Everyday things

Loop Poetry Prompts
Everyday things

weather worn
folded and creased
ancient texts
fresh insights
cherished yet too often neglected
Hard to swallow
but nothing else fills
The place where hearts unfold
held by young and old
eternal messages with no sound
heavenly secrets found

Lion of Judah

  

Marked by the prince

of peace

Formed and forged in quiet

Rumble low and deep

Pressing upward

Sound rising higher

Spirit revealing

Roars releasing

Vibrations resounding

Truth reverberating

Pulsing outward

Audible Force breaking walls

The pride moving in power

Make way for the king

 Lion of Judah

physical distractions

Cells destroying each other
pondering how to recover
spirit desiring to fly
but earthly pulls tie
eyes drawn down
physical distractions drown
Fields of golden stalks now foe
movie theaters never to go
breaking bread and fellowship disabled
always to bring my own provision to the table

above the noisy din
the battle is here within
seeping pain ever reminds
reaching for a hope divine
today needing supply
the well is running dry
this body will decay

spirit entreating step this way
living water flowing
heavenly winds blowing
balm, strength and power
all that's needed for this hour


thanksgiving, worship, praise
gently lifting gaze
stand on healing prayers, cells uniting
Jesus stop the inward fighting

This my body but yours as well
The cross breaking sins spell
Christ's body come together
releasing others from the oppressor
healing in our oneness
Jesus  our compass.

prayer of lament

Prayer of Lament

written for lament service at RCC

6/11/2018

Dear Sovereign, Holy God,  

 We Thank you  that you are our heavenly father and that we can come to you just as we
are
.We gather tonight to know you more by surrendering to you all our pain, hurts, fears, anger
and tears

Holy spirit open our hearts up, the tight spaces that have difficulty in receiving your love
and pouring it back out

        Teach us Lord Jesus,

Teach us how to give you all,

             Lord God,Teach us to lament.

             To cry out from our worldly imprisonments, the entanglement of this world that
permeates our lives stagnating, our growth in you.

We cry out from our poverty of body and spirit, with nothing left to give

We cry out from our lonely desolate places, our broken relationships that seem beyond repair.

We mourn the grip of cancer, sickness and death in us and our loved ones.

We are saddened by the careless destruction and pollution of our lands as well as the 
devastation from natural disasters

We cry out for the lost and destitute and for our communities

overwhelmed with the needs around us.

We weep for the  war torn nations 

Where hunger and thirst abounds,

We sigh in sorrow for those entrapped by the cycles of addiction

We come to you with our unanswered questions

Lord God when will the injustice of Domestic violence, racism and sexual abuse stop?

Why does evil appear to prevail?

When will our cities stop being filled with death and hopelessness?

Why does hate and greed seem to win the day?

How can we even make a dent in all the sorrows that surround?

How can we the church be so blind?

Why do we feel so helpless?

Lord we invite you to come and overwhelm us with your presence. We surrender our
fear that we are not enough and that you are not enough,
and we say come and have your way.
We are a broken people
grafted into the body, being made whole by your blood and your spirit..

 Help us to surrender To You knowing we can find safety in the arms of the one who
knows pain, who carries our pain, and nails it to the cross

We come before you with no answers but simply with our sadness, hurt, bewilderment,
anger, anguish,pain and questions.

Help us tonight to come and bring it all before you Lord, trusting you to hold it and
bring life from dead places.

We ask in Your Sons name, the one who suffered for us,
Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.

Amen.

#LoopPoetryproject Sacred Space Prompt

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Sacred Space Prompt

When I am truly still in his presence we “meet” in the quiet of remembrances of childhood moments that use to be marked with shadows but are now safe spaces.






Grassy Hills Beckoning roll down

Flowery Fields to wander 'round

Woolly Blankets spread across the ground

Cloud Formations begging to be found

Jesus' presence now abounds

Familiar places now made sound

the meeting place where mystery becomes unwound

thoughts no longer earthbound

His truth and fellowship  astounds

Fear and worry no longer confounds

the Sacred place his love surrounds

Christ in us Hope of Glory

Christ in us Hope of Glory

Colossians 1:27 “God did this because he wanted you Gentiles to understand his wonderful and glorious mystery. And the mystery is that Christ lives in you, and he is your hope of sharing in God's glory.”

