Category: Devotional
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4/26 YAM: Overcomer (Unmated-I 8 of 13)
I bow to Jesus. // One at a time / He removes burdens / I hadn’t realized / I was carrying…
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4/25 YAM: Waiter (Unmated-I 7 of 13)
He says / “Rest here / Awhile / I have to prepare / A surprise for you” // I cry out / “Don’t leave me! / I hate / To be alone…”
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4/24 YAM: Seer (Unmated-I 6 of 13)
For a moment I panic / Waterboarded / Triggered / By the depth / Of His emotion / For me…
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4/23 YAM: Singer (Unmated-I 5 of 13)
He is weeping over me / His tears fall like rain / Filling the holes in my heart / Like a well of living water…
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4/22 YAM: Farmer (Unmated-I 4 of 13)
I look to My Father. / He smiles / And holds out a cup / To collect my blood // Then pours it / Over the side / Of the mountain…
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4/21 YAM: Warrior (Unmated-I 3 of 13)
I am alone / Again / Still // I have regained my sword / But no armor / And only a single jewel / But no gold // How / Can I save a world / That seems determined / To destroy itself…
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4/20 YAM: Sailor (Unmated-I 2 of 13)
I thought / I was doing / What would secure my happiness / Bring me love / Expand His Kingdom // But now / It all seems in vain…
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4/19 YAM: Reader (Unmated-I 1 of 13)
Their brides appear / The animals dance / Or sing / Or strut / According to its kind / // They go off / To fulfill their purpose / But not me…
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4/18 IAM: Ascending (Lion King 5 of 5)
I look to His body / From my fallen position / Which has become a front row seat / For the miracle // The headless Body / Gropes toward Our Father / By pursuing the path / Of greatest pain…
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4/17 IAM: Exalted/Newsong (Lion King 4 of 5)
I have become a scavenger / Feeding on the dead body / Of Jesus // I slink away / As the hyenas who killed Him / Creep forward / And follow my example…
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4/16 IAM: Clean Afraid (Lion King 3 of 4)
I look at my heart./ And realize / It doesn’t matter what I should feel / But what I do feel / Grief…
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4/15 IAM: Re-Sourced (Lion King 2 of 5)
My Father came / When I cried out / But not / As I thought / To attack them / // Instead / He sings…
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4/14 IAM: Dependent (Lion King 1 of 5)
He comes like Rafiki the monkey / But not to berate me / Or make me look to myself / Or my ancestors…
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4/13 IAM: Fertilizing (Rocking 4 of 4)
He scoops me up / Sifts me like wheat / And pours me into the water / Flowing from the rock / Into the desert…
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4/12 IAM: Planning (Rocking 3 of 4)
For a moment / I panic / I can’t see Him / For all the corruption / In His Body…
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4/11 IAM: Opening (Rocking 2 of 4)
He is the River / Anyone who drinks this water / Will never thirst again / // But / There is a price…
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4/10 IAM: Deserted (Rocking 1 of 4)
We have no water / There is a spring… / But it is clogged / By an enormous rock / // Everyone expects me… / To strike it with my sword / (Or so I imagine) / // Instead…
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4/9 IAM: Making Rescuers (Trapped 3 of 3)
“You deserve to die / For what you have done / And for what you intended” // He nods / And grimaces / Expecting a killing blow…
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4/8 IAM: Disastrous (Trapped 2 of 3)
Not one of my foes / Is still standing // I feel slightly ashamed / For having feared them / Rather than pitied…
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4/7 IAM: Dance-Fighting (Trapped 1 of 3)
I look for Jesus. / He is right there / But not beside me / As I hoped / To defend me // He is before me…
Radically Happy 