Our big red dog lays content at my feet. I am reading slowly because L.L. Barkat and Ann Voskamp’s words burn going down. The pain and healing they have experienced flows through the bound pages. It is difficult to read parts of their stories. My heart reaches out in empathy, wishing life didn’t have to be so messy. Through the mess, the wounds and restoration, I see God’s grace and glory in their lives. I marvel at how He makes His own more than conquerors through such agonizing conditions.
I take words from poet Barkat and I piece the beginning of the story she lived into simple lines. Lines to help me remember where God started carrying her.
Chapter 1 – Stepping Stones – Conversion
cosmic mischief
Bible let loose
biker babe believes
embraces
ranting father
forgets fairy tales
have fairy tale
endings
walk through
muddy water
treasures of darkness
enter
streams of grace
riches stored
secret places
happily ever after
eternal
Nancy, your recount of this dear one's life is so precious. I especially love "walk through muddy water, treasures of darkness, enter streams of grace, riches stored, secret places" Each of those words are so vivid in the pictures they paint in my mind and on my heart. Thank you so much for sharing.
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