It's been a year, pretty much to the day. And, as Todd spoke today on Isaiah 61...
Isaiah 61
The Year of the LORD’s Favor
1 The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,
because the LORD has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners,[a]
2 to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,
3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
instead of ashes,
the oil of joy
instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
a planting of the LORD
for the display of his splendor.
4 They will rebuild the ancient ruins
and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
that have been devastated for generations.
5 Strangers will shepherd your flocks;
foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.
6 And you will be called priests of the LORD,
you will be named ministers of our God.
You will feed on the wealth of nations,
and in their riches you will boast.
7 Instead of your shame
you will receive a double portion,
and instead of disgrace
you will rejoice in your inheritance.
And so you will inherit a double portion in your land,
and everlasting joy will be yours.
8 “For I, the LORD, love justice;
I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
In my faithfulness I will reward my people
and make an everlasting covenant with them.
9 Their descendants will be known among the nations
and their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will acknowledge
that they are a people the LORD has blessed.”
10 I delight greatly in the LORD;
my soul rejoices in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,
as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
11 For as the soil makes the sprout come up
and a garden causes seeds to grow,
so the Sovereign LORD will make righteousness
and praise spring up before all nations.
There is not really much more I could add to this other than Amen~!
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
Name Change~
Ok, I don't really know how to "sugar coat" this. My name is Kari Michele. I have gone the first part of my life as Kari. Everyone I know knows me by that. I have had some major, no wait... MAJOR life changes. The first part of my life, I have been known to "carry" burdens, lots that are truely not my own. And, found myself with so much burden upon my life and heart, that it has weighed me down terribly, leaving me empty and exhausted. So, during some serious self examination and "chucking" of a whole bunch of crap that really was not my problem. I found myself in a weird place of "I just don't care" land. Well, it was very foreign to me because I have spend my life more or less "meddleing" in others affairs, and helping carry their burdens, that the Lord has NOT asked me to bear.
I found this extremely interesting today that as I hit this place of "I just don't care" about so much "land," that I was also beating myself up about it. Because it was not my "normal" way. So, I thought I had really done some major thing wrong. And, granted, there are still many things that break my heart and cause me to pray and lift up and even possibly be involved in. But, the majority not. So, this evening, as our Lifeguards meeting was going on and discussion was getting deeper, I felt the urge to confess, that "I have just hit a place of I just don't care about so much stuff and I don't know if it should bother me or not?" Well, the LORD once again spoke through Todd and said, "let me help you rephrase that...."You are not 'carrying' so much stuff anymore, so you can carry what I have called for you to carry"..
So, hence the name change....no more "Kari our burdens, Kari" but simply Michele. I have always loved my middle name, legally, there is nothing I need to do to change it, it's already legal! :) I'm sure that some people will think I have really jumped off the deep end...Well good! I have! And straight into the arms of my Savior! And, otherwise, I could care less about what they think!! :)
Wow! What a day!
I found this extremely interesting today that as I hit this place of "I just don't care" about so much "land," that I was also beating myself up about it. Because it was not my "normal" way. So, I thought I had really done some major thing wrong. And, granted, there are still many things that break my heart and cause me to pray and lift up and even possibly be involved in. But, the majority not. So, this evening, as our Lifeguards meeting was going on and discussion was getting deeper, I felt the urge to confess, that "I have just hit a place of I just don't care about so much stuff and I don't know if it should bother me or not?" Well, the LORD once again spoke through Todd and said, "let me help you rephrase that...."You are not 'carrying' so much stuff anymore, so you can carry what I have called for you to carry"..
So, hence the name change....no more "Kari our burdens, Kari" but simply Michele. I have always loved my middle name, legally, there is nothing I need to do to change it, it's already legal! :) I'm sure that some people will think I have really jumped off the deep end...Well good! I have! And straight into the arms of my Savior! And, otherwise, I could care less about what they think!! :)
Wow! What a day!
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Say WHAT?
Exactly. Say What?!
Anyway, today's sermon was on "Why is what we say important?"
Very timely, at least in my life. Especially due to the most recent circumstances.
In starting our year off, as Ambassadors for Christ (2 Corinthians 5:20), spiritual fitness has been our main topic. One aspect of being spiritually fit, is guarding our mouth.
Colossians 4:5-6 "Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. Let your speech always be with grace seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one."
