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5/18 Limerick: Hole Heart

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Instead, one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.

John 19:34

Lord I wanna have “hole heart”
So I am living a new start
When from me sin pours
I’m free to be yours
Where nothing will ever tear us apart

Today I will un-guard my heart — the right way!

RUPA Spiritual Impact Model: How to redeem those we love

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How can we grow all of us closer to Jesus?

Lately I’ve been wrestling with a series of questions around:

  • parenting
  • evangelism
  • discipleship
  • inner healing.

This morning — having watched the Indian Forrest Gump last night — I wonder if the acronym RUPA might address all of them:

  1. Relationships that build Trust
  2. Understanding that creates Awareness
  3. Prayer that binds Strongmen
  4. Authority to release Freedom

Here’s a first draft of how that might work. What do you think?

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Mrs. Jesus #5/7: Wood Friday

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Continued from Mrs. Jesus #4/7: Thor’s Hammer Day

Prologue

Jesus wraps his arms around me and lowers me to the mattress
“I’m scared,” I whisper
“I know,” he murmurs, kissing my brow
“Don’t worry. I will always be with you, even if you can’t see me.”

For the comfort of my body
Jesus placed a small cot by the Tree of Life
I gaze up at it as he fastens two roots to the holes in my wrists
My body is not what I’m worried about

The sensation is what I imagine dialysis fees like
Or a blood transfusion
The lifeblood of the tree fills me
As mine pours into it
As my consciously slowly wanders off

To sleep, perchance to dream

The Ex-Wife

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