Examine me, a lowly word,
Cherish me for a week,
See what I have done for you,
And what you have done for me.
Pick me now. Humility, wisdom, love. I matter.
“Beloved: I am writing you,”
Timothy
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Make Me Vulnerable
Make me vulnerable and open,
To welcome love and criticism as equal partners,
a listening heart, awakened, bleeding,
forgiving and understanding.
It is not weakness, but strength, and eternal desire.
“I will persevere in the way of integrity;”
Psalm 101
Faltering Steps
Faltering steps with bare feet,
Slip from one moss covered rock, to another.
Each move wobbly, tentative and unsure.
Until finally I falter, falling deep into the river,
submerged surrounded by His love,
an inner resurrection raising me to the surface.
I only see sky and feel water of everlasting life,
touching all body, soul searing upwards,
delighting in the sun and light radiating into me.
Like a log fire on a cold winter night,
I AM warm, secure, in His nature’s hands
Drifting down towards an eternal sea of love.
Found
It is not lost, but was never seen or felt before.
A gift unknown,
A prize unclaimed,
Love unfound.
Suddenly revealed and all is won.
“Rejoice with me because I have found the coin that I lost.”
Gospel of Luke
The Radiance
The radiance of a person is not just physical,
But the source of their soul,
sometimes carefully concealed,
with false airs and adornments.
Needs to be released, like lungs seeking oxygen.
“With their patience worn out by the journey,”
Book of Numbers
Summer Rain
Summer Rain
When it rains, the grass says hello,
Welcome, join me in growth and love,
take your riches and share them with me,
and we will wait till the sun shines and then you can,
Grow with me.
“Can a blind person guide a blind person?”
Gospel of Luke
Infatuation
Peace is a river washing over me on a warm summer’s day,
Sensual and soul filled, it cools and soothes me,
cleansing mind and body of all that is not God,
until I am joyous with torso bursting Spirit.
Like teenage infatuation, I lie clear; bathed in love; resting in Him.
“let the peace of Christ control your hearts, the peace into which you were also called in one Body.”
Colossians
Take off the New Clothes
I take off those old, brand new clothes,
Which will be paid off next year, perhaps,
and remove them completely, replacing them,
with clothes from the thrift store.
So I can live humbly in His presence and Peace.
“put on the new self”
Colossians
The Buzz of Peace
Waking up and heading down the dark stairway,
I turn no lights on, and rely on the quiet light,
of your heart to guide mine through this day.
With a single, long, beautiful and silent embrace of wonder.
I leave the day at Your feet and joyfully savor my “buzz” of peace; retained today.
“See to it that no one captivate you with an empty, seductive philosophy according to the tradition of men, according to the elemental powers of the world”
Letter to Colossians
Be Still
Noise, questions, tasks, to-dos, calendars, phone, requests …
All bleat in perfect disharmony this morning again,
wanting to carry me off to some other place,
away from you. Far away.
For each thought extinguished, twenty more appear,
When I don’t think them, someone comes up with another,
an interruption machine works perfectly,
making distraction, and separation my state.
Oh, Lord, snuff them out. One by one.
Let my mind rest in you, and you alone.
“Jesus, I love you” is my only refrain,
Till the noise subsides and silence clears this worldly mist.
So we may sit alone in Peace. Together. “I shall not be disturbed.” Psalm 62
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