"Be gracious in your speech. The goal is to bring out the best in others in a conversation, not put them down, not cut them out."
Ephesians 4:29 "Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers."
Be considerate that every word you say is a gift to those who hear it. And, Please don't tear others down, so you feel better about yourself. That is flat out destructive.
Our Words are so powerful that silence is sometimes the wisest action.
Saying nothing is doing something. There is power in silence. Proverbs 13:3 "He who guards his mouth preserves his life, But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction." (Scarey thought...If I keep my mouth shut, I save my life vs open it and run it...destruction.) Hmmmmmmm~
Our words reveal what is in our hearts.
Matthew 12:33-37 “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. 34 Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks 35 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart[g] brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. 36 But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. 37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."
Our words ought to please God
Ever get hung up in wanting to please others, that what you say will impress them? Yeah, well don't. Worry about pleasing God. And, actually your speech will reveal whether you are concerned about pleasing Him or not.
Psalm 19:14 "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer."
"Psalm 19 (NLT)
For the choir director: A psalm of David.
1 The heavens proclaim the glory of God.
The skies display his craftsmanship.
2 Day after day they continue to speak;
night after night they make him known.
3 They speak without a sound or word;
their voice is never heard.[a]
4 Yet their message has gone throughout the earth,
and their words to all the world.
God has made a home in the heavens for the sun.
5 It bursts forth like a radiant bridegroom after his wedding.
It rejoices like a great athlete eager to run the race.
6 The sun rises at one end of the heavens
and follows its course to the other end.
Nothing can hide from its heat.
7 The instructions of the Lord are perfect,
reviving the soul.
The decrees of the Lord are trustworthy,
making wise the simple.
8 The commandments of the Lord are right,
bringing joy to the heart.
The commands of the Lord are clear,
giving insight for living.
9 Reverence for the Lord is pure,
lasting forever.
The laws of the Lord are true;
each one is fair.
10 They are more desirable than gold,
even the finest gold.
They are sweeter than honey,
even honey dripping from the comb.
11 They are a warning to your servant,
a great reward for those who obey them.
12 How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart?
Cleanse me from these hidden faults.
13 Keep your servant from deliberate sins!
Don’t let them control me.
Then I will be free of guilt
and innocent of great sin.
14 May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing to you,
O Lord, my rock and my redeemer."
Anyway, today's sermon was on "Why is what we say important?"
Very timely, at least in my life. Especially due to the most recent circumstances.
In starting our year off, as Ambassadors for Christ (2 Corinthians 5:20), spiritual fitness has been our main topic. One aspect of being spiritually fit, is guarding our mouth.
Colossians 4:5-6 "Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. Let your speech always be with grace seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one."
"Be gracious in your speech. The goal is to bring out the best in others in a conversation, not put them down, not cut them out."
Ephesians 4:29 "Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers."
Be considerate that every word you say is a gift to those who hear it. And, Please don't tear others down, so you feel better about yourself. That is flat out destructive.
Our Words are so powerful that silence is sometimes the wisest action.
Saying nothing is doing something. There is power in silence. Proverbs 13:3 "He who guards his mouth preserves his life, But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction." (Scarey thought...If I keep my mouth shut, I save my life vs open it and run it...destruction.) Hmmmmmmm~
Our words reveal what is in our hearts.
Matthew 12:33-37 “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. 34 Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks 35 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart[g] brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. 36 But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. 37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."
Our words ought to please God
Ever get hung up in wanting to please others, that what you say will impress them? Yeah, well don't. Worry about pleasing God. And, actually your speech will reveal whether you are concerned about pleasing Him or not.
Psalm 19:14 "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer."
"Psalm 19 (NLT)
For the choir director: A psalm of David.
1 The heavens proclaim the glory of God.
The skies display his craftsmanship.
2 Day after day they continue to speak;
night after night they make him known.
3 They speak without a sound or word;
their voice is never heard.[a]
4 Yet their message has gone throughout the earth,
and their words to all the world.
God has made a home in the heavens for the sun.
5 It bursts forth like a radiant bridegroom after his wedding.
It rejoices like a great athlete eager to run the race.
6 The sun rises at one end of the heavens
and follows its course to the other end.
Nothing can hide from its heat.
7 The instructions of the Lord are perfect,
reviving the soul.
The decrees of the Lord are trustworthy,
making wise the simple.
