The tip of my nose Gracing your shoulder At break of day I breathe you in And feel Safe Loved Understood
Walk
“And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.” 2 John 1:6 Walk Take your time Notice Them In my dreaming In my planning In my thinking In my doing Love Them
If
“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 will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14 If Weighty word So much potential for Change Hope Healing Restoration New Things If
You are His idea
You are His idea His perfectly perfect idea No matter what (happens) No matter who (does what) No matter when (things went south) No matter how (bad it gets) No matter where (things got off track) He is for you He is working to bring about His perfect idea of His perfect plans for You Go ahead Get on board This is going someplace good
If You Have Been Wronged
If you have been wronged Say so If you have been hurt Say so If you have been broken Say so Say so Say so Find someone to tell it to Say so Find someone to hear you Say so Find someone to comfort you Say so Say so Say so
We were not built
The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down. Proverbs 14:1 (NIV) We were not built for soulless spaces We were built for Love Peace Joy Hope Beauty Kindness Care “He knows our frame, He remembers we are but dust.” Psalm 103:14
The Wound
“With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be.” James 3: 9-10 (NIV) How did I end up in this surgical suite? When I never signed consent? Your unintentional cut wounds and I bleed Sorrow And Neglect Unnoticed
There’s a better way
Betray Betrayer Betrayed Betrays Forgive Forgiver Forgiven Forgives Forgave Love Joy Peace Goodness Kindness Gentleness Self-control Life Life Life Life Life
Always?
“Look to the Lord and His strength, seek His face always.” 1 Chronicles 16:11 Always? What does that even look like? In a world full of Netflix Food Dogs Friends Google and Family (just to name a few of the things) That distract And distance And disconsolate From the goal and the purity of You
It’s not personal
“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against rulers, again the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” Ephesians 6:12 (NIV) It’s not personal (Well, OK, it’s personal) But it’s not the person You can Dial it back You can Look big picture You can Fight the real enemy It's not them It's them
Colleen R. Jantzen 