Tag: rest

  • My Writing Place

    My Writing Place

    I am lying curled up on a beach near the water. The sand is wet and cold. With the tide approaching, the water will soon reach me. As the waves splash over me and recede, I know they will return to douse me and perhaps drown me, but I don’t move. I don’t have the…

  • Writing Among the Stars

    Writing Among the Stars

    I’m rowing a boat on the ocean, struggling to stay parallel to the shore and not be dragged in by the waves and current. Jesus is with me. “Stop straining at the oars,” says Jesus. “Let the waves bring you to shore.” I release the oars. We drift to shore, step out, and then lie…