Before dawn Before! A chorus of birds greet the not yet sun Confident in their Creator (who orders all things well) That it will rise (the sun) And so must I Greet the day with Faith Hope Trust Joy Confident expectation
At the Scent of Water
The horse At the scent of water Lifts her head Then Drawn forward Dips low And Drinks long and deep Water Spirit You
Repent and Weep
We The settler peoples We Are 100% 100% to blame Responsible (culpable) For The reprehensible The unthinkable The criminal The cruel The lonely deaths Of children Children! This great corporate and individual sin rises as a stench into your throne room Oh God (Abuse Neglect Greed Violence Abuse Neglect Greed Violence) I repent I repent and weep I repent and weep for their children I repent and weep for their children That Are No More I repent and weep I repent and weep I repent and weep I repent I
Canadian Genocide
215 Kamloops, British Columbia CANADA 104 Brandon, Manitoba CANADA 38 Regina, Saskatchewan CANADA 751 Cowessess, Saskatchewan CANADA 35 Lestock, Saskatchewan CANADA 180 Carlisle, (Prince Albert) Saskatchewan CANADA ... (One would have been too many) A voice Many voices A Thousand voices Thousands upon thousands of voices Weeping for their children because they are no more Weeping for their children because they are no more Weeping for their children because they are no more I am weeping for your children because they are no more
Transformation
Ten seconds with You The actual You (not the idea of you) You And I’m healed Transformed Holy Spirit Come (and keep on coming) trans·form /tran(t)sˈfôrm/ make a thorough or dramatic change in the form, appearance, or character of.1 1. https://www.google.com/search?q=transformed+meaning&rlz=1CAWAFN_enCA858&oq=transformed+&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j35i39j0j46j0j69i61l3.12233j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Taking a break
Taking a wee break till the middle of June to support family.
Peace and grace to you on your way.
Warmly,
Colleen
Your Voice
Your voice ( I long to hear) Your voice (perhaps) Your voice (requires still the bitter thing) Wait Forgive Hope Trust and still yet wait some more
Veracity
Veracity (noun) Definition 1 : conformity with truth or fact : accuracy 2 : devotion to the truth : truthfulness 3 : power of conveying or perceiving truth 4 : something true1 Verily Verily Truly Truly What other truth matters Than His truth (surely not my truth or yours) Being so puny So small So cosmically uniformed Verily Verily Truly Truly I am the Way The Truth The Life (if it doesn’t sound like Me, smell like Me, feel like Me, seem like Me. It’s not) Verify it “Jesus answered: ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me’” John 14:6 (NIV)
1. https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/calendarefinition. Retrieved May 13, 2021
Identity
Beloved
Adored
Loved
Seen
Adopted
Accepted
Belonging
Redeemed
I am who You say I am
Another Sunday
He lets me rest in green meadows;
He leads me beside peaceful streams.
He renews my strength.
He guides me along right paths,
bringing honor to his name.
Psalm 23: 2-3 (NLT)
Another Sunday
And I wake to the dull ache of
Displacement
Replacement
Ideologies masked as theologies
That
Shipwreck sanctuary for
(me)
Spirit steer me
(and my fellow refugees)
Home
We long for
Home
Colleen R. Jantzen 