Wonder

I wonder
at your Creation.
It's beauty. It's groaning.

I wonder at your love for me.
It is so complete,
not limited by my understanding,
or my ability to receive it yet.

I wonder why I struggle
to believe the absolute truth
of miraculous death defeating,
life giving resurrection power.

I wonder why I care so much
for that which does not last.
I could continually invest
in the eternal.

I am full of wonder at your death,
that you Creator God
would willingly die
at the hands of your Creation.

I wonder at
Forgiveness,
Grace,
Salvation,
Redemption,
and other words with meanings
so rich and deep
I must not hurry past them,
but ponder,
and allow myself
to be filled with wonder.

Lean Not

Lean not on your
own understanding,
but trust Me
for I can see
your future,
and I am already there
waiting for you to arrive
into your destiny.

Do not think the future
will be like the past.
It will only be
the same if your
choices make it so.

Do not overthink
your troubled thoughts,
for a peace filled mind
is great reward.

You can plan and purpose,
but do not let
your purposeful plans
block Me out.

Allow Me to breathe
My life on the ones
that will yield a harvest,
and let the rest blow chaff-like away.

You don't need to have
all the answers
ahead of time.
I am all of the answer
to all that you need.

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I will be with My people
as I was in former times,
and they will know My power,
and I will know their hearts.
They will seek My face
and cleanse their ways
from all unrighteousness,
so that My fire can rest
on them afresh,
and burn away all dross and sin.
My people will walk in holiness
for they will see My glory
and be forever changed by it.
Behold I am coming quickly,
Says the Lord.

Regret

Do not live with regret.
It will tie you to the past,
and drag your thoughts
back to former days,
to things said or unspoken,
done or undone,
without the possibility of change.

Regret can stick you
to a place,
a person,
a circumstance,
beyond remedy,
as a soul weight
you cannot shake.

Regret makes us debtors
to debts we cannot pay,
for we do not know
what to pay,
or who to pay it to.

It is a prison of choice,
its open door
ignored by all who remain
within its unforgiving boundaries.

Let it go,
release forgiveness to others,
and to yourself,
and walk out unhindered,
free from regret.

Child

There is nothing more precious
than knowing your child
is walking with
their Saviour and yours,
choosing the path
that leads to life.

There is nothing so long
as the years spent
waiting for them
to return from their wandering,
or resistance to acknowledge
Jesus as their own.

There is nothing more devastating
than the loss of a child,
if they have lived for many years
or are still hidden in the womb.

There is nothing more rich
than friendship within family,
the ultimate in knowing others well
and deciding to love.

There is nothing more glorious
than knowing your child
will be in eternity
with the Lord,
and by God's grace
with you too.

Fear

False
Evidence
Appearing
Real

Real enough to touch,
to taste,
to believe with all
your quavering heart,
doubting mind,
and fragile spirit.

Choosing to run
from the yet to be convinced
faith.
Skeptic
and true believer
in the same moment.

Fear's python grip,
slowly suffocating
and
shape shifting,
wraps itself ever tighter.

Illogical fears
join the mundane
or universally accepted ones,
to form an encyclopedia
for those who would
indulge its contents.

But fear is indeed
as false as shadows,
and with God's light
and Truth
it can be vanquished.

Don't let fear rule, rob,
or ruin your life.
Let God set you free
to live without fear,
permanently.