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Alternate Endings

| Laura Lee Bonde

December fourth, two thousand and sixteen…a day I’ll never forget.

It was a Friday, and I’d woken up from a bad dream. If I remember correctly, I woke up crying, and it turned out to be one of the most depressing mornings I’d had, and to top it all off, I felt a cold coming on.

You see, during that time, everything was so unsure: the business, my income, our groceries, etc., and the next day, I was scheduled to have a booth at the Rock and had some mixed emotions about THAT. Anyway, it was a tough morning, but I made it through by writing.

If you visit my website, you’ll find a calendar with daily writings. I believe the fourth was some of my darkest thoughts, but by the afternoon, I felt much better, and then, Katie came in.

She said, “Mom, I have something to tell you. I’m pregnant.” Continue reading →

“Rhythm of War”

| Laura Lee Bonde

marching
without sound
pursuing
without veering
flowing
without stopping

into a heart

heaven’s armies
join as one
to move in motion
to the one
who’s prayed for

without permission
without defeat
without a plan

of losing

everyone has a song
everyone has a sound
that heaven creates
through worship

“Relation Ship”

| Laura Lee Bonde

my prayer covering’s Heaven
and anyone else who’d like to join

my view is Heaven
in everything I see

my war room’s inside
everywhere I choose to go

my covenant’s with Him
in everything I do

I don’t ask Him what to wear
I don’t ask Him what to eat

Our minds work as one
I think through Him
He thinks through me

sailing through time
as though seconds don’t exist

For the One-on-One

| Laura Lee Bonde

For the most part, since the beginning of the year, only a handful of women have come to JC’s Girls (and not all at one time). There’ve been many times when no one’s showed up at all, and that’s okay.

The ministry wasn’t started for a group that already existed. No, the ministry was started for women to have a place to go for prayer support and for the teaching of freedom.

Last night, I didn’t expect anyone to show up but wanted to be there in case anyone did, and wouldn’t you know it…someone showed up. Continue reading →