28 September 2014

Fidgety Face-Off

It’s time.
Time to tear these idols down.
Time to watch them fall.
It’s time.
Time to return to my first love.
Time for my adulterous heart to repent.
It’s time.
Time to remember the way He wooed me.
Time to remember I am His beloved.
It’s time.
Time to stop avoiding the hard conversations.
Time to face-off with reality: In myself and in my circumstances.
It’s time.
Time to stop avoiding intentionality.
Time to stop taking the easy way.
It’s time.
Time to remember that Jesus didn’t die so I could live how I wanted.
Time to remember that Grace came with a high price.
It’s time.
Time to reveal the dark places of my heart.
Time to begin letting go of the past.
It’s time.
Time for new relationships.
Time for old relationships to be re-invented.
It’s time.
Time for peace to reign in my life.
Time for Holiness to grow.
It’s time.
Time to thank those that have influenced my life.
Time to stop hiding my deep care and appreciation for people.
It’s time.
Time to live life in love as Jesus did.
Time to say goodbye to all the ways I’ve identified myself as anything but God’s daughter.
It’s time.
Time to sit in silence with my Father.
Time to obey the words I hear from Him.
It’s time.
Time to approach the throne room.
Time to go.
It’s time.
Time to stop fidgeting and avoiding Jesus.
Time to face-off with my sin.
It’s time.
Time for God to do what He does best:

Take Control.


09/28/14

23 September 2014

Staying Up Late With My Christian Sister

The shadows encircle,
creep forward, and close in.
Trying to envelope and permeate
all space
leaving its residents gasping for air.
Every night it does this
grasping at every hour it can
to rule with an iron fist
spreading its kingdom of Night.
But as it reached our apartment,
its attempt to suck life
was in vain
as light shot out
from two vessels of love
sharing life with Christ
and one another.
The darkenss shrank back,
taken aback as it was,
by this display of light
during its highest hours of reign.
It remained at the edges of sight,
waiting for its opportunity,
but that opportunity never came because
Light Grew.
Even after the vessels of light took their rest,
LIGHT HIMSELF
came to stand guard.

~John 1:5


23 Sept. 2014