Tag: Jesus

With: A Poem for Lent

You asked us to be with You
In that 
Shadowy
Waiting
Dark
Scary 
Lonely
Place

That place before

The Cross

We got tired
We got sleepy
We shut our eyes
And couldn’t

Stay

Awake

You knew all that 
(somehow)
Yet/still
Invited us 

In

Cause You knew 
(and we know) 

That

Company
(even fickle/faulty)

Is welcome
(even if they can’t go the whole way)

And really

The darkest places
Are 

Solitary places

Places we go to 

Alone

Death
Sickness
Suffering
Pain
Betrayal 
Rejection 
Misunderstood

Those are the alone places 

Places we go to

Alone


Except 

That

You are there 
Jesus
You are there
 
You 
Who went the whole distance
In the dark

Are there

You 
You 
You
Are there
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Shine

In you is the source of life and in your light we see light
Psalm 36:9

The darkness of old cruel paths
Archaic/barbaric ways of
thinking/being/seeing 
Shroud me/us
Blinds me/us to the good/bright/life way

Jesus
I/we need your light/life

Shine 
Jesus
Shine
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Is It Really All About

Is it really all about 

Me 
Mine 
I

(and rights and freedoms and don’t tell me what to do) 

I thought the common good was the thing

The other
The weak
The poor
The disenfranchised
The lonely
The sick
The lost

I thought the 
Other was the thing 

That 

We were meant to be on about

(You know)

The least of these
That 
HE is always on about

Or 

If not the least of these 

Then at least 

The Body

So many amputated now
Wounded
Cut off
(from one part at least)
Because

It became too much about

Me 
Mine 
I 
(and rights and freedoms and don’t tell me what to do)


(an unintended consequence I’m sure)

How When Why

Did we lose 

The Way

How When Why

Did the Main Thing 

Cease to be 

The Main Thing

How When Why

Did we make it all about

Me 
Mine
I
(and rights and freedoms and don't tell me what to do)


When

(perhaps we lost our way 
a long time ago 
and didn’t even realize 
that we did)


Jesus

Your beloved Bride is 

Broken
Angry
Confused
Forlorn
Lost

Spirit come

Rescue

Revive

Redeem

Restore


She needs 

New life

Again
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Foo

Foo is an intentionally meaningless placeholder word often used in computer programming...

Why have only one
When two will nicely do
Filling life up
With things that are not You


Foo
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I Dreamt Of You

I dreamt of you
I dreamt of me

You arrived welcome 
(but uninvited)

I called
(fearful)

Beckoned
(hopeful)

come join us

And

You entered
(but)

Stiff
Arms yet folded tight across your chest a

Vain shield around your cold hurt embittered heart

(I’m sad for you
I’m sad for me)



Come Lord Jesus

Come

Heal
Restore
Renew
Make New

As Only You Can Do

I'll wait
Am waiting
Will wait

For 
You
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Envy

I envy your stillness

Your peace
As I thrash about in the heat and mire
Of 

Restless thoughts
trapped in a
Restless frame

Jesus I look to You
For peace 
In 

My limbs
My joints
My heart

Peace in the wee hours

When 
Your light 
Is dim
In me
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Sunday

Sunday
Sunday
(used to be a fun day)

Sunday 
Sunday
Sad

Now I gulp down the grief
(for all that was lost)

And Go
(to try)

To trust
(because)

---

Because 

Of

And 

In

And 

Through 

And 

For 

YOU 

Jesus

For You

I trade my anger
(towards the ones who poisoned the well)

For forgiveness

For peace

For hope

For faith

For love


For You
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Bevy

A bevy of voices 

Beckon
Call
Teach
Preach
Shout 
Demand
Speak
Whisper
Complain
Confront
Cajole
Encourage
Slam
Text 
Tweet
Post
Broadcast
Stream
Podcast
Remind

(whew)


But

Jesus 

It's You

Jesus

Simply You

Jesus

(in and through and amongst and in spite of 
all that) 

That I

Am listening

For
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Could Would Should

When the things that could be 

Can’t

When the things that would be 

Won’t

When the things that should  be 

Shan’t

I press into You
I press into You

My

Rock
Redeemer
Lover
Friend
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Liminal

Liminal (adjective)

1: of, relating to, or situated at a sensory threshold: 
barely perceptible or capable of eliciting a response
2: of, relating to, or being an intermediate state, phase, or condition 
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liminal
That space between peace and not peace
Liminal

Notice it dear heart
Stand up and pay attention

That liminal space where we move from peace to not peace

Fear
Anger
Frustration
Impatience
Selfishness
Worry
Concern

Draw in rather

Faith
Life
Hope
Perspective
Peace
Love
Joy
(of Jesus)

Into that liminal space

And live

Live

Live
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