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MIC Check

Today’s Most Important Challenge is…

• Speaking hard truths
• Softly enough
• To be heard
• As comfort

Immanuel Approach Memo

Continued from 6/17 IAM: Co-Fighting

I am… settling.

We land our prison-door-skyboards
In an underground cavern
Beneath the hole punched by Jesus

I look for Jesus.

He is already running
Into the heart
Of the deepest darkness

We lay down our mats
And follow

The way is dark
Rough
Narrow
Winding (in both senses)

I start to wheeze

I close my eyes
Breathe His Spirit
Follow the rhythm
Of our pounding feet

I look for the others.

I see my brothers
And sisters
By the light
They reflect from Jesus

Together
They show me the path
As I show them

Some before
Some behind

Some see Jesus
Some do not
But all
Help me see Jesus
And where to go next

Looking back
I can see the direction
We have been travelling
And the heights
We have ascended

Looking ahead
I cannot see Jesus
Directly
But I can see His glow
Brighter
On those nearer the front

I breathe
More easily
And continue to run…

To be continued

Reflection

I feel…

• Encouraged
• Not alone
• Enlightened
• Lighter
• Refreshed
• Humbled

Scripture

He will say, “I have long been silent; yes, I have restrained myself. But now, like a woman in labor, I will cry and groan and pant. I will level the mountains and hills and blight all their greenery. I will turn the rivers into dry land and will dry up all the pools.”‭‭

Isaiah‬ ‭42‬:‭14‬-‭15‬ ‭NLT‬‬