http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress Joy Wilson ... Author Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:48:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/night-transformed-to-might http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/night-transformed-to-might#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:35:45 +0000 Joy http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/?p=5553 wrapped up in my insolence?
Dead to sin, dead to me,
just plain dead.
You surely dreaded God’s abandonment,
and I haven’t been there for you, either.
I love you, but am so inconsistent
in showing what I say.
Why do you still believe in me?
Still stay when I lie,
and lie down in my own tomb,
avoiding your offer
to leap at Easter
into dazzling light and life?
You said I ...]]> http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/night-transformed-to-might/feed 0 http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/%e2%80%9chey-bud-what%e2%80%99s-my-name%e2%80%9d http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/%e2%80%9chey-bud-what%e2%80%99s-my-name%e2%80%9d#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:57:26 +0000 Joy http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/?p=5534 “Hey Bud, what’s my name?”
I worked at a coffee shop for many years, and made it a point to learn my regular customer’s names and drinks.  Many of them told me how much that meant to them, which delighted me.  But for the last two years I’ve worked from my office at home, and remembering people’s names has become difficult.   Sometimes I don’t think to ask.  Other times I’ve asked and forgotten their name so many times I’m ...]]> http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/%e2%80%9chey-bud-what%e2%80%99s-my-name%e2%80%9d/feed 0 http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/for-every-single-one-of-us http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/for-every-single-one-of-us#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:03:14 +0000 Joy http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/?p=5465 Whether by choice, or force,
or no other option,
times of solitude aren’t isolated.
We all have – in fact, need –
times in our lives
where solo is “what is” –
chances to reinvent,
or reverse what’s wrong,
re-fill our “giving well”.
But restoration never happens
when we buy the lie of isolation:
no one else is there.
Not only is God ever with us,
but other hearts are eternally intertwined
with ours, with ...]]> http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/for-every-single-one-of-us/feed 0 http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/the-identity-liar http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/the-identity-liar#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 19:35:48 +0000 Joy http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/?p=5443 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature  2 Corinthians 5:17 (NAS).
Real Christians were new ...]]> http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/the-identity-liar/feed 0 http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/the-gospel-according-to-mary-jesus%e2%80%99-mom-2 http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/the-gospel-according-to-mary-jesus%e2%80%99-mom-2#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 23:40:26 +0000 Joy http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/?p=5425 Being the mother of three children, there is an event in the Bible I totally understand from Mary’s point of view.  She was Jesus’ mom and caught him teaching the religious teachers in the Temple in Jerusalem at the age of 12 after he had ...]]> http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/the-gospel-according-to-mary-jesus%e2%80%99-mom-2/feed 0 http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/road-trip http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/road-trip#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:08:25 +0000 Joy http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/?p=5377  
Road Trip
You always take me out of my comfort zone.
Do I ...]]> http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/road-trip/feed 0 http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/locked-in-but-not-locked-out http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/locked-in-but-not-locked-out#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:46:51 +0000 Joy http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/?p=5365 Here are women with ...]]> http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/locked-in-but-not-locked-out/feed 0 http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/one-for-the-one http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/one-for-the-one#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:47:53 +0000 Joy http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/?p=5309 Here is an excerpt from my newest article in Provoketive Magazine:
Each of us has a unique place in God’s universe.  We are made in His/Her image to fulfill a special part for the redemption ...]]> http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/one-for-the-one/feed 0 http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/fallible-commitment-is-perfect-with-god http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/fallible-commitment-is-perfect-with-god#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:54:11 +0000 Joy http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/?p=5296 Because there is at least one sin that trips us up on a regular basis, we tend to think God is disappointed in us.  I know at times when I’ve been giving into a particular sin on a regular basis, I’ve thought of starting ...]]> http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/fallible-commitment-is-perfect-with-god/feed 0 http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/led-into-the-wilderness-to%e2%80%a6live-part-3 http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/led-into-the-wilderness-to%e2%80%a6live-part-3#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:11:40 +0000 Joy http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/?p=5284 Treasures in the Dark 
The darkness is thin on good days,
a vaporous black veiling my vision
needing only the breath of God to move it,
but there is no God
here.
I didn’t mean to stray,
but wandered off alone,
seeking quiet for awhile,
except I can’t find my way
back to meaning, healing
or home.
I thought you were everywhere, God,
so ...]]> http://joyleewilson.org/wordpress/led-into-the-wilderness-to%e2%80%a6live-part-3/feed 0