#ButGod…

In the quietness…and in my head…in the choosing to be still…my soul is at rest…

Yes…my heart hurts…but there is still peace…

I can still see it…and can often, still hear it… 

All the noise…all the food…all the gifts…all the laughter and the simultaneous talking over one another… 

Exhale … all the love…

Our own language…the chaos mixed with chemistry…and a little bit of dysfunction…

In the unseen…nothing is ever sudden…in an instant…everything is purposeful…and rarely without meaning… 

The dysfunction…somehow it kept resurfacing and the occasional lingering…and now…now… 

It is an elephant in the room and it is long-standing … S e l a h

The shift…a subtle shifting…or maybe not so subtle…

It was most assuredly and inevitably going to spill over…as the enemy is #always lurking… 

#But praise to the One who is #always working…working on our behalf…

At the moment that His grace is embraced, the spiritual war begins… 

#But the victory is already won…and obedience is the key…

Not doubts, not discouragement, not deception…and not worthless worldly distractions… 

#But faith…by prayer and supplication…and increased faith…

The sneaky slithering snake is twisting and tempting…and a master at manipulating…

#ButGod…He finishes what He started…He wrote the ending…

Jesus declared publicly … It Is Finished!!!