BEHOLD I AM DOING A NEW THING
I can’t wait to get back to normal
BEHOLD I AM doing a new thing
I can’t wait to get back to normal
BEHOLD I AM
We’re almost back to normal
I AM
We are
Back
Back
Back
First things first
Look Listen Learn Lament Look Listen Learn Lament Look Listen Learn Lament
Is there
Is there a place where my whole self is welcome? My whole self The good parts of my story The bad parts of my story The glorious parts of my story The boring parts of my story The ‘how do I talk about this’ parts of my story The ‘I know you’ve heard it before’ parts of my story Is there a place? Is there?
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?
On the Shelf
On the shelf For a while (He put me there) It would be dumb of me To crawl off To do the former things Forget the former things I am doing something new (He says)
If
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 NIV We do the one thing (the hard thing, kinda) He does the two things (the important things, the needed things) If
Ego
His ego had grown too large To allow For empathy Pity
Perplexed
“But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard-pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed” 2 Corinthians 4:7-9 NIV Perplexed Today I’m not going try to figure out the un-figurable I’ll trust instead That You know what You’re doing And that You’ve got this
J.S. Wood Library
Summer days Backyard books Under sunlit trees Completely Content
With Dad at the Saskatoon Auction Mart
"Keep your hands in your lap You don't want to buy anything Like a sheep or something" (but I do) And the great crowd of men And the noise And the smell of salt and and hay and oil and manure And we're going to the concession (I can't believe it!) And I'm going to get a Vico (that's chocolate milk) and a bag of chips And you're getting a hamburger (too much for me) And I reach up to take your hand in the crush But it's not you And I freeze But Then I find you And I take your hand And everything is alright with the world again And it's the best day And I'm with my Dad And I could have bought a sheep (or a peacock) And I have a Vico and a bag of chips Eight.
Colleen R. Jantzen 