God...
You stitch together every fragmented part and moment of my life.
You mend the seemingly unusable salvage and recycle it.
The patchwork art of your kingdom is incredible.
Sew me new again and again.
Recreate a new pattern.
Experiment.
Enjoy.
Sew me new again and again.
Monday, September 30, 2013
Day 190: 28/09/2013
God...
And people's hearts are just breaking all over the place.
but my heart. my heart's not.
And it scares me how calloused and hard this heart of mine can get.
It scares me how slow I can be to feel, how quick to refuse pain.
Apathy.
my deadly friendemy.
you silent me.
rot me to nothing on the insides under the guise of control.
Make me alive once again.
Let your spirit of life speak life into these veins
Let your spirit of power break through my hidden maze of lasers.
Let your love soak through the ashes of my hard heart.
Spirit break out.
Christ be Lord.
And people's hearts are just breaking all over the place.
but my heart. my heart's not.
And it scares me how calloused and hard this heart of mine can get.
It scares me how slow I can be to feel, how quick to refuse pain.
Apathy.
my deadly friendemy.
you silent me.
rot me to nothing on the insides under the guise of control.
Make me alive once again.
Let your spirit of life speak life into these veins
Let your spirit of power break through my hidden maze of lasers.
Let your love soak through the ashes of my hard heart.
Spirit break out.
Christ be Lord.
Friday, September 27, 2013
Day 189: 27/09/2013
I fell in love with Psalm 145 this morning...this is inspired from it.
Holy God,
We declare, shout and proclaim your goodness and mercy like fireworks and phosphorescents.
Each day we will wake up and bless you, bless you and your Holy name.
The Lord is faithful in all his words
And kind in all his works.
We will set apart time in our lives to focus and think about all the wonderful works you do.
We will speak and declare, to each other, your unfaltering kindness to us.
We will tell our children and our children's children our stories of your unending faithfulness.
The Lord is faithful in all his words
And kind in all his works.
You are overflowing in grace.
Your mercy never runs dry.
Your steadfast love explodes around us like dandelion seeds.
The Lord is faithful in all his words
And kind in all his works.
Everything you make trumpets your praise and glory back to you.
All things created love their maker and are lost without you.
The Lord is faithful in all his words
And kind in all his works.
Your kingdom is something that is sure and solid.
Your authority is limitless.
Your dominion and reign are beyond the depths of space.
The Lord is faithful in all his words
And kind in all his works.
You lift up my head when it feels heaver than the earth.
You speak your truth words to my soul when discouragement fogs up my sight.
You open up your hands and share generously with me.
You suffice. You and you only.
The Lord is faithful in all his words
And kind in all his works.
Thanks be to God.
Amen.
Holy God,
We declare, shout and proclaim your goodness and mercy like fireworks and phosphorescents.
Each day we will wake up and bless you, bless you and your Holy name.
The Lord is faithful in all his words
And kind in all his works.
We will set apart time in our lives to focus and think about all the wonderful works you do.
We will speak and declare, to each other, your unfaltering kindness to us.
We will tell our children and our children's children our stories of your unending faithfulness.
The Lord is faithful in all his words
And kind in all his works.
You are overflowing in grace.
Your mercy never runs dry.
Your steadfast love explodes around us like dandelion seeds.
The Lord is faithful in all his words
And kind in all his works.
Everything you make trumpets your praise and glory back to you.
All things created love their maker and are lost without you.
The Lord is faithful in all his words
And kind in all his works.
Your kingdom is something that is sure and solid.
Your authority is limitless.
Your dominion and reign are beyond the depths of space.
The Lord is faithful in all his words
And kind in all his works.
You lift up my head when it feels heaver than the earth.
You speak your truth words to my soul when discouragement fogs up my sight.
You open up your hands and share generously with me.
You suffice. You and you only.
The Lord is faithful in all his words
And kind in all his works.
Thanks be to God.
Amen.
Day 188: 26/09/2013
God...
And you just made the way straight before us.
You lead us through the Red Sea moments of our lives.
