How will I know?

I cannot

No!

I cannot

I'm busy

I can't talk now

I have someone here

I'm eating breakfast

No!

I cannot

call you back

What do you want?!

Why, nothing

I'm sorry

I bothered you.

I cannot

call you another time.

Death outside

Death inside

Physical death

Spiritual death

What is death

... the cease of oxygen flow to the brain?

... the loss of another's friendship?

Is it futile

worthless

Should I bother

to seek out another

who, it seems

repeatedly says

you are bothering me

a bother

is it better to stop

calling

if the 'right' time

is not when I call.

How will I know

Will God tell me

when to call

when I won't be a bother

How will I know?

"To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven;

A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 

A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;" (Ecclesiastes 3: 1, 5a, 7a NKJV))

How will I know?

Will God tell me

when to speak

when I won't be a bother?

Will He?

 (c) December 1, 2010  

We are at odds with ourselves

We make choices.

God allows.

The promises He makes

are true.

He is forever

faithful.

But us?

We are at odds

with ourselves.

We question.

We see one thing

and yet another

Never the same

it appears.

Our faith is weak.

We falter,

we fail

to keep our eyes

our heart

our mind

on Him

who knows us

beginning

to

end.

(c) February 7, 2011

The Door is still open ...

Feelings

get in the way

of what God has said to us.

We ask for a sign,

we look for the open door,

and it is there,

ready for you to enter in

and explore and be

and do great things,

all for His sake.

But our feelings

about this or that,

whatever

we find

after we enter that door

God had readied for us,

stop us

from fulfilling

His plan for our life.

We see reasons

not to go on

we see our life lived

and then come up short,

all because

our plans

failed to come to fruition.

Our plans.

Our plans are only ours

in so far as they are in

God’s will.

Our plans may change.

We make choices.

What about God’s plan,

His will, His desire

for our life?

You heard the call.

Why do you

not hear it anymore?

Have you closed the door

He opened for you?
Have you decided

there is no reason

to go on?

Some doors God closes

because of

disobedience to Him.

But God

does not close every door.

A turn of events,

happenings

in our lives,

however humbling,

even disabling,

is not a closed door.

Perhaps our walk

has slowed.

Age or health,

even finances

may be deterrents.

But deterrents

are not

synonymous with a

closed door.

God did not say

life would be

all beautiful roses

for even roses have thorns.

You want to live

You want your life back

You don’t like the changes

appearing –

the good health has given way to poor  health

the great job has become no job

God desires us to walk with Him

all our days,

to not give in to feelings,

to not give up and close the door.

God has opened a door –

and you stepped inside.

The door

did not latch shut

and lock.

You are free.

Free --- to be,

to do, to fail,

to get up and go again,

free to live totally with Him.

Free to live a life 
centered on God.

Free too

to rely on outside influences,

free to allow conflicting

thoughts fester

and cause turmoil

and poor decisions.

Free to live a life 
centered on Self 
and feelings.

The door is open, still.

You stepped in.

What now?

© March 12, 2012

We can be complete

God's glory
His power
His majesty
His completeness,
whole
and without blemish

We stand on the rock,
waiting
We want to see
His ...
Him
as He is

But,
His response?
"I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion." (Exodus 33:19)

But, however,
"You cannot see My face; for no man shall see Me, and live." (Exodus 33:20)

And so,
He sends His Son --
complete
whole
and without blemish --
JESUS
who is the rock.

"Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected by men, but chosen by God ... a chief cornerstone, a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense." (I Peter 2:4, 6, 8)

We want to see
and when we do
We reject
We rejected God
We reject His Son

We only reach out
when we glimpse
the results
of what sin has done to us.
When we accept
When we believe
When we choose
obedience to Him,
who passes by,
who shelters us
in "the cleft of the rock
and covers us with His hand." (Exodus 33:22)

Obedience
to the King of Kings
who was
and is
and is to come
He is our salvation
our truth
He makes us too
complete
Not pure,
not without blemish
But still complete

We are One with Christ
One with God
One with the Holy Spirit
His grace
His glory
and we are His
... a child of the King.

(c) October 18, 2011

The paths we take

Not from life
nor from experience
should we set into motion
our path
but on the solid ground
of Christ

He is all knowing
of who and what
we are now
and in our future comings

His Word
is the proof
we seek and need.
In His Word,
through study
and intent searching
of the Holy Scriptures
and meditation,
we can know
with certainty
and confidence
the way
of all our comings and goings.

(c) October 8, 2011