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Hat tip to the Nolans

MIC Check

Today’s Most Important Challenge is…

• Holding tension
• For others to make
• Their own mistakes
• Versus forcing them
• To make mine

Immanuel Approach Memo

I am… awake.

In a stone cell
Cold and alone

I don’t know where I am
Why I am here
Or even… who I am

I look at my palms.

On the left
Is tattooed:

“Tomorrow you will forget”

On my right:

“Remember Jesus”

I look for Jesus.

I don’t see Him in the cell

I lower my eyes
I see Him tattooed
On my naked chest
Over my heart

I hear a noise.

The door to my cell opens inward
A tray of food slides in
I pounce on it hungrily

When I finish
I am shocked to realize
The door is ajar

Did they forget?
Is it a test?
A trap?
A rescue?

Or…
Am I a monk
And never a prisoner
At all?

I search the room.

I find no markings
To show how long I was here
No clothing
To cover my nakedness
Or remind me what I am

But I do find
A golden pen

I test it on my skin
And discover
The ink matches my tattoos

On the back of my left hand
I write:

“Woke in a cell”

Then I sneak up to the door
Pull it slightly more open
Risk a glance into the hallway

And my jaw drops open!

To be continued

Reflection

I feel…

• Exposed
• Contained
• Disoriented
• Vulnerable
• Powerless
• Uprooted
• Helped

Scripture

“You have forgotten that Yahweh, your Maker, stretched out the skies and laid earth’s firm foundation. But you live each day constantly worrying, living in fear of your angry oppressor who is bent on your destruction. But their fury cannot touch you!
Those who are suffering will soon be released. They will not die in their dark dungeon, nor will they go hungry.”

Isaiah‬ ‭51‬:‭13‬-‭14‬ ‭TPT‬‬