We live to reflect you.
You and your steadfast love.
You pour mercy down from heaven.
You wash my feet and weary body with the balm of Gilead.
You pour us cups of water from the well of Jacob.
Your steadfast love and faithfulness form walls of refuge around us.
Affirm us.
Surround us.
Heal us.
Amen.
And you just made the way straight before us.
You lead us through the Red Sea moments of our lives.
We live to reflect you.
You and your steadfast love.
You pour mercy down from heaven.
You wash my feet and weary body with the balm of Gilead.
You pour us cups of water from the well of Jacob.
Your steadfast love and faithfulness form walls of refuge around us.
Affirm us.
Surround us.
Heal us.
Amen.
Day 187: 25/09/2013
Holy God,
You call me and you find me.
You lead me and you still me.
Rest my soul in you alone.
Rest my soul in you my Lord.
Sleep come quickly to revive me.
Healing mercies from above.
Send your spirit freely.
Your glory is my living joy.
In the name of the Father,
the Son,
and the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
You call me and you find me.
You lead me and you still me.
Rest my soul in you alone.
Rest my soul in you my Lord.
Sleep come quickly to revive me.
Healing mercies from above.
Send your spirit freely.
Your glory is my living joy.
In the name of the Father,
the Son,
and the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Day 186: 24/09/2013
Jesus.....
I'm coming.....
make me more willing.
I'm coming.......
make my feet to walk.
I'm coming......
make my heart to still quicker.
I'm coming........
don't wait for me...........
cause I'm right behind you.
I'm coming.....
make me more willing.
I'm coming.......
make my feet to walk.
I'm coming......
make my heart to still quicker.
I'm coming........
don't wait for me...........
cause I'm right behind you.
Monday, September 23, 2013
Day 185: 23/09/2013
And it's half way day today!!!!! hard to believe!
Holy God,
You wrap your steadfast love and faithfulness around me like a warm blanket.
You serve me truth words like a nice hot latte--they encourage and soothe my soul.
You go above and beyond for me in every moment of my life.
Gratitude and remembrance are my only responses.
You dismantle all my carefully crafted paradigms.
You twirl into my life in ways I could not have seen coming.
You break down the dividing walls in my heart.
Explore my soul to your hearts content.
I am my beloved's and he is mine.
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Day 184: 22/09/2013
Holy God, Sweet Christ, guiding Spirit,
You bend us like you bend light.
Bowing our hearts and lives before you-- in complete surrender.
Chase us with your warmth.
Capture our hearts again and again.
Delight yourself in us.
Your Spirit moves us like the leaves in the wind.
Untangle our thoughts to reflect your grace.
Pursue us with your patient tenderness.
Unwrap our lives for your glory.
File down our rough edges, refine us in your fire.
Yours is the kingdom.
Yours is the glory.
Yours is the power.
Amen.
You bend us like you bend light.
Bowing our hearts and lives before you-- in complete surrender.
Chase us with your warmth.
Capture our hearts again and again.
Delight yourself in us.
Your Spirit moves us like the leaves in the wind.
Untangle our thoughts to reflect your grace.
Pursue us with your patient tenderness.
Unwrap our lives for your glory.
File down our rough edges, refine us in your fire.
Yours is the kingdom.
Yours is the glory.
Yours is the power.
Amen.
Day 183: 21/09/2013
Holy God,
You surprise us with your care.
you sparkle through our day like light upon the ocean.
Your creation is incredible.
You've really outdone yourself with today!
We love you,
our other, our holy.
Amen.
You surprise us with your care.
you sparkle through our day like light upon the ocean.
Your creation is incredible.
You've really outdone yourself with today!
We love you,
our other, our holy.
Amen.
Friday, September 20, 2013
Day 182: 20/09/2013
Holy God,
And we delight in the sunlight you lavishly pour on us.
We sing your songs of truth and might.
For, yours is the kingdom, and yours is the glory and yours is the power.
This is your earth.
We are your children.
Guide us by your truth and light and let them lead us.