8 The commandments of the Lord are right,
bringing joy to the heart.
The commands of the Lord are clear,
giving insight for living.
9 Reverence for the Lord is pure,
lasting forever.
The laws of the Lord are true;
each one is fair.
10 They are more desirable than gold,
even the finest gold.
They are sweeter than honey,
even honey dripping from the comb.
11 They are a warning to your servant,
a great reward for those who obey them.
12 How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart?
Cleanse me from these hidden faults.
13 Keep your servant from deliberate sins!
Don’t let them control me.
Then I will be free of guilt
and innocent of great sin.
14 May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing to you,
O Lord, my rock and my redeemer."
Friday, July 30, 2010
It's the middle of summer here in southwest Ohio. Hot, humid, sweltering, the sound of cicada's drum in the air constantly, the birds are chirpping and darting all over, enjoying the flowers, and berries and insects that are in abundance. I caught some pictures of a lightening storm the other night after house church, and that was incredible...up on the hill and Ki in the background with a concerned voice, probabably more out of fear, because it was pretty dark up there, and we were the only ones, but she tried her best to convince me to leave, because she has to potty, NOW she says. But, I being stubborn and in awe, was not about to leave just yet and suggested she get out of the car and go on the ground! Well, then she didn't have to go anymore...foiled again! I supposed she worked through her fear of that immediate darkness and the craziness of her mother, because she was stuck with me up there in the dark all by ourselves with a storm coming! Poor kid! But OH the awesomeness of the lightening within the clouds was WOW!
Been reading "Crazy Love" by Francis Chan. We have actually been doing it on Wed nights at house church, figured I needed to get the book and actually do it, too. Another ...Wow!
Been seriously considering the options available to do. OT or Vet tech..and grooming. All I know is I want to take the gifts God has given to me and glorify Him with them. I have a love for animals that is obvious. And even when I was little, I wanted to be a vet. Nothing else. Every experience I had with animals I weighed in my mind, how to treat other's pets/animals. I could very well be the obvious. And here I have run all over creation looking and looking, but it was in my heart the whole time. See what pleasing others does. Get's you into places YOU weren't created for. I am also considering volunteering for Vitas, to love on the pts and families. I know, I know. But, I wouldn't be involved in the bureaucratic side of things. Oh, that would push a few buttons :) Not that it is my intent, just considering the reactions from others. Who blatently took full advantage of me, and then for me to show up in the volunteering side where there is NOTHING they had over my head, but quite the opposite. And to show them what GRACE looks like. (Maybe even get my dog :) Lord lead the way!
Read something this am in Crazy Love....Unapproachable Light...Still chewing on it. The Creator of the Universe is...maybe I struggle more with reverence than intimacy...Idk :)
Sunday, July 25, 2010
My Redeeming Lover
Hello, My name is Kari and I have been a spiritual adulterer. I am not in recovery, I am in Renewal.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
I declare that the Word of God and the heart of God can redeem, restore, renew, revive UNCOMPETEABLE. I was dead, and now I live because Christ lives in me. There is not one single solitary thing I can or have done that can compete with the Power of God or the Word of God. Believe me I have tried, unfortunately. That is where I left myself (yes abandoned) as a spiritual adulterer. Wrestled to the end of myself by the one who laid claim on my heart because I asked Him to, and when I tried to reneg, pulled His Authority card, and rightly so. I gave Him permission, when at some point of awareness of His truth, made a covenant with Him and He upheld it, when I found something else I thought I wanted. I Thank You Lord for being faithful to me when I was unfaithful. I am in utter awe that You take our covenant and when i am weak and falling, stand on it because it is a rescue rope, even if I need to be tied up with it or pulled out of a pit with it. It is a connection that cannot be severed. Even when I am unable to uphold it. You do. Thank you is such a small expression, but I am unable to find an expression that could compare... I am speechless when it comes to that, I hope my life song can express loudly, and I'm sure that it is pathetic too. So, sometimes I just sit and soak in Your Beauty and goodness, because I am rendered to a place where that is all I can do.
Last night, I took the girls and went to Apex. Jason spoke on James 4:1-10 James 4
Warning Against Worldliness
1 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? 2 You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. 4 You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, "He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us"? 6 But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble." 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
Wow ~ A Royal busting of the chops. And, answers to how to properly handle "Making War" Spiritual Warfare.
