crumbs from His table fellowship podcast

A Prayer for the One Grieving a Parent O God, Father of the fatherless, As lovingly mindful of each son and daughter as our own nursing mothers: Enfold Your bereft children in Your own ineffable, unfailing love; Console Your desolate chicks with Your sheltering wing; Guide Your lost sheep with generous wisdom; Carry the wounded and weary lambs in Your arms; Abundantly provide daily bread for Your...

Grief is the soul’s totality— Quenching color, light, song— Darkness engulfing light, Stars and planets twinkling  At midday, breath stolen, Chill breeze sweeping warmth away— The light of God’s own countenance seems Extinguished in the weeping vale. Yet, though obscured, the sun still shines, Undimmed, undamaged, undiminished. Cosmic pebble nearest pale blue dot Blocks from this dust speck’s eyes...

Here I am, suburban anchorite : Chronic illness my cloister, My home my hermitage, Caregiving my enclosure. My bare voice sings praise alone in my cell With the absent-present congregants in my ears. The mockingbird leads the avian chorus; I pass the peace to the dragonfly on perched on the other side of the glass. I pass along the comfort I receive From the Father of mercies. A living stone, embe...

Male ruby-throated hummingbird at feeder in our back garden Male ruby-throated hummingbird at feeder in our back garden Female ruby-throated hummingbird at our feeder “He was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering who knew what sickness was. He was like someone people turned away from; he was despised, and we didn’t value him.” Isaiah 53:3 CSB A butterfly’s wing, royal orange and black s...