Be with us.
Be in us.
Be for us.
We love you.
Amen.
And we delight in the sunlight you lavishly pour on us.
We sing your songs of truth and might.
For, yours is the kingdom, and yours is the glory and yours is the power.
This is your earth.
We are your children.
Guide us by your truth and light and let them lead us.
Be with us.
Be in us.
Be for us.
We love you.
Amen.
Day 181: 19/09/2013
Holy God,
Day in and day out you go out of your way to show me your faithfulness.
You assured me in the quiet moments of my morning, that your workings are wonderful and good.
I am overwhelmed and undone by your loving-kindness and thoughtfulness.
Help me not forget the wonders you have shown me.
Create in me a steadfast and diligent heart.
Bind me to your mind of remembrance with chords stronger than things of this earth.
I love you.
Again and again I lay my life before you.
I will go where you send me and say what you tell me.
Let your holy name be enthroned on high.
Day in and day out you go out of your way to show me your faithfulness.
You assured me in the quiet moments of my morning, that your workings are wonderful and good.
I am overwhelmed and undone by your loving-kindness and thoughtfulness.
Help me not forget the wonders you have shown me.
Create in me a steadfast and diligent heart.
Bind me to your mind of remembrance with chords stronger than things of this earth.
I love you.
Again and again I lay my life before you.
I will go where you send me and say what you tell me.
Let your holy name be enthroned on high.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Day 180: 18/09/2013
Holy God,
And you excite me with the adventures you call me too.
You terrify me with the leaps you ask me to make.
You explore my soul and find wanting parts in plenty.
Heal my stubbornness, heal my desperate attempts to cling to my rights.
I lay it all down again and again.
I lay down my life, for you.
For you, my other, my holy.
Live loud in my life.
Amen.
And you excite me with the adventures you call me too.
You terrify me with the leaps you ask me to make.
You explore my soul and find wanting parts in plenty.
Heal my stubbornness, heal my desperate attempts to cling to my rights.
I lay it all down again and again.
I lay down my life, for you.
For you, my other, my holy.
Live loud in my life.
Amen.
Day 179: 17/09/2013
Sweet Christ,
And I limit you.
Day in and day out I limit you.
Reduce you down, and boil you out time and time again.
Stop me.
Help me to allow you to live the fullest in my life.
May I become less and you become more.
Spirit,
tunnel out paths for Christ to live louder in my life.
For him to be Lord.
Be truer, be healer, be greater.
I love you.
Amen.
And I limit you.
Day in and day out I limit you.
Reduce you down, and boil you out time and time again.
Stop me.
Help me to allow you to live the fullest in my life.
May I become less and you become more.
Spirit,
tunnel out paths for Christ to live louder in my life.
For him to be Lord.
Be truer, be healer, be greater.
I love you.
Amen.
Monday, September 16, 2013
Day 178: 16/09/2013
Holy God,
You plunge me deep.
Deep beneath the surface.
I hold my breath, but you gave me air.
The freedom to walk away.
The choice to stay.
My tears fall, I sing my loyalty to you.
Fear of the unknown.
Leaving the safety and comfort of this home.
Trusting you feels reckless and thrilling.
Soul explosion.
You plunge me deep.
Deep beneath the surface.
I hold my breath, but you gave me air.
The freedom to walk away.
The choice to stay.
My tears fall, I sing my loyalty to you.
Fear of the unknown.
Leaving the safety and comfort of this home.
Trusting you feels reckless and thrilling.
Soul explosion.
Day 177: 15/09/2013
And it doesn't take long until my list of thanks is longer than my list of complaints...
God,
You grieve me and you grow me.
You will me and you loose me.
You mold me and you freestyle.
You rock my world.
You terrify me,
But you rock my world!
God,
You grieve me and you grow me.
You will me and you loose me.
You mold me and you freestyle.
You rock my world.
You terrify me,
But you rock my world!
Day 176: 14/09/2013
Holy God,
Your kingdom keeps crashing into my life-- like the patient cadence of the sea across the shore line.