1 John 2:15-17
Do Not Love the World
15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world— the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world.
17 And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
The Desires of the Eyes: Beauty; Body Image; Clothes
The Desires of the Flesh: Approval; Laziness; Sexual Desire; Gluttony
The Pride of Possessions: Collectibles; Property/Stuff; Money; Plaques/Trophys/Certifications.
These We wage war against. Because it all starts with Flirting with them, then making friends with them, then there is a declaration of emnity with God. "Do you want Pleasure OR the of Peace of God?" This is what I repeatedly heard all week. Make a choice. I Choose the Peace of God, and this is WAR against the Pleasure of my flesh that is SCREAMING. But, it will be overcome. Because the Spirit of God that abides within me yearns jealously, and will stop at nothing to draw me and lead me and speak tenderly to my hurting heart or my calm my jumpiness. I can lay down in green pastures and drink from still waters, He restores my soul and I am rescued once again.
And for the first time in my life, I took a stand with my heart. Where in the past, I would just give my heart away to anyone walking by who would take it. Well that lead to much garbage being left in my heart. But, now. My heart belongs to the the One who created it. And I choose to NOT give it away, but to inform anyone seeking my heart to seek the one who is holding my heart. Jesus.
I realize I have been making war against my flesh, and it has thrown all it has back at me. Typical "Accuser of the brethern" style. And has make itself very well presented/flaunted. I have spend much time filling the desires of my flesh with filling that is mush, whipped cream, fluff and stuff, all of which are unhealthy and UNFILLING. Lots of empty calories, filling up fat cells. Not firm, Not worked out making a buoyance that refuses to go deep into the deep things of God. Well Pop, pop, pop. Goes the bubbles. oh that takes me to a conversation and actually many conversations and ones I am deeply thankful for because as he said many times, "Oh, You'll understand eventually, turtle" ...many that left me deeply considering the side of the road they stood on, and the answer is the same as mine was...the middle of the road. Vomit. That's what is in the middle of the road...Lukewarm Vomit. In all of the lessons learned, I learned to Take a Stand and Make war. Much of the last year, has been prepping me for War. I see it now. I didn't then. And the War was to be upon Myself...The War of the Desires of my flesh, because THAT is the Only stronghold the enemy can trip me into. As John Piper says, it's not satan's fault if I go to hell, it's my own fault, for NOT WAGING WAR against my own self.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhAeIjFngyE
I am fighting myself and Christ has won!
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
I declare that the Word of God and the heart of God can redeem, restore, renew, revive UNCOMPETEABLE. I was dead, and now I live because Christ lives in me. There is not one single solitary thing I can or have done that can compete with the Power of God or the Word of God. Believe me I have tried, unfortunately. That is where I left myself (yes abandoned) as a spiritual adulterer. Wrestled to the end of myself by the one who laid claim on my heart because I asked Him to, and when I tried to reneg, pulled His Authority card, and rightly so. I gave Him permission, when at some point of awareness of His truth, made a covenant with Him and He upheld it, when I found something else I thought I wanted. I Thank You Lord for being faithful to me when I was unfaithful. I am in utter awe that You take our covenant and when i am weak and falling, stand on it because it is a rescue rope, even if I need to be tied up with it or pulled out of a pit with it. It is a connection that cannot be severed. Even when I am unable to uphold it. You do. Thank you is such a small expression, but I am unable to find an expression that could compare... I am speechless when it comes to that, I hope my life song can express loudly, and I'm sure that it is pathetic too. So, sometimes I just sit and soak in Your Beauty and goodness, because I am rendered to a place where that is all I can do.
Last night, I took the girls and went to Apex. Jason spoke on James 4:1-10 James 4
Warning Against Worldliness
1 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? 2 You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. 4 You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, "He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us"? 6 But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble." 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
Wow ~ A Royal busting of the chops. And, answers to how to properly handle "Making War" Spiritual Warfare.
1 John 2:15-17
Do Not Love the World
15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world— the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world.
17 And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
The Desires of the Eyes: Beauty; Body Image; Clothes
The Desires of the Flesh: Approval; Laziness; Sexual Desire; Gluttony
The Pride of Possessions: Collectibles; Property/Stuff; Money; Plaques/Trophys/Certifications.
