I bet you think your only value is how people see you, but you’re worth more than that to me. You have a soul and a life and a vitality all your own and potential for great things that shows up just when no one is looking. Who you are is how you [...]
Archive for November, 2007
i’m no psalmist, but i can love
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged fun girls, pretty girls, the other side of the glass on November 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
maybe why, maybe not
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Light and Momentary Inward Afflictions on November 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Things are just different. I don’t know how to describe most of it, but most of what I would call Christian seems to be a lot harder to follow these days. I think the root of it is I got used to the idea of freedom in Christ, but then got too liberal with it, [...]
of remembrance
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Remember on November 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Here I raise my Ebenezer; my rock of remembrance. Lamentations 3:24.
A leader of mine, Scott, remembers well 3:22 and 23, and now I seek to remember them, too. Twenty-four, though, has comforted me much in the past. My allotment in life is the Lord; my portion. Some are given musical talents to hone, and others [...]
on the schiz again
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged coffee too late, Prayer, sickness on November 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Not everything on my heart is for right now? That doesn’t compute. I don’t like that very much, and that’s probably because I automatically turn to frustration instead of anticipation. So what is my task right now, Lord? What is it, exactly, that I am to be faithful with to be prepared for the next [...]
embracing.accusations
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged a song on November 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Father of lies, coming to steal kill and destroy
All my hopes of being good enough
I hear him saying, “cursed are the ones who can’t abide”
He’s right, halleluia, he’s right
The devil is preaching the song of the redeemed
That I am cursed and gone astray
I cannot gain salvation
Embracing accusation
Could the father of lies be telling the truth [...]
only a respite of the soul
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged The forever brief moment, The long await, The well of the soul on November 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I want to know Him and seek to draw near to His side. I want to know the pursuit and to pursue. And quickly I turn aside to stay my wonder and fear. See how my knowledge comes to nothing in the face of a believer. What shall I be? A thing of pity? No, [...]
it is enough
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged realism of the moment, weak on November 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
What I have been given is a chance to keep pace with the only pace that matters. Today’s goal: To be faithful with what I have been given to do and be today. Will I follow Him today? How far am I willing to go today? To which end of [...]
