Radically Happy

I see Jesus / With my heart / Instead of my eyes // I see all of us / Like Him…

It is hard / Not to look back / In concern / For my falling comrades // But I must obey / And can help them best / By focusing on Jesus…

A local sees us playing with the bikes / 
And suggests using the rocket-powered ones / 
Analog, solid rockets with manual fuses / 
Because nobody should trust digital…

No longer just a figurehead / 
A lightning rod / 
Drawing the storm / 
Into Himself / 
And us…

The armor / 
The stone / 
They had worn / 
Which protected them / 
Which was killing us all…

Or perhaps / 
We were in the desert / 
To learn how to reconcile / 
So abundance wouldn’t destroy us…

I head towards the nearest giant / The one who most looks like me… // And is stunned / When I stop / And kneel before him / Defenseless…

The statue built / From my broken dreams / And fractured mind / Opens its mouth / Saying // “Here am I / Send me”

They grab the broken pieces / Of my thoughts and works / And start to reassemble them…

The Pearl of Grave Price does indeed make you appear greater, but at a cost. It siphons the life force of those you love.

He picks up / The shattered fragments / Of my ego / My identity / My self-worth / My accomplishments // He tears them in half / He hands me my portion…

I cannot see Him / Because of the storm clouds / Because of the raindrops // No // Because of the wall / I built with my own two hands…

We / Are thoughtfully / Meticulously / Cooperatively / Thoroughly / Expertly // Building a prison / To keep Him in…

He is leading them / By letting them think they own Him…

Our enemies / Whom we hated / Help us / By drinking the water / That stood in our way…

Do I love Him / 
More than I fear / 
The waters?

I didn’t notice / We had left Jesus behind // I / Had left Him behind / On purpose…

I look for Jesus. // He is not / Here // He is with my enemies…