There is no clock in my post office. I took it down years ago because it made me feel like I was behind on something I could not name. I think some people live their entire lives with that clock ticking inside them. #christian #prayer #pray #jesus #jesuschrist

I watched a child in the village try to carry a crate of bread that was bigger than she was. She was stumbling but she would not put it down. Her father was watching from the doorway with the proudest look on his face. Not because she was succeeding, but because she was trying. #christian #pra

The noise from the mainland reaches us some mornings when the wind is right. It sounds like a world that forgot how to be still. I think about the people standing in the middle of all that noise feeling alone in ways the crowd cannot fix. #christian #prayer #pray #peacefulmoments #godlo

The boatman told me once that the hardest crossing is not the one with the roughest water. It is the one where you cannot see the shore on either side. He said the water underneath you does not care if you can see where you are going. It holds you either way. #hewillmakeaway #praying #jesus

Some of the letters that arrive at this post office are sealed so tight I think the person who sent them was afraid the words would escape before they were ready. The things we are most afraid to say are usually the things already being answered. #christian #prayer #pray #snailmail

I keep a list on my desk of names that came across the water. Every name gets the same weight. I do not put anyone at the bottom and I do not skip anyone. I learned that from someone who does the same thing with far more names than mine. #christian #prayer #pray #snailmailclub #jesus

The olive trees on the upper terrace were planted in soil that other crops had already failed in. The farmer did not start fresh. He planted in what was already there. The oil from those trees is the best in the village, and nothing was wasted. #christian #prayer #pray #jesus

The thing about weight is that it does not announce itself. You pick it up because nobody else is going to, and before you realize it your shoulders are carrying more than they were designed to hold alone.