 What is this Hope of Glory…Christ in us? God is glory, God deserves all the glory.

The very birth, death and resurrection of Jesus was to bring Glory to God the father.

What is it that would bring the Father such glory?  That his very created beings made in his image would be restored unto him.  In Isaiah 43:7 God says, “I want them back, every last one who bears my name, every man, woman, and child Whom I created for my glory, yes, personally formed and made each one.’ “He made us for his glory!

  The struggle comes when we who have received this blood gift of reconciliation forget our purpose and identity. We who walk with Christ have been given the deposit of the Holy spirit. This is the living God, Christ in us. But we honor him not. We choose to believe lies over the truth. The lie that we will never be good enough, pretty enough, brave enough etc. We work on the outward and focus on the flesh but what

if we gave our attention to the Holy one who lives in us? If we bring glory to the Father when we do as Jesus and become one with Him, just as he is at one with the father, then let us place our gaze on becoming one with the son. How do we become one? We start by believing who we were created to be. We can grab hold of the promises

as in 2 Peter 1:3-4     ^“Everything we could ever need for life and complete devotion to God has already been deposited in us by his divine power. For all this was lavished upon us through the rich experience of knowing him who has called us by name and invited us to come to him through a glorious manifestation of his goodness.

 ⁴ As a result of this, he has given you magnificent promises that are beyond all price, so that through he power of these tremendous promises^[ you can experience partnership with the divine nature, by which you have escaped the corrupt desires that are of the world.” The triune God resides in us and speaks to us, are we listening to that voice? 2 Corinthians 3:18 says,^” And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit”. In our prayer time let us focus on

the parts that we recognize as holy and good and worthy, the parts of us that have already been transformed. The mixing of those parts of us that we like and are at peace with are many times the very parts that reflect the nature of Jesus. This process of being transformed into his likeness is a surrendering but it is also embracing

the lovely parts of ourselves. This Christian walk often feels like we must either pretend to be something we are not or deny our true selves. But what if it is more like a melding of what makes us, us, with the holy spirit? Those desires as a child to just run up and hug someone or perhaps the inclination to protect others, these come

from a place that is uniquely you. Our Father in heaven enjoys his creation and calls it good. Who are we to reject his creation? Yes, we have areas under construction, wounds and ungodly beliefs that block our view but instead of focusing on these we can choose to honor how he has created us individually.  Instead of comparing ourselves

and seeing lack, see instead Christ in you Hope of Glory.

Here are some verses to meditate on

Psalm 8:3-6 (CEV)

³ I often think of the heavens

    your hands have made,

    and of the moon and stars

    you put in place.

⁴ Then I ask, “Why do you care

    about us humans?

    Why are you concerned

    for us weaklings?”

⁵ You made us a little lower

    than you yourself,^[a]

    and you have crowned us

    with glory and honor.

⁶ You let us rule everything

    your hands have made.

And you put all of it

    under our power—

Psalm139:3-6 From the Passion Translation

You are so intimately aware of me, Lord.

You read my heart like an open book

and you know all the words I’m about to speak

unity

 unity

Deception in pointing fault to the others

We join the accuser of our brothers

Break in unity is from the depths of Sheol

 Look no further than the tree from which it fell

Seated in the heavenly places 

Jesus has provided spaces

Our audience to the father guaranteed by blood

All our words soft or harsh, to the throne flood

Have we like Elijah hidden in fear

Jezebel commanding the atmosphere

Or do we strike down terror

Together under the headship of the reconciler

Have we been building our own tower

And given Babylon the power

Where has flesh impeded 

The church's mission to be completed

All cost covered for harmony

The bride to move in unity

Weaker and stronger

Prophets and lamenters

Islands and nations

To be in gospel filled relations

He who has judged says it is done

We are to no longer cast our stones

All to be brought before the king 

 Praises in one voice to sing

The true enemy earthbound 

 His children are to make a  heavenly sound

Calling forth his goodness

Speaking to each other in pureness

Where sin has caused erosion

Divisive ways broken

Encouragement and devotion

Building bridges across the oceans

 This to be the church's rhythm

To commune in love and wisdom