Sarah L. Frantz's Blog, page 13
November 14, 2023
Recipe to follow!
So chirps our heroine from time to time as she takes us on a cross country adventure via hilarious blogpost summaries.
In Borrowing Trouble, J.W. Rose & Matthew Koenig take us on a rollicking roadtrip.
Recently retired newlyweds, Rose and Andrew Bradford, are offered the quest of a lifetime – would they please transport a disgruntled and snobbish 300-yr. old mermaid home to safety. And by the way, she’s pregnant to boot!
What could go wrong?
These affectionate and unlikely heroes become unwitting deliverers of more than just a cranky merwoman!
The world hangs in the balance as Otherworlders intercept our duo each mile of the way.
With wit, our characters endear themselves to our hearts as I cheered at their successes, gasped at the gruesome while smiling at their antics.
If you want a fun-and-out-of-the-ordinary adventure, climb aboard the Bradford Winnebago where toothsome delights are served with cozy charm paired with fairy folk, goblins, and Bigfoots. (Is that Bigfeet?)
~ Sarah L. Frantz
(I’m ready for the movie, perhaps Daryl Hannah could play the Mermaid!)
November 13, 2023
Monday morning washing in His word
Monday morning washing in His word.
1 Chronicles 8
Family histories,
Recited litanies
Arcadia homestead
Underwater dwelling
Catfish graze
Flooded fields
West home
Field forlorn
Cicadas sing,
Beams decay
But God
He sees
These well-worn
Tired songs
I groan
For resurrection
After sunset,
Comes Sonrise
Waning I
Look up.
November 6, 2023
Monday Morning Washing in His Word
2 Kings 4
Lineage continues
Cadence flow
He sees
He knows
Each one
By heart
Stories unfold
Our lives
Heavenly scroll
Records all
Laid bare
My weakness
Laid bare
My heart
October 30, 2023
Monday morning washing in His word
2 Kings 25
Judah’s king
Zedekiah rebels
King Nebuchadnezzer
Lays seige
God’s anger
Seen, felt
Seigeworks surround
Famine reigns
King flees
Breeched walls
Gateway opened
Between walls
Toward Arabah
They fled
Jericho plains
Witness capture
Babylon’s king
Passes sentence
He witnesses
Before blinding
Jerusalem stripped
Chief priest, second priest
Threshold guardians,
All removed
Governor Gedaliah’s
Short reign
Mizpah witnesses
Struck down
Again to
Egypt flee
King Evil-Merodach
Grants mercy
His table
Opens to
Judah’s King
With kindness
To whom do I surrender when I should be confessing all to my Savior. Am I so different? In Christ we have an eternal priest preparing our hearts for His return.
October 23, 2023
Monday morning washing in His word
2 Kings 22
Just eight
King Josiah
Jedidah’s child
Israel’s Lamp
He walked
David’s path
Heart straight
After God
At eighteen
He orders
Shaphan bring
Accounts reckoned
Godly repairs
Lawbook found
Shaphan reads
King hears
Robe-Tearer
God-Inquirer
Huldah speaks
Judgment given
But your
Tearful tearing
I see
And reward
October 16, 2023
Monday morning washing in His word
2 Kings 17
Under pillars
And poles
They worship
He warns
Israel’s customs
Stumble Judah
Assyrian exile
Israel removed
New nations
Settle Samaria
Babylon – Succoth-benoth
Cuth – Nergal
Hamath – Ashima
Avvites – Nibhaz & Tartak
Sepharvites – Adrammelech & Anammelech
(Sepharvaim gods)
Worshipped Lord
Wrongly, Irreverently
In worship
Sits obedience
Bowing Surrender,
Statutes, Ordinances
Handwritten commandments
With love
(Always love)
His Shall-nots
Met deaf-ears
And custom
Slew relationship
Lord, keep me from custom, draw me close to the beatings of Your heart. Let your commandments be gold to me in your topsy-turvy kingdom where hatred loves its enemy and cheeks are always turned. Help my mother-bear-war-beating heart yield to Your justice. Always.
October 10, 2023
Invitations…
I am so blessed to be included in Our Story Magazine’s Autumn edition. Krista invited me to be their featured debut author in her 8th issue of her lovely magazine. I am so thankful and blessed. Only God…
We chose a chapter from The Quickening, Overcomers book 1 which shows Dr. Cho receiving Christ as her Savior.
” The young women knelt on the Persian rug. The light of His presence transformed the odor into a visible darkness. It settled over Dr. Cho’s fingertips and grew, covering her hand and racing up both arms. She shook her head trying to clear her thoughts as the membranous darkness fully encapsulated her. And she saw now, it always had.”
I am gobsmacked by God’s goodness and faithfulness to the story He has given me to share with you.
Please, come have a seat at my table and visit a while.
With joy,
Sarah
October 9, 2023
Monday morning washing in His word
2 Kings 13
Lord sees
King’s evil
Lord’s anger
is kindled
Jehoahaz entreats
Lord heeds
Sacred pole
still remained
Small army
Aram’s destruction
Jehoahaz sleeps
Jehoash reigns
More evil
walked in
Joash slept
With ancestors
Jeroboam reigns
But first
Elisha sick
Unto death
Joash weeps
Seeking knowledge
Elisha answers
Two prophecies
Elisha dies
Elisha buried
Dead man
touch bones
Life comes
He stands
King Hazel
Oppresses Israel
God grace
Brings Presence
And turning
Brings compassion
Covenant returns
Joash victories
Lord, please bring me Joash victories as You remember Your covenant with me through Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior. Help me to walk in your ways and remove all sacred poles that are an embarrassment to You and a shame to me.
October 2, 2023
Monday morning washing in His word
2 Kings 10
Jehu seeks
Ahab’s sons
Lord’s word
to Elijah
All sought
All slain
Baal’s worshippers
slain too
Jeroboam’s calves
Still stand
Lord trims
Israel’s territory
Jehu reigned
Twenty-eight years
September 28, 2023
Dirt-clod
Dirt-clod feet
Need His unction
Dead men walking
Need His life
Cold law dies
In light of His grace
And I praise.
So serve well, Little Heart
In each moment of surrender
Love large
New chambers to grow
Breathe deep
His ressurection
All glory to God!
