Monday, November 25, 2013

Day 247:24/1//2013

God..

You know those days when you just can't seem to get it right...
                                                                                                 That's today.

             The day when you're far less than perfect.
                              When only backwards and wrong things come out of your mouth
                                                                                                                      instead of life and truth.

                     Turn this day, in its last moments, upside down.
                  Flip it on its head and redeem it in your lavish grace.

Fill me
Flood this room with everything of your peace,
                                   everything of your grace.
                                         Let your particles your atoms fill this air.

My soul waits on you.
My soul waits on the living God.
For He alone is my hope and my salvation.
Amen.

Day 246: 23/1//2013

Holy God,

You lead us
You guide us
You bless us
You teach us

In awe of you
In rest with you

I surrender my life beat
Your rhythms I crave

Let it be.

Day 245: 22/11/2013

God...

You chart us and you path us.
You lead us and you guide us.
In your presence is fullness of joy.

Lead as you move me.
Ebb me towards your center.
Your wake is where I want to surf.

Ebb me deeper and deeper.
You're where I want to be.
You're where I want to live.
Asleep or awake.
You're where I want to be.

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Day 244: 21/11/2013

Holy God,

Your spirit presses deeper.
Your imprint on my life.
Your Spirit my guide
through this wild wilderness of my soul.

Uncharted journey
A gazillion questions.
Your manna: my heart cry.
Fill this soul with living water.

I've tasted, I've seen.
Let me see, let me taste
Until my senses explode.

Your mystery,
your story,
your journey,
your glory.

Unfold me,
invite me.
It's your presence I seek.

Day 243: 20/11/2013

Riding through the desert
Into the wild canons of your heart.
Terrified by the vastness.
At the mercy of your manna.

Uncharted journey
Am I doubling back?
Your spirit my guide post,
in the Sahara of my soul.

Day 242: 19/11/2013

Holy God,

You lavishly pour out your love.
My prickled hand are empty.
What have I to bring you but this?

Your grace flows deeper.
It washes purer.
It rises above my prickles and warts.

envelope and enfold me.
Wrap me in the splendor of your light.
Shield me from lies and infiltrate me with truth.

You are other.
You are Holy.
your ways are higher,
yes, so much higher.

Amen

Day 241: 18/11/2013

Holy God..

And we walk fearlessly in the path of righteousness.
We willingly weather the uncharted waves of grace.
We stand in awe of you.
We stand in awe of our other.

We step boldly,
              intentionally in the way of Christ.

Renew us.
Refresh us.
Revive us.

Our other.
Our Holy.
Amen

Day 240: 17/11/2013

God...

Move us deeper.
Shake us to the core.
Wash over us with your gentleness
and lead us to our knees.

Your kindness beckons us.
Your patience woos us.
In your presence I'm satisfied.

Fill me with your life breath.
Stir me with your spirit of power.
Unhinge the rusty places in me.

For yours is the kingdom,
Yours is the power,
Yours is the glory.
forever.  Amen.

Day 239: 16/11/2013

God..

You're leading us and your guiding us.
I'm trusting you,
Trusting you with the little I have,
with my little faith.

The doubt seems so massive,
so vacant so protruding.

I rest my life into your hands.
I rest my faith into your hands.
I rest my doubt into your hands.

All Lord, all in your gifted hands.

Friday, November 15, 2013

Day 238: 15/11/2013

God...

Oh and you whisper your words of love through every moment of my day.
 But am I listening? really listening to all you have to say?

My heart grows cold, far too fast.
 Like an icepack on my back.
Warm me, warm me gently
 I'm afraid of catching fire.

My shoes slip off, bare feet on the ground.
You and me, me and you.
Is this really holy ground?

Help me welcome you this day
with my stubborn hard heart.
Undo me, woe me, reveal yourself today.

Come Lord Jesus come.

Day 237: 14/11/12013

Christ...

Be the light that shines in our darkest darkness.
Be the light that shines brighter than the sun.
Be the light that never grows dim.
Be the light.
You are the light.
Truly, you are the light of the world.

Shine bright upon this life!

Day 236: 13/11/2013

And I hear you say to me:

"You make your steps towards me, but then you turn and take steps back.
Move towards me.  Move before me.  Never fearing, always trusting till I fill all of your cracks.
I'm always searching, always seeking until I get you fully back.
You're my love-child, you're in my heart beat.  let me be the thing you pack.

Let us journey, always journey till our hearts forever intertwine.
Let me weave you.  Never leave you, precious moonlight of mine.
I'm always calling, always waiting rest your soul into my time.
Let me woe you, no, not chew you, don't worry you're in my family line.
I'll love you until forever--and no, that's not just another rhyme.

Day 235: 12/11/2013

God..

Change us and shake us.
Displace us, rearrange us.
Your glory, your honour.