These We wage war against. Because it all starts with Flirting with them, then making friends with them, then there is a declaration of emnity with God. "Do you want Pleasure OR the of Peace of God?" This is what I repeatedly heard all week. Make a choice. I Choose the Peace of God, and this is WAR against the Pleasure of my flesh that is SCREAMING. But, it will be overcome. Because the Spirit of God that abides within me yearns jealously, and will stop at nothing to draw me and lead me and speak tenderly to my hurting heart or my calm my jumpiness. I can lay down in green pastures and drink from still waters, He restores my soul and I am rescued once again.
And for the first time in my life, I took a stand with my heart. Where in the past, I would just give my heart away to anyone walking by who would take it. Well that lead to much garbage being left in my heart. But, now. My heart belongs to the the One who created it. And I choose to NOT give it away, but to inform anyone seeking my heart to seek the one who is holding my heart. Jesus.
I realize I have been making war against my flesh, and it has thrown all it has back at me. Typical "Accuser of the brethern" style. And has make itself very well presented/flaunted. I have spend much time filling the desires of my flesh with filling that is mush, whipped cream, fluff and stuff, all of which are unhealthy and UNFILLING. Lots of empty calories, filling up fat cells. Not firm, Not worked out making a buoyance that refuses to go deep into the deep things of God. Well Pop, pop, pop. Goes the bubbles. oh that takes me to a conversation and actually many conversations and ones I am deeply thankful for because as he said many times, "Oh, You'll understand eventually, turtle" ...many that left me deeply considering the side of the road they stood on, and the answer is the same as mine was...the middle of the road. Vomit. That's what is in the middle of the road...Lukewarm Vomit. In all of the lessons learned, I learned to Take a Stand and Make war. Much of the last year, has been prepping me for War. I see it now. I didn't then. And the War was to be upon Myself...The War of the Desires of my flesh, because THAT is the Only stronghold the enemy can trip me into. As John Piper says, it's not satan's fault if I go to hell, it's my own fault, for NOT WAGING WAR against my own self.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhAeIjFngyE
I am fighting myself and Christ has won!
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Here I am at it again...
Psalm 5
A David Psalm
1-3 Listen, God! Please, pay attention! Can you make sense of these ramblings, my groans and cries? King-God, I need your help.
Every morning
you'll hear me at it again.
Every morning
I lay out the pieces of my life
on your altar
and watch for fire to descend.
4-6 You don't socialize with Wicked,
or invite Evil over as your houseguest.
Hot-Air-Boaster collapses in front of you;
you shake your head over Mischief-Maker.
God destroys Lie-Speaker;
Blood-Thirsty and Truth-Bender disgust you.
7-8 And here I am, your invited guest—
it's incredible!
I enter your house; here I am,
prostrate in your inner sanctum,
Waiting for directions
to get me safely through enemy lines.
9-10 Every word they speak is a land mine;
their lungs breathe out poison gas.
Their throats are gaping graves,
their tongues slick as mudslides.
Pile on the guilt, God!
Let their so-called wisdom wreck them.
Kick them out! They've had their chance.
11-12 But you'll welcome us with open arms
when we run for cover to you.
Let the party last all night!
Stand guard over our celebration.
You are famous, God, for welcoming God-seekers,
for decking us out in delight.
A David Psalm
1-3 Listen, God! Please, pay attention! Can you make sense of these ramblings, my groans and cries? King-God, I need your help.
Every morning
you'll hear me at it again.
Every morning
I lay out the pieces of my life
on your altar
and watch for fire to descend.
4-6 You don't socialize with Wicked,
or invite Evil over as your houseguest.
Hot-Air-Boaster collapses in front of you;
you shake your head over Mischief-Maker.
God destroys Lie-Speaker;
Blood-Thirsty and Truth-Bender disgust you.
7-8 And here I am, your invited guest—
it's incredible!
I enter your house; here I am,
prostrate in your inner sanctum,
Waiting for directions
to get me safely through enemy lines.
9-10 Every word they speak is a land mine;
their lungs breathe out poison gas.
Their throats are gaping graves,
their tongues slick as mudslides.
Pile on the guilt, God!
Let their so-called wisdom wreck them.
Kick them out! They've had their chance.
11-12 But you'll welcome us with open arms
when we run for cover to you.
Let the party last all night!
Stand guard over our celebration.
You are famous, God, for welcoming God-seekers,
for decking us out in delight.
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