Grand Canyon: Grand God

Clean.
Put together.
Dressed to the nines
in a shiny white tuxedo
sitting on Your throne
overlooking the workings
of the world.
Leaving us to live our lives,
gently nudging us
and intervening when we lose our way.
But otherwise apart
and "upstairs."
This is the God I once knew.

Raw.
Powerful.
Bold.
Coming down the clouds with fire.
Messy.
Real.
Deep.
Huge.
Moving and working in ways
both we can and cannot understand
Transforming lives
from broken to whole
from sinful to righteous
from glory to glory
in grace upon grace.
God Almighty
Lord of all
but able to be called
Abba, Father
This is the God I now know.

The latter is the God who has shown Himself to me.
The latter is the God I know to be true.
Even if I live where people know the former;
Our speech does not define You.


Misty
08.16.15