I walk a weird line. It’s a line between secret pride and acute feelings of inadequacy. A line between reveling in the accolades of others and succumbing to the voices inside of me that hiss about my unworthiness, my unlovability, and my hopeless pursuit of wholeness. It’s a line that feels like the edge of [...]
Tag Archives: healing
be near…
The road to wholeness appears to have many starts and stops. And here I am, again, feeling broken. Not shattered, but not seamless either. Psalm 34:18 is what I need to hear tonight. Again and again. Whispered reminders that I am not alone…that God is here with me. Binding up my heart and healing me [...]
holding everything together
Today, I have been wondering about God’s will for me. His plan for today and tomorrow and the rest of my time on this earth. It isn’t a new curiosity or question, but every season of life brings new context and new angles to consider. I’m being reminded of how impatient I can be. For [...]
morning dawns
“…where morning dawns and evening fades you call forth songs of joy.” – Psalm 65:8b Anyone who reads what I write here must surely sense that my life is full of ups and downs. Correction: my life is full of hairpin turns of emotion that often make little sense. It seems like every day [...]
H is for Healing (Counting My Blessings 8/26)
There have been a few times in my life when I have had an illness that seemed to drag on and on and on. Not something serious or drastically life-altering, just run-of-the-mill sicknesses that usually go their course in a few days. But, for whatever reason, they hung on. And became draining. And exhausting. And [...]
anniversary.
August 1, 1992 David Cosand married Hope Harrison. For better. For worse… August 1, 2011 I woke up that morning unaware of what would come. Where life would swing. I had caught a glimpse of approaching clouds, but I never expected the storm. The hurricane. The end that was just beginning. August 1, [...]
thank you
I love that God allows reminders to come our way that we’re not alone. This morning, I got an email from a person I’ve never met but whom I admire greatly. All it said was: “praying for you today, david.” And with that simple message, my day was brightened and my heart was filled with [...]
Rescue
I’m struck tonight by how little I am able to control the stuff of life. I try and pretend that I have some measure of strength or courage…something that I bring to the table. I’m feeling now, though, that pretty much the only thing I can control is my response. How I react. Whether in [...]
Unfinished
I am grateful that who I am is just a moment. Just one angle of a work in progress. Not the end of the story. Not the final chapter. Not the rolling of the credits or closing of the cover. A piece of a larger work. A fragment of something more complete; accurately reflecting the [...]
Brokenness Aside
NOTE: I wrote a post recently about how God was speaking to me through a song by the worship group All Sons and Daughters. While I don’t want to make this blog just a curated collection of media, there are times when a song or a video or a book can be the catalyst that [...]
Follow Me? Okay.
