Archive for June, 2009
My God
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My God
Is strong, unwavering, steady,
Not found off-guard by the rhythms of my heart
Knowing they will lead me to Him
Even if they don’t seem to
My God
Is faithful, committed, stable,
Not afraid of my journey
For He has already been in my future
Even though I can’t see it
My God
Is courageous, unmovable, steadfast,
Not one to run from me
For He knows my heart
Even when it seems dark
My God
Is truth, uncompromised, existing
Not defined by my humanness
For His very being created me
Unafraid to be identified as mine
My God
Always here, present, quietly
Refusing to be offended
For he understands my process
Will lead me to His feet
My God
Comfortable with redemption
Wearing it with his own skin
Longs for me to wear it as
My everyday clothing
My God
Never forgetting His own pain
That frees me from mine
Acquainted with grief and full of sorrows
A seeming contradiction
Of abundant life
My God
Mysterious, beyond understanding,
And yet I taste, and see, and feel, and hear, and touch
Him
As I touch others
And He touches me
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Stock the Pond
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As I think about the many ways my life has changed in the last year, one of the most unexpected things is the way that I am learning to enjoy life in the everyday moments.
As I spent time with a friend yesterday, we paused again and again to look at the day’s sunset. We stopped the CD that was playing to talk about the words. We breathed in the experiences of the moment.
My friend commented that she had heard someone refer to this kind of life as having your pond stocked, a process that fills your pond with living, breathing fish, so that it teems with life.
And truly that was how I felt. At that moment, my pond was stocked. I was full.
Even today, as I have begun reading a book by Barbara Brown Taylor entitled “
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Hide or Seek
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10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…
Ready or not – Here I come!
The object of the old childhood game is to hide well enough that no one will find you. If no one finds you, you win.
I think that is a pretty good picture of how we often live. We look for the best hiding places; places to hide our true heart, our emotions, our giftings, our anger, our thoughts. We try to hide so well that no one will see us. And then, if no one finds us, we declare that we have won!
Yet when we choose to hide our true self in our relationships, instead of winning, we actually lose. We lose the opportunity to be truly known and loved for who we really are.
We hide our faces, our hearts, our fears, and our failures from each other. We then declare that we have won. Oh, not verbally, but deeply within our hearts. It is too risky to allow someone else to see our most intimate thoughts and feelings. We even convince ourselves that we can hide from God. And the paradox of it all is that in the hiding of our hearts, we effectively prevent ourselves from receiving the love of God and the love of others.
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