Revive us, pursue us.
Unlock the hidden places.

Draw us and heal us.
Deeper into your presence.
Your presence my life beat.

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Day 234: 11/11/2013

Holy God,

You remember us.
And we seek to remember you.

In all our goings out and comings in,
                your faithfulness is beyond comprehension.

In all our pushing and stirring.
In all the chaos we create
your love persists.
                your faithfulness is astounding.

You remember us.
And we seek to remember you.

Day 233: 10/11/2013

Lord God...

I wander the maze corridors of my heart.
Each step a wonder in this valve filled labyrinth.
Take me deeper.
Deeper into your presence.
Deeper into you.

I walk.
Each step becoming clearer.
Each crawl forward--less distractions.

You're pulling me.
Pulling me into your depths.
My senses are flooded.

Your love s extravagant and concrete...this much I know.

Pull me deeper.
Deeper into you.  

Day 232: 09?11/2013

God...

Work, rest
Work. rest.
Teach us the rhythms of your kingdom. 

Suffering. Delight.
Suffering. Delight.
Teach us the stability of your character.

Quiet. Crowd.
Quiet. Crowd.
Teach us the balance of your creation.

At home with you.
In your presence is fullness of joy.

Seasons.

Friday, November 8, 2013

Day 231: 08/11/2013

God...

And you slow me right down.
You unwind me like a clock.
You purge out the chaos
And fill with your assurance.

You sing songs of victory.
You whisper words of love.
My whole life your canvas.

Stillness.

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Day 230: 07/11/2013

Holy God...

And you call us.
You call us while we are still a long way off.
You call us and call us
Until we turn and see your face.

And you welcome us.
You welcome us with your arms stretched wide.
You welcome us without hesitation, without a second thought.

We rest in your goodness.
We are content in your worth.
We bow in submission.

Your ways are holy.
You are holy.
Be holy in my heart.
Be holy in my soul.
Be holy in my mind.

Encounter.

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Day 229: 06/11/2013

Calling me,
beckoning,
inviting me towards something more. 
something beyond myself.

Refocused,
Realigned,
Redeemed by the steadfast love of your grace.
Pushing past petty things.

Keep my heart here.
Keep it in the peace of your affection.
In the joys of your gladness.
In the truth of your depths.

Hide it and melt it.
Over and over.

I am my beloved's and he is mine.

Vacation.

Day 228: 05/11/2013

Holy God...

We break and we carry it.
We carry it home.
Our shattered moment.

Your large heart
                Our comfort.

Your heart beat
             Our life breath.

Our hearts colliding
             Your fire our glory.

Lavishly Broken.
                 Broken Lavishly.

Day 227: 04/11/2013

You'll have to wait until next Monday for this one....

Day 226: 03/11/2013

Holy God of light...

And I can barely see for all the brightness of your glory.
For all the radiance of grace.
For all the strength of your light.
For all the beaut of your face.

Sunbeams

Day 225: 02/11/2013

God...

Your light
             Our delight.

Your rain
            Our grace.

Your gifts
           Our unexpected joy.

Our waiting
               Your working.

Our failing
              Your faithing.

Paradox.

Day 224: 01/11/2013 (bonus post)

Didn't even know I wrote a bonus post...hahah...


God...

Gracious moments.  It's the beauty of the unrehearsed pauses of life that unfold the unexpected gold.  And when my life feels like a continuous whirlwind, a constant prolonged moment of blustery storms, when my life feels like a winter storm reorder my thinking like the simplistic order of this brick wall with its calming assurance of safety.

Freshly washed hands warming themselves around a warm white cup of joe.
Grace moments in the middle of my storm.

And you're taking me to places I would never have gone on my own.
Uncharted valleys I would never have chosen.

You're taking me and you're healing me. 
Slowly.
But you're healing me. 

Day 224:01/11/2013

Holy God...

In this resting silence I find hope and quiet.
I find a peace that cannot be quenched.
I find a truth that settles and assures.

Oh Spirit of life breathe peace, rest and truth upon these dry bones.
Pour out like Niagra Falls.
Blow dramatic change like this whirlwind, house shaking storm.

I am my beloved's and he is mine.

Day 223: 31/10/2013

Holy God...

Encountering you in every moment of the day.
Each laughter. Each leaf.
You're writing the history of my life and I feel older,
Wonderfully older each moment.

Refresh me like the pouring water over the water fall.
Sharpen my senses like the sharp contrasts of fall's colours.

Enlighten. Invite.  Impress.

Day 222: 30/10/2013

God...

The light this the wing, its a perfect sight.
Sun-showers from the sky just take my breath away.
And I'm mining for gold on this prayer carved adventure.
Your kingdom, my heart beat.
Your command, my song.

Light seeking.
Truth pouring.
Rest finding.