Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Lament for a Coffee

Coffee is meant for sipping
Not gulping.

Such a shame to watch its drops
Disappear quickly.

Losing the time to savor them
While words flow in and out.

Sometimes life demands gulping
But it should not always.

Otherwise caffeinated and brimming
We may forget.

Life is not only doing
Life is also being.

And who we are becoming
With each sip.

-Kristen Meyer Harmon






Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Just another Tuesday?

It's Tuesday.  A day usually overshadowed in dread by Monday and in excitement by Friday.

But what makes this day unique in perhaps both dread and excitement is the culmination of months of planning, reading, commenting, thinking, debating, and hopefully praying.

It's election day.   While some of us cast our votes by mail or at libraries around the country, many Americans went to the polls today.   And soon, the outcome of this volatile election season will be revealed.

Some Americans will be genuinely happy for the victor.  Others will find solace in knowing their opponent lost, and pray the victor isn't too terrible for America.

And still others may fear for our future.  For the America the next generation will know.

Whatever your opinion of the result today.  And whether that result be fairly or fraudulently won, this will remain true.

Time will pass.

And truth will be known, whether in this life or the next.

God is still on His throne.

The best thing we can do tonight is pray for our nation.  Pray for those who influence its leaders. Pray that they might have wisdom and discernment in their counsel.  And pray that God will fulfill His purpose for you.  For me.   That we may be lights in this world.

Shining brightly towards the next.