Leafless branches litter the wet earth in the aftermath of the storm. It came suddenly out of the north with a powerful wind that whipped through the trees and cleaned them out. Cobwebs are gone.The dead weight of lifeless woodwas lifted away and the tree is free,stretching up toward sky and sun.Spirit-wind, breath of God,sometimesContinue reading “Pruned by the Wind”
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Call for Urgent Care
Your body, Lord, needs urgent care! Right hand fights against its own left hand. Ears hear different music, east and west. Eyes are bloodshot, crossed and blurred, seeing only what each wants to see. Lungs breathe in polluted air whose fumes push out the Spirit. Legs crossed, the veins bulge, blocked;feet stay firmly rooted, passionContinue reading “Call for Urgent Care”
Tangible Intangibles
to grasp the love that cannot be held to know the love that cannot be known to be rooted in love that sent God’ Chosen to die by torture yes, even this is possible although incomprehensibleeven this can be accomplished although never finishedeven this will be my goal although it hangs on things yet unseenIContinue reading “Tangible Intangibles”
Love Letter in Response to Deuteronomy 33:12
The one Yahweh loves rests between his shoulders! Here I am, God, loved by you! I too often forget that you came to us as Jesus—you two are one!—who died on the cross, for everyone—yes, for the whole worldbut for me too! Insignificant me!You love me! It sinks in, softly.I rest on your chest, quiet,Continue reading “Love Letter in Response to Deuteronomy 33:12”
God Offers Us His Warm Embrace
God, who fills the universe,who made it all, the stars and space,did choose to put mankind on earthand focus on this tiny place.The perfect world he made for uswas broken by our parents’ sin,and nothing we try is enoughto heal it, make it whole again. Our God, whose heart is endless love,could never leave hisContinue reading “God Offers Us His Warm Embrace”
Absolute Light
You, Lord, are Light: original essential light clear all the way through absolutely pure absolute with no dark edge no shading showing capriciousness or shallow inconsistency and yet — alive! Vital from core to cosmos filling space with Being the One Who Is and Was and Is To Come overarching time yet entering it therebyContinue reading “Absolute Light”
Choose the Light of Life!
He made a world from love of life and beauty, work and rest. For rest he made the night. For work, the day, and governing them both he made the light: a sun to silt the day with gold, sa moon to silver through the lovely dark.His hands plunged deep intomoist earth, newly made andContinue reading “Choose the Light of Life!”
I Am Yours
Because you love me, forgave me, chose me and then sent me, want to use me, I bring the only offering I can: my self, my soul, my life. You set aside the Levites for yourself, a wave offering to you, committed to serve, a living sacrifice for ongoing worship.Continue reading “I Am Yours”
Can We Do It?
I’m cringing at this growing dump of insults, hurled in public spaces or in texts or face-to-face. Grudges fondled and fermented could ignite a searing blaze. Our natural response is fearand hatred of this “enemy”whose words and push-backfeed distress, a tangled messthat leads us toward catastrophe.But, Yahweh, You have told us this:“You can walk onContinue reading “Can We Do It?”
Lord, You said These Three Last Forever
Faith: which made me your own daughter, brings me peace, forgiveness, strength, moves the mountains when I trust you, coaches me to run the length . . .Hope: which is my light in darkness gives me reasons to endure, promises you’ll heal what’s broken, makes me long for all that’s pure . . .Love: whichContinue reading “Lord, You said These Three Last Forever”
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