Heidi Viars

Heidi Viars

Stories about the Imago Dei and other Holy Moments

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  • Mountain Grandeur  

    Mountain Grandeur  

    There sits between mountains a mirrorReflecting the Kings love and might.The lake speaks to only the hearer –Shows Heaven to those who have sight. Rising geese sing the song of the age,As if trumpets of bands far away.Beneath mountains for glorious stageClouds draw back and point to the play. A tune lifts on wings of […]

    Heidi Viars

    January 24, 2023
    Christian Poetry, church, Devotional, Imago Dei, poetry, Ponderings, Prayer, Revival, Song
    God's Revelation, nature, Romans 1
  • Perfect Grounds

    I shuffle into the kitchen and turn on the microwave light. It is all the light I can handle while trying to wake up. I am looking forward to my first cup of coffee, the pod kind. Water and pod. Check.Slam lid shut. Check.Place my colorful, thin-rimmed, mug under the spout. Check.  Push start.It doesn’t […]

    Heidi Viars

    January 17, 2023
    church, Devotional, Ponderings, Revival, short stories
    Coffee, God's Sovereignty, Short story, World War II
  • Cause and Reason for a Song

    Cause and Reason for a Song

    No cause necessary. Nothing was before. No dirt needed to build. No help from angels required. I wonder if You said, “Watch this. Stand back and sing While we show you love’s first seed. Shout for joy all you heavenly beings, While we knit together the place Which will receive our wonder – This miracle […]

    Heidi Viars

    January 10, 2023
    Prayer, Revival, Song
  • Maybe and Amen

    There, at the entrance of every new path,At the onset toward Uncertainty and Longing,Stands an iron gate called Maybe, Guarded by towering, stoic sentries. They vet the traveler’s weak desire,Try to persuade the meek to turn around.Fear and doubt tucked tightly into their sheaths.“Beware,” they whisper in unison. Take hold of the path, dear Soul!Look […]

    Heidi Viars

    January 1, 2023
    Christian Poetry, Devotional, poetry, Prayer, Revival
    faith, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, New Year
  • The Night After Christmas

             Christmas is over. The house is quiet. Sheets and towels softly tumble in the dryer. The dishwasher is swooshing almost unnoticeably. Our kids and their spouses went back home. Everything moves quickly past. Even the garbage was picked up this morning. The disposable dessert plates and shreds of wrapping paper disappeared into the […]

    Heidi Viars

    December 27, 2022
    church, Devotional, Imago Dei, Prayer, Revival
    faith, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Light and Darkness
  • Dreads and Bulky

    Dreads and Bulky

    I was in a hurry. Annoyed, I weaved my cartful of groceries around the man and his dog. Both stood right by the exit of the big box store. What an odd couple at an odd place.          He was thin and tall, thirty-something. Long, black dreads fell into a dark and deeply scared […]

    Heidi Viars

    December 20, 2022
    Devotional, Imago Dei, Revival, short stories
    "Random" Encounters, God's love, Jesus' Sacrifice, Noticing People, Worth of man
  • Reflections

    Reflections

    My makeup mirror distorts my face, oversizing it to show more lines that have seemingly crept in overnight. I stare longer than usual at the red spots I have been trying to ignore. Are they bigger? I unscrew the small white cap from the tube of prescription medication. I have been avoiding it for a […]

    Heidi Viars

    December 3, 2022
    Imago Dei
    Creation, Flawed humans, Image of God, Man's Image, Perfect God, Reflections of Jesus
  • A Million Maples or “What is it to you?”

    A Million Maples       or “What is it to you?”

    I was walking in the woods this morning and felt compelled to pray for two friends. The crazy thing is, they don’t know they are my friends. I don’t check in with them like close friends do, don’t have them over for dinner or call them to tell them the latest happenings of our family. […]

    Heidi Viars

    October 18, 2022
    Christian Poetry, church, Devotional, Prayer, Song
  • The Sovereign and the Chickadee

    The Sovereign and the Chickadee

    Over the summer I have been sitting outside at my deck table to meet God. This morning, when I straightened out the damp table cloth to put down my journal and Bible, I noticed a chickadee’s downy feather. I smiled. Words stirred my soul… ~~~~ You make me smile. You, the herald of the morning, […]

    Heidi Viars

    September 9, 2022
    Christian Poetry, Devotional, poetry, Prayer, Song
    Chickadee, God’s Provisions, Jeremiah 8:7, nature, nature's revelations, prayer, Sovreignty
  • Bitterness

    Bitterness

    I pull up the rusty gate-latch and step into a soaked garden. I am careful not to rip out the thin threads of morning glory which weave through the gate and a large part of the six food fence. Some of the purple blossoms have already closed in anticipation of the heat. For now, a […]

    Heidi Viars

    August 4, 2022
    Christian Poetry, church, Revival
    faith, forgiveness, growth, Jesus, kindness, patience, root of bitterness
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