We cannot exist in a world
Unless the divine be concealed
His glory would us overwhelm
If this earthy veil be unpeeled
Tag Archives: healing
Jonah’s Brother
StandardEarnest: Yo, Jonah!
Jonah: Yo, Earnest! What brings you all the way back here to Nineveh?
E. Well, it’s kind of embarrassing…
J. Please don’t tell me this is for another whale pun!
E. What? No, nothing like that.
J. Whew. That’s a relief. I can handle anything except another whale pun.
E. Oh, great! I actually wanted to talk to you about bitterness and judgmentalism.
J. …
Continue reading3/19 Limerick: God Bless My Foes
StandardBlessings on all of my foes!
For even the worst of my woes
Serve but to reveal
The pain that I feel
Is what brings the healing Christ chose
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
Matthew 5:44
2/18 Poem: Woo Who?
StandardLord, what are you trying to do
When it is me that you woo
I don’t have money or fame
No beauty or charm to my name
2/12 Limericks: Still Borne
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Lord, carry me through the silence.
When facing the demons within
We start to lose faith that You win
The pain in our heart
Wants to tear us apart
And it’s easier to hide it with sin
Repost: God Anointed You (Pure Glory)
StandardIncredibly relevant and timely post from Pure Glory (as usual 🙂 as we are declaring Luke 4/Isaiah 61 over our church and family this year.
Continue reading1/7 Limerick: Favor Bears
StandardThe favor of God is a gift
Whose purpose we must learn to sift
Not freedom from pain
But fruit that we gain
Reveals how the Lord healed our rift
“A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world.”
John 16:21
11/11 Limerick: Un-Wound
StandardWhen wounds of the past leave us bound
Grace helps our hearts be un-wound
Old layers of sin
Are where we begin
Learning how crosses are crowned
11/5 Poem: My Stery
StandardMy story is a mystery
Where I don’t know the end
Or even the beginning
Of why He called me “friend”
10/6 Poem: Word Works
StandardThe work of God’s Word
Is that He be heard
By which I mean
That we can be seen
The point of His letter
Is to love Him better
By helping me see
Just how He loves me
This sounds very nice
But hides a steep price
For what He wants most
Is I give up my ghost!
I cannot tell a lie:
God wants me to die
So I can be more
Like the One I adore
This is the truth
He’s shown us since Ruth:
My world must be torn
So that Christ can be born
The craziest part
Is that this is the start
Of how God heals my heart
With His Word torn apart
Limerick: For Givenness
StandardThe secret to life that’s worth livin’
Is how much we feel we’ve been given
When we overflow
Like Jesus we grow
And interpret earth like it’s heaven
Poem: Gospel Flywheel
StandardThe gospel flywheel
Transforms what’s real
Frees the world from sin
As I’m changed within
Limerick: Away from Presence
StandardFor Jonah
It feels like we’re under a sentence
So we must flee from God’s presence
We may think it sin
But ‘tis within
Ourselves that we struggle with absence
Limerick: Unclean Healing
StandardEveryone wants to be seen
Performing a healing that’s clean
Where it’s clear I am right
To all those in sight
And nobody knows where I’ve been
Much harder to go to a cross
And bear all the world’s shame and loss
But if we’re like Him
And want to kill sin
He’s gotta make gold from our dross
The Rogue Dialogues: Inner Healing for Leadership
StandardEnd Notes
The Rogue Dialogues (aka “Diarogues“) are a series of stream-of-consciousness narratives I wrote while alone in my room from July 3-6, 2022, unemployed and quarantined with COVID-19. This was my attempt to make peace with the “part” of me that had an unfortunate history of sabotaging my relationships with authority figures.
Continue reading(Active) Listening to Part Of Me
StandardA Few Moments with KnowsMore
Ernest: Hi KnowsMore
KnowsMore: Hi Ernie
E. Thank you for doing this. Ready to begin?
K. Sure. Always happy to answer questions!
Continue readingExceptionally Interruptable
StandardJesus didn’t see Bartimeus
As an interruption
Because He was always looking
Always hungry
Always hoping
For the exceptional
Grace Conductor
StandardLord, make me the Third Rail of grace
Continue readingDBJ “AGONY” Edition
Standard- Absorb Scripture
- Guided Memories
- Observe Feelings
- Name the Pain
- Yield to Jesus
Breaking The Grievance Circuit
StandardSixSeconds EQ is named for the fact that the initial emotional response to an external trigger only lasts about six seconds.
I have noticed that certain triggers activate a self-perpetuating “grievance circuit” in my mind. This keeps a narrative justifying my resentment circulating in my mind; because I don’t know the appropriate action needed to resolve that trigger — and my psyche considers it too important to ignore!
This is vital information; but also a huge waste of resources. I must confess I don’t yet have a practice for reliably addressing this kind of problem, but here are some questions that might help:
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