You surprise and enchant me with the creative ways you find me.
Your reckless, pursuing love forces me out of my façade and into adventure with you.
Keep crashing into my life, O holy Spirit.
Keep breaking down my walls, O life-giving Christ.
Keep initiating grace, Holy Father from above.
Invite me again and again, O Mighty Trinity.
Crash into me.
Your kingdom keeps crashing into my life-- like the patient cadence of the sea across the shore line.
You surprise and enchant me with the creative ways you find me.
Your reckless, pursuing love forces me out of my façade and into adventure with you.
Keep crashing into my life, O holy Spirit.
Keep breaking down my walls, O life-giving Christ.
Keep initiating grace, Holy Father from above.
Invite me again and again, O Mighty Trinity.
Crash into me.
Day 175: 13/09/2013
You drizzle and you dazzle.
You wipe away every last tear.
Your presence calms me.
Your presence invites me, banishing all my rejected tears.
Your love ushers me, invites me
Propels me into your silent spheres.
You undo me
You remind me
Convince me again and again: you're all I need.
Convince me.
Convince me again and again.
You wipe away every last tear.
Your presence calms me.
Your presence invites me, banishing all my rejected tears.
Your love ushers me, invites me
Propels me into your silent spheres.
You undo me
You remind me
Convince me again and again: you're all I need.
Convince me.
Convince me again and again.
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Day 174:12/09/2013
Holy God,
And I want to encounter you.
I want to encounter you in the rapid fleeting moments that make up my life.
I want your presence to permeate and consume every minute moment.
Lord come,
Christ come,
Spirit come,
Redeem the lost seconds,
rebirth the dead places in me,
speak your triumph words of life over the defeated areas in my brain.
I love you my other, my holy.
Amen
And I want to encounter you.
I want to encounter you in the rapid fleeting moments that make up my life.
I want your presence to permeate and consume every minute moment.
Lord come,
Christ come,
Spirit come,
Redeem the lost seconds,
rebirth the dead places in me,
speak your triumph words of life over the defeated areas in my brain.
I love you my other, my holy.
Amen
day 173:11/09/2013
I wonder and I wander
I question and I quake
I ignore and I affirm
Inner turmoil, outer grace
Simple pain, complex healing
Triumph justice, death defeated
Your purple heart leads me home....
Wednesday
I question and I quake
I ignore and I affirm
Inner turmoil, outer grace
Simple pain, complex healing
Triumph justice, death defeated
Your purple heart leads me home....
Wednesday
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Day 172: 10/09/2013
I feel passive to the choices of my life.
My needs and my wants a moot point.
At the mercy of others.
Other humans.
And it scares me.
Trusting humans is like climbing up an active volcano.
You never know whether you'll be forced down by the suffocating lack of oxygen
or
whether you'll be burned to ash.
It's all risk. Every last drop of it.
All risk with primarily unfavorable outcomes.
So do you climb anyway?
The impending danger making you a logical fool to climb?
The risk, the thrill, the high entice you a brave trail blazer?
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Spirit have mercy.
Amen.
My needs and my wants a moot point.
At the mercy of others.
Other humans.
And it scares me.
Trusting humans is like climbing up an active volcano.
You never know whether you'll be forced down by the suffocating lack of oxygen
or
whether you'll be burned to ash.
It's all risk. Every last drop of it.
All risk with primarily unfavorable outcomes.
So do you climb anyway?
The impending danger making you a logical fool to climb?
The risk, the thrill, the high entice you a brave trail blazer?
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Spirit have mercy.
Amen.
Day 171: 09/09/2013
Holy God,
And we just celebrate the victories!
The ones you've been fighting for us that we hadn't seen.
The Lord your God will fight for you.
He will guide you into his presence and rest.
And we rejoice that your presence isn't always in loud grand gestures,
but sometimes the silent inner workings of your spirit.
I myself, will not leave you like orphans.
It is better for you that I ascend, for then I will send a Helper to be with you.
