The name of the Lord is a strong tower; The righteous run to it and are safe. Proverbs 18:10 (NKJV) You and I mean different things when You say ‘safe’ I mean Nothing bad will happen You mean I will hold you when the bad things happen Safe
First things first
Look Listen Learn Lament Look Listen Learn Lament Look Listen Learn Lament
Chance
We had a chance Were given a chance To imagine a different world (even given a trial run) A different way Better even (might have been) To leave behind The idols of our habits Have we squandered it? Will we get another?
Words
Words Weaponized Wound (sometimes mortally) the intended target (and bystanders of varying degrees of innocence or blame) You frighten me oh warrior with your words May I and the ones I love never be found in your cross hairs Tweet Tweet
Joy
Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy Psalm 126.5 Every gardener knows it The dry ground Needs rain To Produce Life We know it too (In our heart of hearts) (Painful though it is) Tears are the pathway To True Joy It grows in Hidden places Dark places Dry places Its authenticity is released and True Joy Grows
Loss
Laid off and I'm officially tired of loss sad/mad/sad/mad/sad/mad distracted momentarily then sad/mad/sad/mad/sad/mad sad
Heal our Land
“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14 NIV Just a cursory glance Reveals the pervasive darkness within Forgive me Cleanse me Hear me Heal our land
Mercy
Blessed are the merciful for they will be shown mercy. Matthew 5: 7 (NIV) Not my strong suit When it comes to you Do my thoughts harm you? Do they function as a curse? I hope so (not mercy) And I hope not (mercy) Praying for the restoration of my own weak soul To love To mercy Oh to be like thee Blessed Redeemer
What do you want from us?
What do you want from us? Acceptance? Absolution? To be in the inner circle again? Touching us? Laughing with us? A part of us? Don’t you know that you gave that all up When you gave up her?
Was it hard
Was it hard To replace her Was is awkward In the kitchen At the table To have someone different Someone Not her There
Colleen R. Jantzen 