Radically Happy

Will the building / 
Where we hid / 
From the vengeance of Jesus / 
Be destroyed / 
Or exalted?

I start shaking / “Lord, this acid can destroy kings” // He winks / “Of course. / It is my Blood.”

I am sorely tempted to wear the crown / But something warns me not to

MIC Check Today’s Most Important Challenge is… Addressing the root causes Of our conflict And my resentment Immanuel Approach Memo Continued from 3/19 IAM: Guard(en)ed I am… inside a beautiful garden I feel like we should be indoorsAt midnightBut it looks like noontime daylightAnd I no longer see any wallsNot…

The screams were demons / Shrieking from the holy water / That burns evil spirits like acid / While leaving humans unharmed / (Though few realize it)

Outside, I hear screams / As justice is served / With a brutal even-handedness / I look for Jesus. / But He is not here / He is outside / He is both the executioner / And the executed…

I am horrified / I look at Him like He is crazy / I’ve seen the movie / Corpses crawling out of graves / Zombies hungering for our flesh…

I un-sing / All the Song fragments / That sustain / And ruin / Our city…

The people above / 
Were trying to dance / 
To the music / 
But kept crashing into those / 
Who sang a different part / 
Of the same Song…

Maybe / 
I’m not here for a What / 
But a Who…

I feel a twinge of fear / Who else is down here? / What is this place under the city? / Why did Jesus let me fall into it?

Stepping off the rock / Into empty space / Takes a whole different courage…

I feel a pang / 
That we are not with Him / 
But I remember / 
That He is with us…

I no longer need to beat my tambourine / Perhaps I no longer can / My old fingers too slow to catch / The subtle rhythms / The youth are playing / To align the singing / With the Song of Christ…

We were drawn here by Jesus / By His Song // But we got here / By clinging to others / Who sang the same note…