Radically Happy

MIC Check

Today’s Most Important Challenge is…

• Taking the time
• To learn how
• To tear down the walls
• Separating me
• From you

Immanuel Approach Memo

Continued from Directed

I am… swimming.

The forest
Has given way to a delta

A river
I never noticed
Is emptying into the sea

The hunter-self of mine
To whom I gave Hope
Has shed his orange jumpsuit
And human form
To become a barracuda

The scarecrow
Has tossed me in after him

I look for Jesus.

He has become a dolphin
He is leading me out to sea

Away from the forest
Away from our quarry/adversary

My human body
And hawk head
Are not equipped for this

I flounder

I cry out for Jesus.

He hears me
He draws near
He speaks

Somehow
I understand
His clicks and whistles

He says:

“I called you out
Into deep waters
So you had no choice
But to trust me”

I cling to Jesus.

We chase the barracuda

I ask:

“Why
Is he running away
From everything we’ve been hunting?”

Jesus
Grins a dolphin grin
And replies:

“Each piece of you
Was designed for a unique purpose
They become toxic
When forced
To confirm to one goal”

He gives a shout of glee:

“This hunter
In receiving Hope
Has gained
True form
True purpose
And will not be denied”

I am hurt
Scared
Confused
Triggered

I lash out at Jesus.

“How could you do this to me?
How can I abandon
My other selves
To face their adversary alone?
Won’t this just increase
The fragmentation you hate
And destroy us?”

In response
Jesus just speeds up
So I have to hold on tighter

He begins to sing
A high-pitched song
At the edge of my perception

I have to listen
Closely
Deeply
For a long time
Before I realize
He is just repeating
Over and over:

“Come and see!”

To be continued

Reflection

I feel…

• At sea
• Wild
• Out of my depth
• Carried away
• Desperate for Jesus
• Dependent
• Accelerating

Scripture

“How I wish that you had obeyed my commands! Your success and good fortune would then have overflowed like a flooding river. Your nation would be blessed with more people than there are grains of sand along the seashore. And I would never have let your country be destroyed.”‭‭

Isaiah‬ ‭48‬:‭18‬-‭19‬ ‭CEV‬‬