And again He bent down and wrote on the ground.
John 8:8
If we want to share Christ’s new birth
We too must get down to earth
When I feel your pain
Then both of us gain
And invite the world into God’s mirth
And again He bent down and wrote on the ground.
John 8:8
If we want to share Christ’s new birth
We too must get down to earth
When I feel your pain
Then both of us gain
And invite the world into God’s mirth
Hat Tip to The Lego Movie
Though this world feels like it’s broke
That’s not a reason to choke
God has a plan
For woman and man
To reveal His great master-stroke!
If we are to save souls from hell
We must dig a deeper love well
For only a brain
That shares in their pain
Can show how Jesus breaks the spell
Compassion may seem quite in fashion
Until it’s our face that is ashen
But if we’re His Bride
We’ll stay by His side
No matter the waves that are crashin’!
I am at Caltech
I am in some kind of video game
Probably like Minecraft
Someone hands me a rope
Which I snap into a magic wand
It’s time to build
Continue readingSometimes true goodness
Is sweet to the soul
Comforting blessings
That make us feel whole
But then there are times
When holiness hurts
Surfacing memories
Of our just deserts
Lord, help us see
Beyond my wounds and theirs
That these growing pains
Are proof that Christ cares
Keep going
Keep caring
Keep suffering along
Because soon one day
Wails will become song
“Herod was greatly disturbed whenever he talked with John, but even so, he liked to listen to him.”
Mark 6:20b NLT
When I am feeling alone
My choice must be to A-Moan
When the world hurts
We want just deserts
A law that is true
Protects me from you
We cannot exist in a world
Unless the divine be concealed
His glory would us overwhelm
If this earthy veil be unpeeled
Lord, help me to realize
The essence of evil is lies
The pain that we feel
Though it seems real
Is actually grace is disguise!
Question: How do I demonstrate grace metabolizing pain into trust?
#Laughter
The written word
Is a fulcrum
For channeling pain
Into meaning
Lord you know the pain of this world
Into which we have been hurled
We are each one broken part
Of your once unbroken heart
I need a heart break
Like a jail break
So my mistake
Becomes a head fake
[A clearer but harder path forward]
In Loving Memory of Lonnie Frisbee
When I want revival to flower
My instinct is to come with power
Reveal hidden truth
To lonely lost youth
So on them God’s blessings I shower
When pain of this world steals my quiet
Your Word alone helps me un-lie-it
When I see Your throne
My fear You now own
And with Your truth I slay Goliath!
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
When trapped in the world
Feeling lost and adrift
It’s hard to consider
Existence a gift
If we want to inherit heaven
We must learn to recognize leaven
Each small compromise
That clouds up our eyes
Til we can’t tell cursin’ from blessin’
The reason we’re trapped by this thing
Is we have made comfort our king
My power ensures
My pain quickly cures
Regardless of Your suffering
So we must learn to face our hurt
To let Christ His Kingdom assert
As He heals our eyes
We soon recognize
Our crosses to crowns He’ll convert!
The real source of pain
It now seems to me
Is where I conflict
With reality
When we feel a pain
That we did not earn
There’s part of our brain
That begins to burn
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