Kathleen S Evenhouse
Writing With Vision
When Jesus was on the earth, He didn’t insist that others meet a certain standard to earn His love and presence. He remembered creating everyone in the image of Himself, His Father, and the Holy Spirit. He loved them even at their most unloveable. Lord, help me to love as you do.
God, why send me into the wilderness?It’s hard, forbidding, scary, hot,empty of anything life-giving. Why did I send Moses, the Israelites, John the Baptist, and My own Son Jesus?What was in the wilderness? Yes, but why me, God?I really don’t like it here. “Where do you focus on Me?”“Where do you strain to hear My… Read More
The following quote is credited to a Navy Seal:“Under pressure, you don’t rise to the occasion; you sink to the level of your training.” Made me wonder, “What am I prepared for? What have I trained for?” And that took me back to the emotional and spiritual battle I shared with you on January 27,… Read More
My friend Dale has spent the last few years living this cancer-life, although he was told at one time that his life span was a matter of months. But here he is, still popping up out of the box. And he’s not alone. Many of us are in that boat: a flurry of crises, treatments,… Read More
As many of you have noticed, I’ve been dealing with health issues. Which means, I am also dealing with spiritual issues. A friend of mine, poet John Thompson, call this a cathartic exercise in poetry, and that hits the nail on the head. I am a verbal processor, it’s how I work through things, how… Read More
I live in the hope, and I will die in this hope.
If I ask God for a sign,Does it reveal doubt or faith?Does it unmask weakness or prompt obedience?Is this dream, this “knowing,” this word, from you, Lord?Lord, give me a sign. (Judges 7)Gideon asked for a sign, many times,and God responded to his need.Once God placed a sign in the enemy camp,and only through obedience… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 