Ponder This

lovingkindness

This word has been on my mind a whole lot lately. Call it what you will, there seems to me to be much hidden in this word that can tell us about the character of God, how the status of our relationships with people individually and corporately should unfold, and how we should treat ourselves.

#14 The Drive Home

NaPoWriMo!!

 

The winding path

leads down green halls

of flowing curtains,

purple tapestry–

draped and swaying

with the breeze

 

The floor is lined

with rows of treasure,

pink blooms like rubies shine,

and a song–

the most delicate of its kind–

comes and goes,

an orchestra of one.

 

My Apologies (#4)

I’ve been slacking on NaPoWriMo, but I promise I’ll catch up! We were gone for the weekend in the mountains with no internet and we don’t subscribe to iPhones (so no 3G or 4G ). Excuses excuses I know, but believe me it was more than worth it!

 

My Apologies, spring has waited for me

nature dared not clothe herself

nor let go of the chill wind

until the time was nigh

She desired to present her fullness,

goodness and glory

as a new dress, coming beautiful-ness,

to bring a happy heart a colorful home.

How did she know?

It was my birthday?

And wisteria hanging in the trees

and green buds laying claim to empty limbs

and golden warm sunshine

was all I wanted

on my birthday.

Night and Day

My life has been filled

with light and dark

with good and evil

with grey and greyer

 

a friend more than a friend

caringly hurtful, manipulated

to no end, cared for himself,

manipulated for himself

in the name of love

followed closely behind

by a friend more than a friend

caring and helpful, me before him,

to no end, protecting me,

making me whole again

in the name of Love.

 

Darkness veiled decisions

brought about by desire for

self, wrought havoc

on my mind, leaving

me empty, alone

Cocooned I later emerged,

breathed new life, dead but alive

transformed, morphed,

no longer me but something else

leaving me refreshed, comforted

and never alone again.

 

The dark night sky envelops

my body in darkness,

a solitary being out in the cold,

beautiful stars out of grasp

faint on the blanketed sky

But night gives way to the morning dew

And the morning dew to the morning sun

the brightest and freshest of times

if only we offer ourselves up

and TRUST in the bringer of light and life.

empty or full

Dreams and nightmares of dreams worm their way into our minds and hearts. We push back against evil times, worm and squiggle our way out of the clutches of guilt and fear. We push on and make our way whether we like it or not and blot out all that came before in an attempt to forget and forgive ourselves. Let me ask you, is life worth living if you come out on the other side half empty? Whole years gone, swept from memory? People that are only remembered in the anger and nightmares that plague the past. By our own power the only way to forget and forgive ourselves is to forget and grow hollow.

But there is redemption for the whittled down and hollow (for that is what we are), a man fully human and fully God came in the fullness of time and redeemed us through his love for us hollow and shady creatures. And through him, we have a means to forgive, not just forget. To remember and to do good for those that have hurt us. To walk through life full to the brim with warmth, goodness, and sustenance.