the secret to a happy life die first (kidding not kidding kidding not kidding kidding)
shhhh
Box Out
charlatan noun char·la·tan ˈshär-lə-tən 1 QUACK charlatans harming their patients with dubious procedures 2 one making usually showy pretenses to knowledge or ability : FRAUD, FAKER Charlatans Promise Results Insight Truth Love Provide (instead) Shame Fatigue Lies Despair Hope Less Ness Masquerading Light Shadow box I Box You Out
Inconvienent Highways
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. Luke 2:1 KJV The Government ordered all to be taxed All And so Mary and Joseph Went (obeyed) His unlikely provision for our noel need He orchestrated The Long Difficult Arduous Unpleasant Inconvenient Uncomfortable Trip Their not sought for road Was/is THE Highway of grace For us Their posture of obedience Blessed the whole world The Whole World (What if they said no I won’t go The government can't tell me what to do I protest I must protect My rights My freedoms Horns blaring Placards waving What if) I want to be on every inconvenient highway for grace you have for me Poppa Every One
If
If I let You
Order the day
Order my mind
Order my soul
Things go
Better
Smoother
Easier
My heart doesn’t pound so
My mouth doesn’t snap so
My mind doesn't race so
As Eugene Petersen rendered so wonderfully well
I walk in the
Unforced rhythms of grace1
Who wouldn’t want this Poppa
Who
1. Matthew 11: 20 - 30 The Message
Back
Seminary papers have been happily consuming my writing energy these past several weeks Getting back at it now:)
Tangled
Life Meanders along just fine and Unravels in a moment (a second is all it takes to make a total mess) Right? Then begins the Untangling Unraveling the Slow Tedious Painstaking Courageous Work To become Whole (ish) Again
Gargantuan
Tears tremble Threaten to spill At every remembrance Of An old grief Yet gargantuan (I should be over this by now) I’m tired Embarrassed Overwhelmed Afraid Ashamed What if I start crying Will I ever stop
Coyote
Twice now I’ve seen you Standing stopped still We interrupted (twice) Lucy and I Your morning and evening wanderings Scourge to some you appear to me majestic Your coat now thick and grown healthy with good hunting You paused As did I We sized each other up Considered And then went our separate ways You to your world I to mine
Gone
Stop We mark her passing Our humble Queen has gone Ushered now Into the presence Of greatness At home At home At home (image: https://www.apple.com/ca/)
03.09.18
The day you left The world (my world) Was torn asunder And heaven (my heaven) Was made whole See you soon dearheart See you soon Cause (with the Lord a day is like a thousand years and a thousand years is like a day) Hurray
Colleen R. Jantzen 