Radiating Joy

radiating joy is real
because Christ is everywhere--
Christ in our hearts,
Christ in the poor we meet,
Christ in the smile we give
and in the smile that we receive.

--mother teresa.

I want to live with the radiating joy of Christ in my life in every moment. Lord would you be so evident?

<-- Harar, Ethiopia Jan. 2009

Rooted

Lord, make me into a beautiful child who only gets his love from you; a tree with roots so deep that I never turn away from you. Your living waters flow deep within the soil around me. Help me to see these wells, so as to prosper and grow with branches lifted high in praise, and give glory to you. Plant me where you will.