Busy is the way of the world
False hope is around each corner.
"You can have it now"
No wait inside...
Impatience draw us away,
Traps set in our path.
Grabbing us, locking us down.
Shame sets in......
Our desire is to go Home.
Pride blinds our Spirit
and fear suffocates our hope.
Deep within we cry out.
How could it be so simple,
the turn towards Grace...
Humbly we kneel,
Accepting the Gift.
Each day is a struggle to follow, to pursue, to hope, but if we turn towards the Grace of God he will meet us. My memory verse this week is: "So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him and kissed him." Luke 15:20. There are many times in our journey, that we are so far away from our Father, looking at the world instead of Him. It is so powerful to me that He sees my heart and knows when I am pursuing Him. In my deepest darkest times, he still sees me "a long way off", but still is "filled with love and compassion" for ME! I am truly humbled by my Father!
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
As you are?
It has been said: "Don't think that!"
"Don't listen to that!"
"Don't feel that!"
Shame is in the void.
The despair overpowering.
Naysayers, pointing... "that is wrong."
Grace is a blanket,
the warmth goes deep.
Compassion so pure.
Unworthy are we all,
Love conquers the past.
Compassion is our compass.
I find that as I draw closer to God, I realize how unworthy I truly am. But there it is, He is still there with open arms. Despite all my shortcomings and failures, His love does not change. I am a Ragamuffin to the extreme. It is His example that I will live by. Jesus did not say "Love one another if...", He said "A new command I give you, Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another" (John 13:34-35).
God did not give us the power to change people, He only gave us the desire to Love them, to Truly love them. (Romans 12:9)
"Don't listen to that!"
"Don't feel that!"
Shame is in the void.
The despair overpowering.
Naysayers, pointing... "that is wrong."
Grace is a blanket,
the warmth goes deep.
Compassion so pure.
Unworthy are we all,
Love conquers the past.
Compassion is our compass.
I find that as I draw closer to God, I realize how unworthy I truly am. But there it is, He is still there with open arms. Despite all my shortcomings and failures, His love does not change. I am a Ragamuffin to the extreme. It is His example that I will live by. Jesus did not say "Love one another if...", He said "A new command I give you, Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another" (John 13:34-35).
God did not give us the power to change people, He only gave us the desire to Love them, to Truly love them. (Romans 12:9)
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