Listening to Papa’s voice is the greatest joy of my life, and it’s something we’re all designed to do. Learning to walk with His hand in mine has healed my orphan’s heart. It’s not that I don’t have a really good family – I do. But there is nothing and no one that can create in me such a sense of wonder and joy as living in intimacy with Papa God.
The last two decades of my life have been traumatic, and sometimes I’ve dropped by hand from His, but He’s never let me go. He is faithful even when I am not. I believe the source of all unhappiness is our disconnection from our Creator, and usually fear and shame are at the root of orphan’s heart. Father God is relentlessly kind and gentle and it’s Love that has rooted me to His Goodness, even in the worst of times … and traumas that nearly killed me.
I’d love to hear your stories of learning to walk hand-in-hand with Papa God… there’s a comment box at the bottom where you can share – I love to hear what you are thinking and feeling!
In the meantime, my goal is to share a little bit of Love from Papa every day for a month… and beyond…. Thanks for coming by!
Rock Solid By: White Dove There's a plan, a provision for every contingency, and a purpose for all the pain. God is making something beautiful out of your ashes. He's making you rock solid. This is a promise – a truth – I have been standing on for over two decades, and even today as I […]
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“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, ‘WOW WHAT A RIDE!’” ~ Hunter S Thompson Do you ever feel like you […]
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Walking through What Seems Dead and Wasted By: White Dove in the series, "Conversations with Daddy" I wanted to change the world. Ever since I was a little child I dreamed of going to foreign lands, solving the problems of world hunger and clean water for at least one community. It didn't seem fair that […]
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By: White Dove The most incredible light and beauty is showcased within a shrowd of darkness. It's like a dance of Light, a grand choreography by a Master Cosmic Artist. In the early nights of my soul quest I slowly walk in deep awe and wonder through the vast canyon as dusk turns to twilight and as twilight deepens into a startlingly […]
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In Case of Sudden Disaster, Grin! By: White Dove “I’m grooming you to grin in the face of disaster,” said Papa God as I made my daily fear-dump in a worn out leather journal. Escaping a cult-church and an abusive husband at the same time had left me isolated, wrestling the growing pack of fear […]
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Provision Follows Passion By: White Dove The following is a dream recorded in my journal – and today I am reminded of this dream because many other wounded warriors are also climbing this hill, headed toward a base camp. Many people are having the exact same vision! This place is real and the time is […]
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Don't Miss the Chance to Dance in the Fire By: White Dove What if dancing and singing in the midst of your hardship turned the key to unlocking the provision God has stored up for you? Over the years, I have discovered the power of singing and dancing to be true. What if our response to trials […]
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"Who Do You Say I Am?" By: White Dove "You become who you behold," God once whispered into my heart. My gaze so often was focused on negative circumstances, opposition, and oppression in my life. I felt inadequate and lowly, like a worm. That didn't help. "What you focus on enlarges and multiplies," God […]
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Love Never Fails By: White Dove In the series, "Love from Papa" My daughter, I see you. I see you peering into the mist, as if through a fog of twisted notions: Half-truths, false-beliefs, and shattered illusions that block you from seeing your full inheritance. I see you tentatively stepping out of the shadowlands of […]
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In the Event of Sudden Disaster, Grin By: White Dove Bone-shaking tremors of impending disaster erupt from the deepest seat of my soul – the place where my controlling beliefs create my circumstances – threatening to throw me into the tumultuous sea. Resisting the stormy undercurrent of my limiting beliefs is something I’ve learned to do only […]
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To Stand in the Shock Waves and Shine By: White Dove Photo Source “I’m grooming you to grin in the face of disaster,” I heard Papa God say as I was listening in prayer one day. You see, part of my family legacy is to worry. I tend to worry about things as tenaciously as […]
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A prayer meditation by White Dove I want to see beyond despair to what is accessible only by faith… In the stillness of pre-dawn moonlight an airplane flies directly overhead in Northwestern Montana. The skies have been filled with aircraft this week spraying forest fires which have grown beyond human control to manage. Home owners race to […]
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Harnessing the Energy of Chaos by White Dove Who is this God who hovered over the waters, as we read in the book of Genesis…. a waste dump that was "formless and void". "Darkness covered the abyss…" In this wild and scary place, a wind blew. God's Spirit is most often described as a wind, – which can […]
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The Princess Warrior Prayer By: Kimberly Dimick Care to listen to the audio, rather than read? Click here 🙂 Arise worship warriors, arise! For your God has seen your low estate and He has heard your cries from on high. Right in the midst of the taunting of your enemy there is coming a roar […]
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Beauty in Adversity Part 2 of "I Will Follow You" in the series, "Letters to Readers and Love from Papa" "Where you lead me, I will follow," I responded, my feet bloody and my body bruised. It was the Valley of the Shadow of Death – the shadowlands. The winds of change are merciless and I'm falling down. […]
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"Lord, I'm not going to ask for a job, any money or anything in regards to my needs. You already know I have those needs. I am going to ask you to fill me with your Love. A Love that is there no matter. That is a given. I will let you Love me today […]
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The Winds of Change are Rolling: Calling All Wave Walkers By: Susan Schiller In the series, "Love from Papa" Picture the disciples battling the impossible waves while Jesus calmly walks across the waves, nearly bypassing their boat, totally unconcerned about the storms! Why did He nearly pass them by? Perhaps because He had just demonstrated the […]
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When it Hurts so Bad You Just Have to Scream By: White Dove In the series, "Conversations with Daddy" My heart was like molten lava, just exploding and pouring out. I had escaped from one sociopath, after 20-years of abuse, into another trap, but the excruciating pain was my heartache for my children. The pain […]
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A Conversation with Papa God By: Susan Deborah Schiller There are still still days when life's stormy waters threaten to tumble me into an undercurrent of despair. It causes me to doubt myself, to blame myself, and to miss hearing God's loving voice. So I focus on Christ Jesus, who also suffered betrayal, rejection, and […]
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Light Will Come Bursting In By: White Dove During a period when I was surrounded by people intent on slandering me, when even some of my closest friends betrayed me, I had to face the fact that I could not please these people, no matter what I did. I laid down the ministry that I […]
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