Category: Devotional
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2/14 IAM: The Rest of Glory
He is walking around me / Clothed in white armor / Keeping the darkness away // No // **_Pushing_** the darkness away…
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2/13 IAM: Intimately Known
I look for Jesus. / He is there / Exactly where He is supposed to be / Standing at the altar // Except… / He isn’t looking at me / Or for me // My heart breaks…
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2/12 IAM: Super Vulnerable! (INRI, Part 6 of 6)
I take the purple sash from my hips / And tie it around my neck / Like a superhero cape // The crown of thorns / Stays on my waist / Like Batman’s utility belt…
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2/11 IAM: A Walking Paradox (INRI, Part 5 of 6)
Behind me / Are natural enemies / Predator and pray / Villain and victim // I cannot control them / Though I have been fool enough to try…
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2/10 IAM: Faith-Fully Clothed (INRI, Part 4 of 6)
He wraps the sash around my waist / And belts it on with His crown of thorns
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2/9 IAM: Rightly Judged (INRI, Part 3 of 6)
The (s)word of Jesus pierces my heart / Slicing through my umbilical cord / Pinning me to the ground // I want to scream / But there is no pain / Rather… relief?
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2/8 IAM: Terrifyingly Open (INRI, Part 2 of 6)
When Jesus opens my tomb / A giant, green, venomous snake pops up / Hissing furiously at Jesus…
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2/7 IAM: Fearfully Incomplete (INRI, Part 1 of 6)
It is heavy / Cold and wet // But safe / Like a sarcophagus // I don’t even know what I am hiding from / But I am afraid to find out…
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2/6 IAM: Anchored
Each time I lift a leg to step forward / The suction fights me / Pulls me back / Keeps me stuck / Bogged down / Repeating the same mistakes over and over…
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2/5 IAM: Revelatory
No power. / No running water. / But we are happy. // We are together. / We have a purpose. / We are in love with Jesus and each other…
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2/4 IAM: Mobilizing
Why is the enemy afraid of me? / What does he know — that I don’t — which makes him want to destroy me before I find out?
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2/3 IAM: Plotting
I don’t know where I am going / But it is important I get there / It is urgent I get there / Before time runs out…
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2/2 IAM: Under-Standing
I am standing under a giant mushroom / Icky goo is falling all over me // I hate it / But the stuff falling outside is worse…
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1/31 IAM: Un-Stumped
Why did it have to be there? / Who put it there? / Is someone deliberately being difficult? // Belatedly / I look for Jesus…
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1/30 IAM: The Yokes On You
But I am torn between the tension / Of wanting to give people what I have/ And knowing I often give them myself / Rather than Jesus / Just to ease my own pain…
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1/29 IAM: Dis-Abused
I realize the man / Is supposed to be a doctor / But isn’t as ready / As he thought he was…
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1/28 IAM: Fire Nation
I look for Jesus. / He is on fire with me / His pain is even greater than mine / But He is grinning // He must know something I don’t…
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1/27 IAM: Peace-Maker
When faced with a land / Of hate and distress / How will Christ come / To save us and bless?
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1/26 IAM: Train-Braker
I am dressed as a gambler / Slick / Confident / Appearing rich / Though I’m actually poor…
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