The Listening Project
In the spring of 2022, my world was shattered when my husband of 32 years died unexpectedly of cancer. My life tilted out of balance. As I tried to recover my footing, I clung to God.
The messages on this page are lifted from times of listening to God (I haven’t stopped). They have helped me to heal in my grief journey. If you’re going through grief or other hardship, I hope these posts comfort you as you consider God’s kindness and love.
My Love Is More
Hold a diamond in your hand. Turn it in the light. See how it sparkles as it reflects the light? My love is more. Look at the magnificence and rugged mountains, with cascading waterfalls and snowy peaks. My love is more. Stand at midnight to count the stars. See how...
Don’t Run Again
Stay. You have hidden too often, but please don’t run again. When pain strikes, don’t race away. Walk into the pain. I give you the tools to meet hollowness and fear with courage and wisdom. Let me guide you into fresh places and new experiences. Have...
Walk In Life Today
Out of the water, I rise. Out of the misty depths, I step up. I have conquered evil: you need not fear. I have finished the battle. You are free. I rise in victory and reach out to you. Take my hand and let me lift you. Let me fill you with my Spirit so that you walk...
One Day
This world is a jar for butterflies. But don’t lose sight of the beauty and freedom I have given you now. When you enter eternity, this world will resemble the jar that held the butterfly. Think about dear loved ones who have left you. They are precious to you and...
Choosing Love
Your steps follow what you think. Consider that which is honorable, true, pleasing, and commendable. In your mind, you choose the path of life or death? Of hope or hatred? I give you choice. Freedom. Love forced is not genuine love. I allow you to direct your...
Music of the Air
Listen, my child, to the music of the air as the breeze whistles through branches. The air is fresh with the cool scent of the morning. As the sun rises in the east, birds join the orchestra. Creation sings praise to me. Lean into me, my love. I give you a fresh...
Embrace My Grace
Ice crystals chime in the trees, joined by hollow notes as frosty twigs twist in the breeze. Walk through this ice palace of crystal and sweet music. For a moment, the cold temperatures fade as you heed the charm of sound and sight. In this world, crisp...
Let Me Work
A blacksmith builds a blazing fire before he pushes the metal into the flames. But the metal must get red hot - softened - and then he pounds it into something useful. You have been pushed into the fire of grief and loss with raw and searing pain. But I...
Never Forsaken
The gate is narrow. Step through it. The road is rocky and the wind whips your face, slicing your cheeks with blasts of icy air. Step through it. In this world is much trouble. This world is broken. But I offer a new world to those who are truly mine. Love me, and...
Photographs by Kathy Brasby. More can be seen at this site.