Le thanksgiving shouts surround your house oh God!
We have seen your work in the mighty and the mini.
Today we have tasted.
Today we have seen.
Thanks be to God.
Amen
And we just celebrate the victories!
The ones you've been fighting for us that we hadn't seen.
The Lord your God will fight for you.
He will guide you into his presence and rest.
And we rejoice that your presence isn't always in loud grand gestures,
but sometimes the silent inner workings of your spirit.
I myself, will not leave you like orphans.
It is better for you that I ascend, for then I will send a Helper to be with you.
Le thanksgiving shouts surround your house oh God!
We have seen your work in the mighty and the mini.
Today we have tasted.
Today we have seen.
Thanks be to God.
Amen
Day 170: 08/09/2013
Holy God,
We thank you for your grace.
We thank you for your peace.
Lord have mercy,
Christ have mercy
Spirit have mercy upon us...
Amen.
We thank you for your grace.
We thank you for your peace.
Lord have mercy,
Christ have mercy
Spirit have mercy upon us...
Amen.
Day 169: 07/09/2013
God,
You surprise me
You refine me.
You beckon me.
You woe me.
You starve me
You plunge me.
You move me.
You still me.
You motivate me
You stop me.
I wrestle with you
You whisper words of love over me.
Grace.
You surprise me
You refine me.
You beckon me.
You woe me.
You starve me
You plunge me.
You move me.
You still me.
You motivate me
You stop me.
I wrestle with you
You whisper words of love over me.
Grace.
Friday, September 6, 2013
Day 168:06/09/2013
Holy God,
The rain falls
the thunder calls
The waters nourish us;
the deep makes us grow tall.
Hearts flutter
minds scatter
The waters nourish us;
the deep makes us grow tall.
And you plunge us.
Plunge us deep into your ocean of grace.
Deep into your ocean of unfailing love.
Nourish us.
Grow us.
Amen.
(Bold text from Ez. 31)
The rain falls
the thunder calls
The waters nourish us;
the deep makes us grow tall.
Hearts flutter
minds scatter
The waters nourish us;
the deep makes us grow tall.
And you plunge us.
Plunge us deep into your ocean of grace.
Deep into your ocean of unfailing love.
Nourish us.
Grow us.
Amen.
(Bold text from Ez. 31)
Day 167:05/09/2013
Holy God,
And I might feel inadequate right down to the core of my bones.
And I might feel unworthy of anything good.
And I might have woken up almost every day this week at felt 113% intimidated by my own life.
And I might feel myself running on auto pilot, fractures all throughout my insides...
Heal me.
Speak your love over me.
Let your face shine upon me again and again.
Amen
And I might feel inadequate right down to the core of my bones.
And I might feel unworthy of anything good.
And I might have woken up almost every day this week at felt 113% intimidated by my own life.
And I might feel myself running on auto pilot, fractures all throughout my insides...
Heal me.
Speak your love over me.
Let your face shine upon me again and again.
Amen
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Day 164: 04/09/2013
Holy God,
And you wrap your light around us like a fluffy duvet.
Your love shines bright upon our lives like sunshine after the rain--
its healing rays soaking up every ounce of pain and shame.
Your grace astounds and confounds us.
We sit in awe of you.
You take our breath away.
We love you.
Our other.
Our Holy.
Amen.
And you wrap your light around us like a fluffy duvet.
Your love shines bright upon our lives like sunshine after the rain--
its healing rays soaking up every ounce of pain and shame.
Your grace astounds and confounds us.
We sit in awe of you.
You take our breath away.
We love you.
Our other.
Our Holy.
Amen.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Day 165: 03/09/2013
And I hear you say to me today:
"Am I not always faithful to you even when you're not faithful to me? And does my love not go farther than your wandering hard could ever go? And have I not sent my goodness and mercy to follow you all the days of your life?
Rest assured my little ones,
My love for you never cools, never goes out, it is a flame that cannot be quenched, cannot be put out. My love is unstoppable, you cannot manipulate it or bend it. It is true, pure, life and light. And apart from me there is no life, there is no love.
