shadowwonder

They are really school buses brightly colored boxes with wheels Dodges, Chevrolets, Mercedes transformed by blocks and swirls of cool aqua, forest green, deep yellow, fiery orange, faded red. One is a 40-foot monoxide-wielding dragon; another is some other fierce creature flying across asphalt road. All swerve like the tiny tuk-tuks despite their bulk. Inside, their cargo. Some eyes have fallen shut with fatigue, others brightly look ahead, towards a not-yet-destination, many simply stare, speechless. Behind these few faces a backdrop of countless profiles. One could be swathed in vibrant purples, threads hand-woven by a child who sits on her stool, half-crouched, half   perched, facing the loom weaving still at the market. Another may wear what used to be white, a shirt labeled with a name I can neither see nor read sitting beneath his straw hat. Packed tight, bracing against the sudden turns, h...

Enough:  A definition. It is less than abundant . Not a flood . Not a profusion . Not overwhelming, chill-bump-giving, tear-triggering extravagance . No. It’s also more than not enough . More than insufficient . More than coming up short . More than overwhelming , fear-provoking emptiness-before-the-need-is-met . No. Enough is sufficient . Just the right number of bites. Exactly the correct count of paper bills & jingling coins.   Finishing right on time . Nothing left over. So . . . . What does enough faith look like?  What does enough joy look like? What does enough peace look like? And . . . . With my sometimes-paltry supply of these Spirit-fruits, am I enough ? It may not matter, after all. For You are Yourself sufficient. The word enough made flesh . You are adequate , ample , plenty , sufficient , so that I, in my cracked-clay vessel , do not have to be. You em...