem surviving beneath the season’s first sheath of ice and snow, “you are my favorite” because the world walked by and did not notice you . I stopped and noticed your tenacity insistence to live and not die buried under indifference of snow and...
by Prasanta | Jan 23, 2018 | Beauty, God, God's Faithfulness, God's promises, Promises
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 made it so. Creation still...
by Prasanta | Apr 29, 2017 | Prayer, Promises, Psalms
1 Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge. 2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.” Psalm 16:1-2 But You, O Lord, be merciful to me…. Psalm 41:10 All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing...
by Prasanta | Jan 20, 2017 | God, God's love, Poetry, Promises, Purpose
image source Presence Like snowflakes that softly fall, so is my love for you, landing gently around you, enveloping you like a cloud, a covering of white. You will feel me, not as a coldness, as the real snow of a real winter, or like the breath of this...
by Prasanta | Dec 24, 2016 | Art, Jesus, Promises
God makes a promise in Genesis after Adam and Eve sin: And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel. ~ Genesis 3:15 The promise spoken...
by Prasanta | Nov 17, 2012 | God's love, God's Word, Hope, One Thousand Gifts, Promises, Thankfulness
I’m not. And I will never be… forsaken. Forsaken… like a bride abandoned at the altar… like Jane Eyre left standing in white, when she finds out her beloved Rochester is really married to someone else. Forsaken. But– I will never be...
by Prasanta | Oct 8, 2012 | Jesus, Journey, One Thousand Gifts, Promises, Uncategorized, Walking, Wisdom
This season beckons walking outdoors. The nip in the air, the sweaters, hot cocoa and tea offer a feeling of warmth and coziness. Walking even a short distance renews the mind, speaks to the soul. I don’t walk nearly enough… with kids still in need of...
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 | Apr 23, 2012 | Art, Becoming Whole, Creativity, Faith, One Thousand Gifts, Promises, Quotes, Writing
Last fall, we planted about a hundred in our yard– yellow, red, and pink tulips, and a row of daffodils. The yellow ones bloomed this past week, spurts of sunshine in the yard. When I was about 8 or 9, we went to a drive-in movie (remember those?) and we watched...
by Prasanta | Apr 18, 2012 | grace, Hope, Promises, Time, Waiting
“God’s promises are like stars– the darker the night, the brighter they shine.” –Jan Coleman, author of After the Locusts. In the book of Joel, a devastating event occurs, something which will be retold to subsequent generations: Has...