With this is mind offer me all you are and have, with no fear and no anxiety. For my love and grace reach far beyond your deepest fear, your darkest nightmare. You never reach a point where my hands cannot untangle you from the life you built, from the web you sowed.
So let my love woe you into complete surrender. Let my grace flow freely in your life. Let my healing in. I have been faithful, I will be faithful, and in this in between time, know that I am still faithful.
All is grace. All is above and beyond. Look to me and you will not be disappointed."
"Am I not always faithful to you even when you're not faithful to me? And does my love not go farther than your wandering hard could ever go? And have I not sent my goodness and mercy to follow you all the days of your life?
Rest assured my little ones,
My love for you never cools, never goes out, it is a flame that cannot be quenched, cannot be put out. My love is unstoppable, you cannot manipulate it or bend it. It is true, pure, life and light. And apart from me there is no life, there is no love.
With this is mind offer me all you are and have, with no fear and no anxiety. For my love and grace reach far beyond your deepest fear, your darkest nightmare. You never reach a point where my hands cannot untangle you from the life you built, from the web you sowed.
So let my love woe you into complete surrender. Let my grace flow freely in your life. Let my healing in. I have been faithful, I will be faithful, and in this in between time, know that I am still faithful.
All is grace. All is above and beyond. Look to me and you will not be disappointed."
Monday, September 2, 2013
Day 164: 02/09/2013
God,
The rain and the sun inter mingle,
like the dance between summer and fall,
between joy and sorrow.
My heart beckons you in,
my fears push you out.
Steady and calm.
Quiet and clear.
The tasks ahead seem daunting and overwhelming.
The mountains appear enormous.
Moment by moment.
Step by step.
You affirm and assure.
This is the way.
You are the way.
You are the only way.
Struggle.
The rain and the sun inter mingle,
like the dance between summer and fall,
between joy and sorrow.
My heart beckons you in,
my fears push you out.
Steady and calm.
Quiet and clear.
The tasks ahead seem daunting and overwhelming.
The mountains appear enormous.
Moment by moment.
Step by step.
You affirm and assure.
This is the way.
You are the way.
You are the only way.
Struggle.
Day 163: 01/09/2013
God,
Oh and I just need to write out all my intentions.
Just write them all out to you.
You the one who rescues and who frees.
Who divides and conquers.
Who divides and conquers every stubborn part of me.
Here in my rawness and my brokenness.
In my frailty and my failure.
I offer myself to you.
Here as this mess of a woman that I am.
Making mistakes in a perpetual repeat.
I offer myself to you.
I'm terrified, but you're not.
I'm bewildered, but you're not.
I'm exhausted, but you're not.
You are and I'm not.
You become greater I become less.
Surrender.
Oh and I just need to write out all my intentions.
Just write them all out to you.
You the one who rescues and who frees.
Who divides and conquers.
Who divides and conquers every stubborn part of me.
Here in my rawness and my brokenness.
In my frailty and my failure.
I offer myself to you.
Here as this mess of a woman that I am.
Making mistakes in a perpetual repeat.
I offer myself to you.
I'm terrified, but you're not.
I'm bewildered, but you're not.
I'm exhausted, but you're not.
You are and I'm not.
You become greater I become less.
Surrender.
Day 162: 31/08/2013
My back might ache
My eyes might be tired
My heart might be discouraged
But your love just seeps through the cracks of this broken vessel.
Your grace lavishly anoints this wandering heart again and again.
Rest heavy with me this night.
Guard my hear while I sleep.
Heal my back through the night.
Calm each fear.
For the one you love, Lord,
the one you love is hurting.
Amen.
My eyes might be tired
My heart might be discouraged
But your love just seeps through the cracks of this broken vessel.
Your grace lavishly anoints this wandering heart again and again.
Rest heavy with me this night.
Guard my hear while I sleep.
Heal my back through the night.
Calm each fear.
For the one you love, Lord,
the one you love is hurting.
Amen.
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