CHOOSE THIS DAY WHOM YOU WILL SERVE ~JOSH. 24:15

I am thinking now that it is random,
This duck and dive,
This run and hide.
They are swimming in the swollen rivers of themselves.
You wait with longing.

I am wondering if they are aware yet,
This unwarned mass of the quivering,
This suffering huddle of the shaming.
The river leads through jungles deep, fraught with dripping snakes.
You persevere and wait.

He waits too. I know You know.
Waits for the one word that will seal the deal,
Having not one iota of the magnitude You could heal
In them.… Continue

With little purposeful feet we wander away.
We place our hands deep in the tattered pocket of a ruthless enemy.
This enemy is so cunning that we think he is leading.
Our eyes begin to see night by day.
God is blackened in the dim.
Always, as we are directed further into the cold, we are shielded from our true thoughts.
It is all familiar because it is all us. But that is ok, it is all ok.
His hissing whispers sound no alarm.
As we walk, we find only our pleasures strewn along the path-side like… Continue

Friday, April 24, 2009

I am dumbstruck by the words God spoke through Jeremiah to the Israelites in Jeremiah 2:13.

"My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken Me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water."

Ah, yes. The perfect picture of our rebellion. God offers us living, refreshing, renewing water for our very souls and we pugnaciously decide to dig a filthy, dirty pit to collect our own water. As if our water could quen… Continue

As I have gotten older, it has become increasingly clear that friendship is indeed a gift from God (no trite message intended).

When I was younger, I was an island of sorts...maybe more of a peninsula~attached yet distant, most of the time. I had many, many acquaintances, chit-chat partners, co-worker lunch pals, hockey buddies and fellow PTSA members~similar in purpose but shallow in substance.
I had though, perhaps one or two true and good friends. They were the ones I turned to and who turne… Continue

Jehovah-Jireh~the Lord will see and provide
Jehovah-Nissi~the Lord is our banner
Jehovah-Rapha~the Lord is our healer
Jehovah-Shalom~the Lord is our peace
Jehovah-Tsidqenuw~the Lord is our righteousness
Jehovah-Mekaddishkem~the Lord is our sanctifier
Jehovah-Shammah~the Lord is present
Jehovah-Rohi~the Lord is my shepherd